When I teach Alignment – the process of designing a business that makes you happy and makes you money – one of the core things we talk about is Zone of Genius vs. Zone of Frustration. Zone of Genius are the things in your business that you’re great at and that light you up. When …
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When I teach Alignment, one of the things we focus on is identifying things that are in our Zone of Genius versus things that are in our Zone of Frustration. (Otherwise known as the Zone of “F this!”) The idea is that you want to structure your business so that you maximize your time in …
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That depends on your Domain. How to know if you should bring your bright shiny idea to market. When I went full-on plant lady a few years ago, I did so with one goal in mind: “Do not try to monetize this hobby.” You could call it the elder millennial impulse to turn every hobby …
One of my projects last year was to launch a book club with my friend Amber. Each month, we picked a book that we both loved and then developed resources to help other takes action on the themes of the book. It was a project we were both excited about, as it really hit our …
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One of the reasons I started Artists & Profit Makers, my online mentorship program and community, was that I was tired of seeing artists and makers get tripped up on business advice that they’ve been told they just have to follow. There are lots of culprits, but the two big ones that I want to …
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