Is Your Reality Blocking What You Really Want?
If you’ve ever done my signature Financial Wheel exercise, you know I ask you to suspend reality as you answer a series of questions about what you want from money. It’s the kind of exercise that is agnostic of where you are on the income and wealth...
Here’s What Happens When You Lead With Price
I have a theory as to why some service-based entrepreneurs stay stuck in survival mode. They ask this fundamental business question – “How much do I charge for X?” – at the wrong time. Given that I’ve been guilty of doing this in the...
Do You Understand What You Want and Need Out of Your Life?
“Prices are a shortcut to our most sensitive emotional responses.” ~ Tom Whitwell We’re going to continue our discussion on how you react to the price of something. Though not as a consumer where you’re paying, but as an entrepreneur where you...
You’ll Never Look at the Price You Pay For Something the Same
A rather dramatic claim, I know. But hear me out. You likely go into your wallet everyday to get your cash or credit card, or you go online to “click to pay” to buy something. Sometimes that “something” is a cup of coffee that you don’t...
Are You More Afraid of the Answers Than the Questions?
I am baffled. Here’s the backstory: Next week, I was scheduled to host two Comfort Circle™ dinners with “love & money” as the theme. One evening was for couples; the other for those who are single & dating. This “clever” idea...
You Just Want to Be Heard, Right?
“Think Better, Live Better” hosts and speakers. Photo credit: John Hackleman Relationships are hard. I’m going to keep coming back to this, not to be “Debbie-downer.” But to remind you that the best, most satisfying and enriching...
What if You Stop Expecting it to Be Easy?
Recently, I had the awesome pleasure of being on a panel with DJ Envy, his wife Gia Casey, Angela Yee, and Stacey Tisdale. In case you don’t know, DJ Envy, Angela, and Charlamagne Tha God are hosts of the top-rated and syndicated radio show, “The Breakfast...
Your Money Needs You to Be Focused
Picture this: You’re on a road trip to a place you’ve never been before. You have directions, because you’d never take to the road en route to an unknown place without some guidance. So, you aren’t too concerned about getting lost. But,...
Of All the Reasons to Have a Financial Plan, Here’s the Best One
“Once we believe in ourselves, we can risk curiosity, wonder, spontaneous delight, or any experience that reveals the human spirit.” ~ E.E. Cummings Perhaps it is because I grew up with a mother who for many years was a professional musician, and continued...
