by Cathy Miller | Feb 8, 2024
Validation is like a hug to our soul. It signals we’ve been heard and we matter. But like anything worth pursuing, too much of a good thing turns that healing hug into a death grip. Some validation is meaningless. And other alleged validation is just plain mean –...
by Cathy Miller | Jan 29, 2024
Before January slipped out the door, Hannah felt the slap of one of the terrible marketing trends. Or at least it seemed like a trend to her. She just accepted an invitation to connect from someone on LinkedIn. She barely clicked enter when – BAM – the...
by Cathy Miller | Jan 23, 2024
Can you believe the explosion of Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools? To think a few years ago we thought of AI as a distant dream or the topic of the latest sci-fi novel. And look at AI now. By 2025, projections are the AI software market will reach $126 billion in...
by Cathy Miller | Jan 16, 2024
Pollyanna handed a glass half full of water to Michael. “Let me know if you’d like more,” she smiled. “Well, when I asked for a glass of water, I didn’t expect one that was half empty,” Michael groused. So, is the glass half full or half empty? How you see it says a...
by Cathy Miller | Jan 8, 2024
Do you hate business plans? Not the start-up business plan, but the managing your business kind. As cliché as it is, a new year nags at small business owners to plot out a plan for the upcoming year (and beyond). Yet another P word – procrastination – pushes our...