Creativity, Starting a business
I pose a creative question to the group, set the timer, and go. What happens next is both revealing and heartbreaking. Some participants dive in and start writing. Others ask clarifying questions before they’re confident to get started. Others freeze, overcome by...
Creativity, Entrepreneurship
My family calls me lazy. My partner teases me for being disorganised, but then again he would, because he’s one of those annoying over-organised, super productive people, who manages grocery shopping, cooking, laundry and will soon be taking charge of home schooling,...
Creativity, Entrepreneurship
Chaos is my superpower. I’m great at pulling a rabbit out of a hat. I’ve bribed a gruff border official to get one of my tour passengers into Vietnam when she had the wrong date stamped on her visa, when I worked as a tour leader. When roads or bridges washed away in...
Creativity, Digital marketing, Social media
As much as I love social media, not everybody does. For reasons varied and complex, some business owners just don’t want to play. Oftentimes, this is because they’re cautious about the possibility of attracting trolls and escalating fights about nothing. Other times,...
Creativity, Entrepreneurship
Ever had a horror client? Someone who cost you money, time, or worse, your sanity? Someone who haggles your price, questions you constantly, and undermines your confidence? If you’ve ever lost sleep worrying about a client who appears to misunderstand everything you...
Creativity, Values based business
Confidence in business and life isn’t something you either have or don’t have. It’s something you practice. Confidence is a verb. As children, our self-confidence is either nurtured or harmed. As we accrue experiences, we become confident in some areas while being...
