I think we all know that any REAL risk will push our comfort zones, but I’ve realized in the past few weeks that some zones are more uncomfortable than others. Consider my January daily audacious goal to write or edit a poem five days a week. I was excited about it, many of you were kind [...]
One Thing
People ask me all the time what it takes to be a working musician. Most of the time what they really mean is what does it take to be a “star.” I generally have to explain the difference to them and hope they understand that, while, yes, I still have stars I am chasing, the [...]
Say It Loud
Yesterday I was having a texting conversation with a friend of mine regarding my current level of employment. I just walked away from a long term consulting contract with an organization that I was never truly happy with. I loved their mission and what they were trying to accomplish, but their internal structures and the [...]
062409 – What’ll be my risk for today? What’ll be yours?
There are so many possibilities for risks I can take today. Some of them probably don’t seem like risks to anyone but me. Things like eating well and going to bed at a decent hour (and putting aside the computer and turning out the light) seem like no-brainers, but alas, for me, they are not. [...]
Rules of the Road – for Creativity and Authenticity (and Spirituality)!
Hi! I am excited to report that we held the first of two “kick-off” calls for my upcoming Artist’s Way Virtual Summer Camp. This is a teleclass that I am co-leading with Marcy Nelson Garrison, of CoachingToys.com. We had lots of folks on the call, and enthusiasm was generated about the full, 12-week class that [...]
Fear And Dreams Must Collide
As some of you know, I have been wanting to do a one-woman show for quite a while now – years! Somehow, however, I have managed to put it off – until yesterday. That’s right. At 3:00 p.m. on the 8th of March, in front of an audience of about 30, I performed the “shitty [...]
Mary Oliver, Again, Still, Always!
For now, for this week anyway, this is the last Mary Oliver poem I’ll post… After reading this one, I dare you to ask yourself what risk the wild geese are calling you to take… Wild Geese You do not have to be good. You do not have to walk on your knees for a [...]
Risk can certainly have its rewards!
Yesterday, I shared with you that I sometimes put off returning people’s calls, and that I was going to follow-up with 5 people on my prospects list. I also said that, if appropriate, I was going to ask for the business. Guess what? As a result, I have two new clients today! And, although one [...]
Calling All Potential Clients…
I don’t know why calling potential clients feels like such a risk to me, but it is. Know how I know? Because I often procrastinate doing it! I can even put off returning calls of people who have called to express interest in hiring me! It’s crazy, I know, but it’s true! So today, my [...]
