Business Coaching From The Kitchen It was a week filled with clients and business, parties and movies, baking and Chinese food. We’re heading to another party this evening. I’m always asked to bring a dessert. I picked one of my favorite recipes, a pumpkin, cranberry bread. Some of the batter got … [Read more...] about What I baked…
A dog story…
The sun is out today and it’s not too cold. I wanted an excuse for some fresh air, so I took Dani to the dog park. We were there for about 30 minutes and met Maxine, Boomer, and Polo. Maxine is three and was trained to be a seeing eye dog. She was dropped from the program just before graduation. … [Read more...] about A dog story…
Customer Service and Doing the Unexpected
My husband is a potter. He has a website to post some of his work (www.greenewareartistry.com). He hosts the website at GoDaddy.com. The website hosting service is set to automatically renew each year. It renewed last week. Yesterday he got a call from Go Daddy, I happened to be with him when he … [Read more...] about Customer Service and Doing the Unexpected
What Road Will You Take?
I’ve been in business for over 15 years. I’ve tried a lot of different things. Some worked really well, others didn’t. I’ve enjoyed some of the things I did and didn’t enjoy others. Many times I aimed to do things the easy way. In fact, I often encourage my clients to look for the easy way to … [Read more...] about What Road Will You Take?
Lessons from 2000 degrees
I went to a glass blowing class, and in addition to making a glass paperweight I also learned three business lessons. You can do things you wouldn’t expect yourself able to do. Turn things around to get a different perspective. Make sure to include creativity and fun in your day to day – … [Read more...] about Lessons from 2000 degrees
OUCH! That was hot!
Sammi and I took an introduction to glass blowing class last weekend. We learned how to gather glass onto a pole, shape it into a circle and cut it off the pole. We made a marble, and a paperweight. It’s harder than I thought, and the glass is incredibly hot (2000°). Here’s a picture of me gathering … [Read more...] about OUCH! That was hot!
