Hello Reader, Transforming your idea or vision into reality in the 3D physical world takes time, effort and energy. You're moving something from the light, fast and metaphysical world of ideas and inspiration into the heavy and dense physical world of a tangible thing! During this process of transformation, CONSISTENT ACTION IS EVERYTHING. It's the difference between dreamers and practical dreamers (me!). I love the term our beloved LKY used to describe himself: a pragmatic idealist. A...
3 days ago • 1 min read
Hello Reader, Transforming your idea or vision into reality in the 3D physical world takes time, effort and energy. You're moving something from the light, fast and metaphysical world of ideas and inspiration into the heavy and dense physical world of a tangible thing! During this process of transformation, CONSISTENT ACTION IS EVERYTHING. It's the difference between dreamers and practical dreamers (me!). I love the term our beloved LKY used to describe himself: a pragmatic idealist. A...
3 days ago • 1 min read
Hello Reader, This past week was a busy one at work. I was facilitating a 2-day in-person leadership workshop. It meant I didn't have as much time as I would have liked for my side business building activities. Everyone has days like these - often, these are the normal days - you get through 1 out of 5 items on your to-do list. My previous self would've felt irritated and annoyed because she couldn't do the things she wanted to do for her business. She would have felt and said 'there's never...
10 days ago • 1 min read
Hello Reader, When it comes to growing your business, there's always a 'new' strategy that's trending. I've been working on my side business for almost a decade. I've seen many trends come and go. After a while, it feels like everything just comes in cycles. Isn't that the case for so many things? Fashion, music, financial markets, etc. Although trends come and go, one thing has remained the same in my business growing journey: To do work that makes a difference to women's lives, while making...
17 days ago • 1 min read
Hello Reader, 2024 was the year I decided to learn how to make friends on LinkedIn. I'm an introvert and my idea of a fun night is staying home and catching up on my Netflix series and chilling with my family. Going out to meet strangers in a 'networking' event to grow my business was the last thing I wanted to do. But it's one of those business activities you know you have to do even if you don't feel like doing it. Rather than go out in person, an easier step for me was to start networking...
23 days ago • 1 min read
Hello Reader, I got this unkind remark this past week in response to a comment I made on a post by Austin Belcak about Cisco cutting 5,500 jobs. Here was my comment on Austin's post: My comment had obviously triggered something in this person. There was some discussion following my comment with others, but they were respectful as we shared our different perspectives. TBH, reading that comment pissed me off. I was tempted to re-engage in a 'debate' about his assumption about me being ignorant...
24 days ago • 2 min read
Hello Reader, It's been a while since I last emailed you. Because I fell off my horse - not literally of course, I don't own any horses... What I mean is, things happening in life, and in particular, growing a business, like: Re-evaluating how best to use my limited time to grow my coaching business Which social media platform to focus on Learning new skills and getting coached Resolving tech issues with LinkedIn (read my post about getting banned on LinkedIn) All of these 👆 on top of working...
about 1 month ago • 1 min read
Hello Reader, I'm excited to share that after a 7-month break, I'm back with the podcast :) I started the podcast during the pandemic in 2020 with weekly episodes (mostly!) until 7 months ago when I burnt out. Even when you're doing something you're passionate about, you can burn out. I spent a lot of 2023 feeling lost and confused. What was I even side-hustling for when I wasn't getting the results I wanted? As someone who was constantly sharing the message of persistence, faith and...
about 2 months ago • 1 min read
Hello Reader, I was on my walk today and it occurred to me that I've pursued a business idea every decade since I graduated college: In my 20s: Children's party service In my 30s: Freelance journalism, Tupperware (embarrassingly, yes I did this), nutritional MLM In my 40s: A brick-and-mortar cafe and online course programs As I'm entering my 50s: Women's career coaching So why didn't I stick with the earlier businesses? On a practical level, they never made the same amount of money I made in...
about 2 months ago • 2 min read