Are you answering the wrong kinds of questions?
How someone asks you a question tells you what is they’re seeking from you: validation, or a solution. If you answer a validation seeker’s question with a solution oriented response (or vice versa), you’re apt to wind up with a dissatisfied client, reader or customer, even if your response was spot-on and top notch.
WoW no. 1: Ideas vs. Execution
"Ideas are cheap and easily replicated these days; it’s the execution that really counts." —Alexis Maybank & Alexandra Wilkis Wilson, co-founders of Gilt Groupe P.S. In case you're wondering, WoW = Words of Wisdom 🙂
The Truth About Your Business & Its Rough Patches
Any commitment–from going to school to having children to training for a 5K to marriage–will have its rough patches. They’re a normal, natural part of the cycles of discovery, growth, learning and realignment. Creating and running a business is no different.
Thoughts on Youth
When someone says (some variation of), "She's so young, what does she know about life? It's easy to think you're wise when you're so young and naive." I like to think, "How fortunate for me that I met her & was reminded of all the wisdom I forgot when the world taught...
Entirely possible
"You should always end your blog posts with a question," he reminded me. "Otherwise people won't know you want them to leave a comment." "Isn't it possible," I replied, "that people would know it's okay to respond or share or speak up, regardless of the punctuation...
In Praise of Questions & Still Learning
I don't worry about the people who ask a lot of questions. Or about the ones who say, "I'm still learning." Questions are the proof of life in your business. They indicate that you're growing, adapting, listening, having new awakenings. Questions are energy. Questions...
The Three Day Rule of Effective Habits
If you're trying to establish or maintain a habit, here's a quick rule of thumb: Do not do for three days what you don't want to do forever. (Or, if you prefer, do not skip for three days straight what you want to do forever.) For example, if your goal is to write...
The Real Reason You’re Not Taking Action On Your Goals
Do you truly want the goal you say you want? Why we pick goals we don’t truly want & how to tell when a lack of want is behind our lack of action.
Aligning Action with Attention: Fixing the Importance Imbalance that keeps us feeling busy
If something is important enough to make you feel harried, stressed, anxious, distracted, unsettled (etc. etc.), shouldn't it also be important enough for you to make time and space to properly act on it? The logical answer is yes, but part of what keeps us caught in...
Preventing The Spread Of Busy-ness
Have you ever noticed that when you're around a chronically busy person, someone who's constantly flying by the seat of their pants, always in a rush, perpetually acting like they're two steps behind where they need to be... you feel that way too? Busy is contagious....