Ten questions for businesses that matter (or businesses that want to)
A few questions that I return to again and again. They help me to stay connected to my deepest Why, which makes everything else easy.
Entries by Margaret
Of work and gardens: How to survive and thrive in any weather
Whether you are cultivating buyers for your book, or roses next to your porch, there are things you can do to assure a rich harvest.
Building a small business that matters: 3 ways to be a force for good AND be profitable
Building a business that has the guts to stand for something is one of the best ways to stand out from the crowd, and make a good living that makes a difference.
Doing small things with great love
Doing the small things with great love can have a positive ripple effect in the world that matches that of the big things.
Two quotes, both wise, source not important
When I’m floating through a confusing patch of life and am hungry for the bits of wisdom floating around…I’ll take it wherever I can get it.
You can wait for a sign until it falls on you
You CAN wait for a sign that shows you the “next right thing” beyond any doubt. Or you can try a different way.
Those first small business steps–they’re not carved in stone
Waiting for the “right” way to do things, the dance steps the gurus tell you MUST be followed? Try something different. You might be surprised.
Zing! Becoming truer and truer versions of ourselves
What if the purpose of all this working-for-ourselves stuff is just meant to help us discover “truer and truer versions of ourselves”?
The notion of our work being a two-part harmony
Business vocations should have a harmony between profit and the desire to do good work for the world.
Your destination will be all around you
I’ve never been very interested in GPS devices or their business equivalents. Along the route is where it’s all happening.