My dear friend and colleague Ryan Eliason has put together a video presentation about his upcoming business training for social entrepreneurs. I just finished watching it. And it. is. good. I want to encourage you to watch this (whether or not you decide to participate in his training). I think this video is a great […]
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I just saw this video from my colleague Nancy Juetten. She’s someone I’ve featured on my blog a number of times, especially around writing your bio. I wanted to share it because I think it’s a great example of a few things . . . First of all, it’s a super cool format – having
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I met Mark Volmer, of Hidden Gem Healing in 2011 at some point. And I had the experience of instantly liking and trusting him. There’s something about people who are so comfortable in their own skin (not posturing or collapsing) that it has us all relax. He ended up coming to one of my weekend
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A quick thought . . . The direction of your niche is determined by your wounds. The form of your niche is determined by your natural gifts. Those things you are most naturally best at, that come without effort are what you should build your niche around. The tone of your niche is determined by
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I’ve said it a lot of times: your deepest wounds are often the doorway to your truest niche. The things you’ve struggled with and overcome are places you have not only credibility but also capacity to help others. If you’re going to be a guide for people, best to pick a terrain you’re familiar with
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I’ve long noticed how much stuff niching seems to bring up for people. They freeze, they resist, they ignore, they freak out. On the surface, it would seem like an over reaction. But is it really? The word niche comes from the old French verb ‘nicher’: to make a nest. Our niche in the world
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As I discovered during my Niching for Hippies six week coaching program, people have a lot of fears around niching. And then coaches encourage them to push through those because ‘niching is so important’. But I’ve been learning that those fears are actually important to listen to. Sometimes the very thing that seems like it’s
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Niching can be hard. And sometimes people can just feel so stuck in the process. So here’s my thought of the day: If you’re totally stumped on the WHO go back to the WHAT. I just had a kick ass conversation with my friend and colleague Rebecca Tracey of The Uncaged Life (the beauty pictured
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As we approach the launch of my six week Niching for Hippies coaching program, I’ve been writing and thinking a lot about niching. And one thing has gotten clearer and clearer to me over the past month: your niche is often you. A while back, I wrote a blog post about how our deepest wounds
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I met Dike Drummond (pictured here) in 2011 at a marketing workshop and loved him warm, positive attitude. I liked him instantly. He just started a new project that is so very on point around niching and a beautiful example of how our own wounds can be doorways to our truest niches. What is
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