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The Tapering Strategy: feeling confident about charging for your services + getting enough clients!
One of the inner blocks for self-employed people is charging money — or charging enough — for a service that they love providing.
One of the outer blocks is, of course, not having enough clients!
In this post, I’ll share a method that can help resolve both issues…
I call it the “tapering strategy” because you’ll be starting with a price that you’re very comfortable asking for (even if it’s zero) and gradually tapering up the price, and t…
How to Effectively Use Visualization to Achieve Your Goals
Millions of people have tried the “Law Of Attraction” (popularized by “The Secret”) ... and no matter how hard they try, they don’t manifest those millions of dollars they envisioned.
If they go into debt to buy that fancy house or car, they usually regret the debt. Or that so-called “perfect” relationship they visualized, doesn’t end up working out.
Visualization is ineffective -- even detrimental -- when used only to imagine the ideal outcome.
Instead, what if we use visualization…
True Productivity for Self-Employed Professionals
What are the most productive actions in your business?
Checking off more items on your to-do list? Working longer hours? Getting another certification? Trying to make your website better?
Many such actions feel productive but don’t actually build your business. Besides having a "to do" list, you may want to define a TO-DROP list as well.
Otherwise you might be doing busy work that feels like movement, but isn't really helping you grow your client base or make more impact.
Here is …
Here is …
Separate Your Content Production from Your Research Time
One up of the hangups a lot of us have — especially if we care about accuracy or fear being judged — is to not post content because we haven’t yet done enough research.
This is a trap, because for any topic, there will always be more research to do. It’s endless.
How then do we create content consistently, while respecting the need to do research?
My main recommendation for you is to be clear about separating your content production time from your research time.
Content production i…
Content production i…
A Conscious Life Requires Reflection Time
“On a daily basis, I go from task to task, event to event, responding to the world’s demands, reacting to urgencies, emails, and deadlines. I don’t have any ‘thinking time’… to reflect, to reconnect to my deeper purpose & motivation.”
--a reader wrote.
If that describes you, then this post is for you…
Schedule Self-Care First
When I schedule my calendar, self-care comes first:
When I schedule my calendar, self-care comes first:
- Several times in each workday, I take a 60–90 minute break, which can include a snack, dog walk, and alwa…