Lately several people have mentioned to me that they hate the use of “sports jargon,” in business. They hate everything from the emphasis on scoring and winning (why can’t we ALL win!?! they ask) to the analogies and metaphors. After thinking about why sports makes people so uncomfortable I realized that the people who hate sports analogies most are those who have never played organized sports. And I think the reason they hate the analogies is they don’t ‘get them’ on a gut level. They haven’t experienced the pain of …

Maybe it was Kevin Costner’s lop-sided smile, or humble charm, or his puppy-dog eyes that got people’s attention. Or maybe it was his authenticity, or his passion for something no one else understood that got people to visit his baseball diamond in an Iowa corn field. But I don’t believe it was the field itself.

“Build it and they will come,” is arguably the most famous line from the 1989 movie, “Field of Dreams,” but what we remember is not Costner’s field, or his mantra. What we remember is his …

When it comes to web design there are two kinds of clients - (1) clients who want the best money can buy and can afford to pay for it, and (2) clients who want the best money can buy, and either can’t afford it or don’t want to pay for the best money can buy.
Small business owners tend to be the latter. They want the best so they look successful so they will attract buyers/clients who THINK they’re successful because their website rocks, their marketing material rocks and …

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I recently joined a new website called “Thumbtack.” It’s a local service listing for providers of all kinds. I highly recommend it for small businesses and freelancers of all kinds because it’s a way people in your area can find YOU and your business. The bigger your digital footprint the more likely customers are to find you. You can check out my writing services on Thumbtack by clicking on this link for instance.
I’m still playing with it, but I will say I’m impressed with the clean, simple …

If you’ve been reading this blog with any regularity you know I LOVE boundaries - talk of boundaries, books about boundaries, discussions about boundaries - all kinds of things relating to how we create, set and enforce boundaries for ourselves.
I’ve learned that EVERYONE struggles with boundaries in some areas. People who rock boundaries at work may struggle with parents and children, or vice versa. There’s room for improvement for all of us, self included. For instance, I was standing in the store debating with myself about what kind of pears …