One Daily Question to Boost Your Growth
At the beginning of 2019, Theresa and I created a list of questions to ask each other at the end of the evening, questions to help us capture and … Read More
When Networking Turns into Pillow Talk (and Back Again)
February 3, 2020
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Sarah B
If you’ve been reading my blog for any amount of time, you know I return to networking time and again. It’s the most powerful tool we have to develop our … Read More
The Uncomfortable and Exhilarating Act of Asking for What We Want
January 26, 2020
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Sarah B
I don’t know if it’s apocryphal or literal, but there’s a story I once heard about the founder of the life coaching profession, Thomas Leonard. According to the story, he … Read More
The Wisdom, the Flex, and the Food
January 20, 2020
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Sarah B
Yesterday, Theresa and I spent a handful of hours cooking together. She prepped salad fixings and veggies to dip in hummus; I roasted off some other veggies, made the hummus, … Read More
Schedule like Gumby
January 12, 2020
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Sarah B
Most weeks, I talk with people who are drunk on the flexibility of self-employment. It’s a type of intoxication that I know well; hell, it’s an intoxication I shaped my … Read More
Resolve to Re-Start
January 6, 2020
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Sarah B
Babe Ruth had a batting average of .342. This is a very good batting average, well above average in baseball. This very good batting average is essentially saying that Babe … Read More
Revealing the Invisible Ink of Our Gradual Growth: A Year End Practice
December 30, 2019
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Sarah B
When I was a teen, I got stress headaches. Not every so often but multiple a day for several years. And then one day, I realized that it had been … Read More
Gift Budgets and the Pain of Uncertainty
December 22, 2019
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Sarah B
Last week, I messaged Theresa from the aisles of a store: “How much trouble will I be in if I go a little over our gift budget?” On this, our … Read More
“I am brown and you are peach,”: More Wisdom from the Youngest Among Us
December 12, 2019
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Sarah B
“I am brown and you are peach.” Last month, I sat at a table at a community dinner and listened to a 5th grader tell this story of a … Read More
When Netflix Nurtures and When It Numbs
December 9, 2019
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Sarah B
I cancelled dinner with friends on Saturday. I spent the morning feeling gross in a way that I’m pretty sure had to do with a combo of sinus pressure and … Read More