For the past two years with our music school, we’ve gotten the majority of our new students through free workshops. However, the workshops haven’t been as effective any more. Six months ago, I told Claudia about my idea of distributing door hangers as a new…
My friend just quit his job. And I, being curious, asked him what made him pull the trigger. I knew he had been wishing to make a change for a while but wondered what actually made him decide to quit. He said he realized…
There are plenty of different approaches to having a great day. And what is a great day for one person, might not be a great day for another person. But there are some quick and easy universal things we can all do to dramatically…
Moving from a 4 bedroom house with a basement, garage, and yard, to a 3 bedroom apartment with no storage whatsoever is something most people wouldn’t choose to do. So we decided to do it. A year ago we started the process of simplifying…
Not too long ago, I was at Barnes and Noble and had about 45 minutes to spare. Rather than pulling out my laptop to get some work done or checking my emails on my phone, I decided to take it easy and have some…
Ever dream of changing a life situation or a way of thinking and approaching life but can’t seem to break out of the rut you are in? Like the sun keeps rising on the same day over and over? I have been here more…
Entrepreneurship Living Intentionally Personal Growth
How starting a business magnified my necessity for personal growth
For me, with starting a business, it became painfully evident early on that I needed to learn how to do things better if I was going to make my idea work. And I’m not talking about learning how to do the accounting or discovering the…
Mistakes. We all make them. But I now see that some of us get stuck in regret over our mistakes (whether real or perceived) and can’t seem to get out. For those that do, regret expands into a constant, low, dark-gray cloud and brings…
Last week due to a bad ice storm here in Chester County, Pennsylvania, 90 percent of the county’s residents lost power. We were part of that 90 percent, not getting our power back till five days later. Temperatures plummeted, both inside and out (our…
The people that get helpful insights are curious. They ask good questions. “How did you get where you are?” “How did you learn to do that?” “I see you changed in this area. How did you go about making the change?” “What did you…
