Have you heard this joke? Jesus walks into a bar. Bartender asks, “What can I get ya?” Jesus says, “Just water,” then winks and walks away. If only we, the self-employed teachers of the world, had the ability to turn…

Preserve one day a week when you do not work. No email. No business-related social media. No planning. No accounting. Nothing. Get out of the house and do something else. Anything else. Or stay in and watch a few movies.…

I hate making decisions.  I once spent 10 minutes choosing the color of my undershirt, even though I wasn’t planning to leave the house. Sometimes it takes me a week to re-make a decision that I have already made. For me,…

Don’t be your worst enemy.  Don’t let your feelings get in the way of real progress on your business. Like many things in life, our business reality and the way we “feel” about our business are often not the same…

A friend once told me that losing weight is easy:  Make sure more (calories) are going out than coming in. Business is easy too:  Make sure more (money) is coming in than going out. Of course, understanding how to lose…