I’ve heard and seen that 2011 was a year for much letting go. For many people, this was quite an uncomfortable process because we were pushed to declare what was important to us–how else can you know what to keep and what to let go of? Those who took seriously the urge to slim down [...]
I’ve been feeling like something has been missing from the overall story I’ve been telling here at Project Simplify. Simplify, organize, come back to your essential Self, personal sustainability and responsibility have certainly been the consistent themes of my story. I’ve felt, however, like something, maybe the glue that holds it all together, the impetus, [...]
Project Simplify began with the services of Professional Organizing–i.e. coming in to help you figure out what stays, what goes, and what should go where. That evolved into the niche of self-employed, home office folks and thus dealing mostly with information management. For many people, managing information is confusing and contributes to crazy amounts of [...]
If you’ve never crafted a 30-second elevator speech you may not appreciate the challenging process the self-employed go through to create one. [If "elevator speech" is a new term for you, just imagine you found yourself in an elevator with a rich and famous person who is also your ideal client. You have 30 seconds [...]
Talking with an artist friend the other day, the subject of social media came up. After listing all the outlets she “needed” to get up to speed on: a facebook fan page, Twitter, podcasts, videocasts, blogging, etc. she looked about ready to throw it all out the window. “It’s overwhelming!” she lamented. It is a [...]
Do you know how sometimes you just know that it’s the right time for something? It may have been fomenting and formulating for a while. And then at some point you just know, it’s time. That’s how I feel about the Natural Professional. 2010 is the year to get out and groove! It’s been popping [...]
Looking forward to my conversation with Colleen yesterday has transformed into gratitude for her pointed ability to cut the crap today. I requested an appointment to help unravel a knot I was feeling in the area of developing the Natural Professional identity. What a perfect conversation we had that got me pointed back to the [...]
