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Episode 173: Taking Control of Your Summer Schedule
For those of us in the Northern hemisphere, summer is here, and let’s be honest — that’s exciting — and a bit scary when it…
Episode 172: Nevica Vasquez on Finding Your Biz Besties
When you work in an office, it’s easy to form friendships and relationships to help you weather the ups and downs. But when you work…
Episode 171: The April Recap
Remember when I said March was kind of boring? Let me tell you, April was the complete opposite with big decisions in business and life…
Episode 170: Ashley Gartland on Running a Full-Time Business on Part-time Hours
We’ve all heard and seen the promises of making a full-time income on part-time hours, and when you’re working 60 or 80 hours a week…
Episode 169: Are you Managing or Leading?
Over the years, I’ve had an adversarial relationship with the idea of leading as I don’t really want to be responsible for people or be…
Episode 168: Tara Newman on Being a High Performer
When you’re the boss, it’s easy to get bogged down in focusing purely on how to be more productive, get more done and, ultimately, check…
Did the Expert Economy Kill Mastery?
Back in 2013, my family went on a road trip to Prince Edward Island, and somewhere in the middle of rural Quebec, I threw my…
Episode 167: How to Find Potential Clients Online
Oh, magical Internet with all your superpowers, surely you can help me find allllll the clients without breaking a sweat. If only it was that…
Episode 166: How to Get Clients FAST in 2019
We’ve all been there — the moment when a beloved client leaves or something else happens where we need a new client ASAP. In this…