One of my biggest frustrations is when I see artists and makers online talking about how they “aren’t really into business” or they “just don’t consider themselves a business person.” I get frustrated because not only is this a limiting belief that keeps artists, makers, and creatives poor, but it’s also patently untrue. Anyone can …
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When I first launched Designing an MBA, one of my favorite things to do was highlight the many, many business books I was reading. But over the last few years, as I started spending increasingly more time on my phone, I noticed my reading time had gotten progressively less. So in 2019, I set out …
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Have you ever read a book that was so in line with your own philosophies that you almost felt like the author was inside your own head? That’s how I felt last week when I stumbled upon Breaking the Time Barrier: How to Unlock the Your True Earning Potential, an amazing (and free!) book written …
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I’ll be taking the next two weeks off here at Crafting an MBA, first to rest, rejuvenate, and read (or, in other words, take a vacation) and then to exhibit at the Buyers Market of American Craft (will you be there, I’d love to meet up). As usual, I’m headed into vacation with a pretty …
On Tara’s recommendation, I started listening to Simon Sinek’s Start with Why. The basic premise is that people don’t buy what you do, they buy WHY you do it. If you only focus on what you do or how you do it, you’ll have to resort to manipulations such as price or promotion to get …