Success in Sweatpants

Well, we’ve had drought and fires here in Texas. What’s next? Floods? Pestilence? I’m just glad that the temperatures have dropped. It’s been about three months of nonstop 3-digit temperatures and it was really getting old. It’s made a huge difference in my energy level and my outlook, and I’m …

I’ve missed two days of posting this week. That’s not good, because I promised you I would post every week day.

But the reason for the missed posts is positive: I’ve been super busy with paying projects! Quite a change from the start of this revenue quest.

Let’s review. I started out to …

I met my project goals over the weekend. Some were interim deadlines leading up to a big delivery date this week, others were complete as they stood.

It was exhilarating to reach the end of the day …

I’ve been too busy with projects to get very far with it! On the one hand, it’s cool to be busy since that means accounts receivable. On the other hand, it’s not cool that I’m not making headway on the practice, because that’s an investment in the future of the …

Long conversation with a new business acquaintance today, and person who has what I find the awe-inspiring ability to see the kind of offer-to-customer connections that comes up with really innovative business opportunities. I’ve …

Before the recession, my rule (and the recommendation I made to all my coaching clients) was to never have one client be more than a third of your revenue source. Any more than that increases risk to a dangerous level. No matter how sure a thing seems, anything can happen, …

Of all the metaphors we get told through stories as children, The Little Engine that Could is one of the most useful to me, and I bet for all solo home business owners. This is the essence of the …

I’m still buried in work. I’ve gotten out of the groove of managing the deadline commitments to clients well, and have gotten myself into a deadline jam. Promised too many clients too short turnarounds on their …

As in deep breathing, staying calm….I’ve figured out the work schedule. Now I just need to do it all! It’s going to be a work weekend. I hate that, but it must be done.

This can be a serious pitfall for a solo business owner. In the first two years of …

OK, it’s official. I now have a very full work schedule. In addition to the big retainer deal that’s due to go away midSeptember, and for which I’m getting lots of work so that we can get as much done as possible before the contract ends, I keep winning jobs …