My red velvet rope policy

Marketing guru Michael Port talks a lot about the “red velvet rope policy” he uses in his business. His premise is that your business will be more fulfilling and successful if you choose clients or customers who you really want to work with. Of course, this policy requires that you weed out the clients who [...]

Pull-ups, part 2

If you read my post from October 12, you know that I was terrorized by pull-ups as a kid. Then, I wrote another post on October 15 about how I’m planning to spend the next year systematically questioning assumptions I have about my abilities, how I want to live my life, and what risks I’m [...]

A year of challenging assumptions

    A little over a year ago, I made one of the bravest decisions of my life. I decided that I was going to focus full time on running my own business. Sure, I’d been dancing around it for almost a decade, coaching as a “side hustle” as Pamela Slim would say. But deciding [...]

How I passed gym class

I was one of those annoying kids who always got straight A’s. Add to this the facts that I was shy, had extremely short hair, wore glasses, and had braces, and it is apparent why I wasn’t the most popular girl in middle school…

Top 5 ways to tell that a rule is stupid

Yesterday I decided to get away from my desk and go out for a quick lunch. This doesn’t sound like a big deal, but it is…

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