Good advice, wrong stage
Most of the advice that has not worked for you was not wrong. It was written for a woman standing somewhere else.
Read on: Good advice, wrong stageRenee Shupe
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Letters from my desk, for women in their second chapter. Building a business on enough, the books I’m reading, pens and paper, love, and whatever else has my attention this week.
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The Three-Column Test I Wish Someone Had Handed Me Years Ago
Somewhere in year three, I realized I had been performing. Not lying, exactly.
Read on: The Three-Column Test I Wish Someone Had Handed Me Years AgoA Small, Warm List Beats a Big, Cold One
The day I stopped caring about the size of the list was the day the business started to make sense.
Read on: A Small, Warm List Beats a Big, Cold OneMomentum Is Not Motivation
Waiting to feel motivated keeps you stuck. Momentum runs on action, not mood.
Read on: Momentum Is Not MotivationWhat Stays Running When Everything Else Falls Away
Discover the three layers that keep your business running and cut the rest to focus on revenue, relationships, and visibility.
Read on: What Stays Running When Everything Else Falls AwayBuilding Quietly Is Not the Same as Building Slowly
Discover why quiet, consistent work builds a calm, sustainable business and why noise and volume are not the same as real progress.
Read on: Building Quietly Is Not the Same as Building SlowlyYou’re Not Starting Over. You’re Finally Building With Everything
You are not a blank page at 50. Discover why experience is your greatest asset when building a calm, sustainable business.
Read on: You’re Not Starting Over. You’re Finally Building With EverythingThe Quiet Business Truths: The Beliefs Everything Else Is Built On.
An overview of ten timeless beliefs for building a sustainable online business without burnout, focusing on trust, depth, and long-term growth.
Read on: The Quiet Business Truths: The Beliefs Everything Else Is Built On.What I Let Take Up Space in the New House
How much of building a business is just deciding what gets to take up space. A few things I let take up mine.
Read on: What I Let Take Up Space in the New HouseVienna Waits: The Song That Made Me Pull Over
A Billy Joel song, a parking lot, and the line I couldn't unhear.
Read on: Vienna Waits: The Song That Made Me Pull OverMoving House, and the Room With No Screens
Packing alone, moving day, and a room with no screens, where the ideas get to arrive before they have to become useful.
Read on: Moving House, and the Room With No ScreensWhat a Launch With Zero Sales Actually Taught Me
I launched a membership and heard nothing back. Zero sales.
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