Are You a Multipotentialite Entrepreneur or Wannabe Small Business Owner?
We should all read "Refuse to Choose post-pandemic...In a way, we’re all “scanners” now. “After month upon month where so much was...
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Sharon Woodhouse
- Aug 12
Grow Your Work and Business Ventures with Love, Actual Love
You can only learn to love by loving.
“We can only learn to love by loving.”
— Iris Murdoch. I love this quote in its presumption of...
Sharon Woodhouse
- Aug 10
How the Practice of Practice Is the Secret to a Sustainable Business
Commit to showing up consistently and doing the work from where you’re at. “Isn’t it a bit unnerving that doctors call what they do...
Sharon Woodhouse
- Aug 8
The Power of Leaving Things Half Done (Until Later)
Stopping in the middle of it. I first encountered the idea in the poetic phrasing of Ernest Hemingway: “I learned never to empty...
Sharon Woodhouse
- Aug 4
What We Can Learn from Kids Starting Businesses
So many reminders, including if they can jump into the fray, so can we. We spoke about the clothing line he wanted to start. He already...
Sharon Woodhouse
- Jul 29
The High Value of Lowering Your Freelance Bar
Make yourself right, right now, and build from there. “You may not be perfect, but that doesn’t make you flawed."--Nicole Kylie. Let's...
Sharon Woodhouse
- Jul 25
Cushioning Your Business Life Changes More Than You Can Imagine
What if you had enough of everything in your practice to minimize worries and problems, disappointments and resentments? In my mind...
Sharon Woodhouse
- Jul 21
Self-Talk Basics for Maintaining Your Solo Business in Tough Times
Attitude defaults for strength, support, and forward solutions. Whether you have a part-time or full-time, new or established solo...
Sharon Woodhouse
- Jul 12
Did You Arrive with An Organic Lack of Boundaries?
10 rules for solo pros and freelancers who have trouble saying 'no.' Are you too often a yes man or a woman who can’t say...
Then you may
Sharon Woodhouse
- Jul 7
This Montessori Fundamental Didn’t Work for My Kid but It’s a Gem for Business
Make each action effective by setting the stage for what’s next. They had us at, “and then the children clean up their work and put it...
Sharon Woodhouse
- Jul 6
Make Your Business Affirmations the 5 Types of Talk Your Brain Likes Best
50 ways to love yourself and build your business. “Thrive talk instead of survive talk creates greater resilience,” says Bryan Robinson...
Sharon Woodhouse
- May 31
40 Secrets of Conflict That Can Help Your Business
You don’t have to love conflict, just don’t avoid it. We’ve all encountered the solo practitioners, freelancers, or small business owners...
Sharon Woodhouse
- May 27
Slow Relationships, Sustainable Business
50 easy ways to re-connect for defensive entrepreneurship and
post-pandemic socializing. Where did my most recent client work come from?...
Sharon Woodhouse
- May 23
How to Generate Work from Your Local Knowledge
50 place-based ways to grow a freelance business. Do you like people, your corner of the world, ongoing learning, variety, flexibility...
Sharon Woodhouse
- May 20
How Meditation Can Boost Your Solo Business
12 entry points to ‘better’ from going within. I started my first business at 16 and started meditating at 17. There was no connection.
My
Sharon Woodhouse
- May 19
Offering a Sliding-Scale Model for Your Service Business
Use my template if this makes sense for you. Many service businesses are the lowest-risk path to entrepreneurship, self-employment, or a...
Sharon Woodhouse
- May 17
Build It and the Work Will Come
What you do while waiting for work creates a sustainable business — a sturdy container the work can flow into. Waiting for freelance...
Sharon Woodhouse
- May 16
How to Use Presence in the Brave New Uncertain World of Business
The attractiveness of the present moment offers opportunities. “We must get back to normal!” We hear it everywhere. A desperate cry for...
Sharon Woodhouse
- May 13
What to Charge Small Businesses for Your Freelance Services
31 million small business in the U.S.
are underserved and need your help. “I just read your article on freelance writing for small ...
Sharon Woodhouse
- May 12
Marketing Tips for Freelancers Who Don’t Want to Niche
First, here’s your permission slip. To niche is a b*tch for some of us. Don’t make us pick one thing. We refuse to choose. And personal...