Tom Peters wisely advised business owners who want to grow their companies to let go of the bottom 10% of their clients annually. Bottom could be defined by economics, but there's also the P-I-T-A (pain-in-the-a**) function that can be at play. You know who I'm...
I sent out photo cards announcing my uptown move to a handful of close friends and relatives--those least likely to see my post on Facebook (which I since took down on the advice of my brother). Upon its arrival, I received an email from one of those dear friends...
In the last week, I've gotten more than a few queries from colleagues and clients asking my opinion on how much to charge for a particular service. Don't you wish there were a reference book or website where you could plug in your years in business, the prospect's...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P78o2bC_1hc Everyone has issues around money. Gambling, credit card debting, hoarding, big-shot-ism. To one degree or another, our idiosyncrasies play themselves out, once in a while or chronically, through the medium of money. Like...
Here's what's on my BIG (and littler) PROJECTS list, beyond my normal coaching schedule, for early 2016: Deliver The $oul Proprietor'$ Roadmap to Abundant Living talk to women's group 1/21 Market new course (starting March 7) based on this talk Complete memoir...
I've been referring to my company, Jane Pollak LLC, as a lifestyle business from the day I started. That means that the business works for me and how I choose to live my life. The business doesn't dictate to me what's required. I say what I'm available to give. Not...
I was sold on the concept of vision boards, dream or treasure maps, whatever you want to call them, since I first heard about them over a decade ago. I believe in the Law of Attraction - that you draw into your life what you think about. When I was looking to get a...
When I saw a Facebook posting of this old letter, I read through to the end, based on my esteem for the person who'd posted it. My immediate reaction was, "I'm not buying." There was something about the too perfect coffee stain that made me suspicious. I typed...
A woman I know just called me to say, in short, that she was paralyzed. She teaches art classes, has a beautiful facility to offer them in, has raised her prices and has open time on her calendar. But she can't pull the trigger and get new dates up and out to her...
I was going through My Scans folder and paused when I got to some unlabeled images that had been sitting there for quite awhile. This one really took me back. It was labeled "My First Studio" and is a counter in the kitchen of the house I lived in in Norwalk. In...
AARP, The Magazine, has a 2-page spread in their June/July issue featuring Lily Tomlin and Jane Fonda on their What I Know Now page. Here are some excerpts from the article I found particularly worth sharing: Lily: Everything I've experienced has gone into my...
About once a week I receive an unsolicited request from a business owner or company that finds my blog material compatible with their message--someone who wants to contribute a guest post or insert a link into my text. Mostly, I decline. I'm very protective of YOU,...
Lessons are coming at me so fast and furiously these days, I'm surprised they're not labeled so I can keep them in order. If today's was, it would be entitled: How to Receive Much to my chagrin, I'm being offered seats on busses and subways more and more lately. My...
Three times this week dear people in my life have shared how they got lost in a pile somewhere. These are highly accomplished professionals in their fields who chose NOT to "use" someone who might have helped them get to the top of the pile. They wanted their...
If you've ever had a massage, this is something the therapist will ask a few minutes into your treatment? Do you want her to press harder, or simply give your muscles a gentle workout? It comes up in coaching as well. I have a new client who is balancing a...
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