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Do you think I have what it takes? It’s a question that some designers ask when they’re deciding whether or not to work with me.They ask because even though they’ve been at this a while, imposter syndrome kicks in. It’s not about what I think. Do YOU think you have what it takes? Your Next […]
“I now realize that lives fall apart when they need to be rebuilt. Lives fall apart when the foundation upon which they were built needs to be relaid.” That quote is from one of my favorite spiritual teachers Iyanla Vanzant. I share it in my work as an Interior Design Business Coach. It’s such […]
If you’ve ever shown up in a room, boardroom or otherwise, on a job site or at a conference where people don’t expect to see a woman like you, raise your hand. If you’re Generation X or older, it’s pretty much par for the course. For all of you, Voice Lessons Podcast Creator and Co-Producer […]
Boy age 13 Wishlist: gift cards to buy clothing for Foot Locker, Nike, and Old Navy, football, basketball, body wash, electric razor, remote control car That’s the wishlist of one of the boys in a family that my own family is supporting for Christmas this year. His list made me smile because he sounds like […]
Setting an intention is one of the most important things I do as an interior design business coach. When you’ve set an intention for a new vision and hit the start button, it usually gets messy. Mess causes stress. Everything that is not a match for that vision will present itself, usually in the form […]
Stress. It’s the number one problem that interior designers experience doing business. Embodiment is a conversation about mind, body and wellbeing and the things that get in the way of achieving that synergy. Hans Selye, a pioneering Hungarian-Canadian endocrinologist and his research made the way we use the word now ubiquitous. Stress is internal alterations—visible […]
To succeed or not to succeed, that is the question mid-career interior designers don’t have to answer. They’re already successful but are they still growing? I’m doing my daily lunch-time reading and that sentence by author Alan Weiss jumped off of the page: “Too many professionals try to protect themselves against failure, but never plan […]
So you know the supply chain issue is THAT bad when you go into IKEA and the shelves are empty. I made that mistake a couple of months ago and a client of mine made that mistake earlier this week. Shelves and parking lots that are usually packed are ghost towns and people wander aimlessly […]
My son and I had Covid just after the holiday. The blessing in that — yes I said blessing — was that it gave me additional time to consider my vision for the months ahead. Nothing like being sick to remind you that you’re not as in charge as you think you are. And that […]
In my work with designers, I’ve seen all sorts of tangled beliefs when it comes to money.
Designers who are so worried about the “tax man” that they stop themselves from earning more.
Designers who are so afraid to ask for the client’s budget—everybody has a number—that they cheat themselves out of appropriate fees.
Designers who know they need help, that getting help will bring results but who are afraid to commit to the investment in getting help for themselves and their business because it’s expensive. So they end up spending infinitely more time and even more money, ultimately earning less.
The difference between unknowns, design leaders and legends is a factor of visibility. But being visible is about more than being seen, one of its underused definitions is available.
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