“Just because you can, doesn’t mean you should.” I can’t remember the first time I heard this quote, but every time I hear it, it hits me like a proverbial ton of bricks. Why? Because it’s painfully accurate. And yet, as small business owners, there’s probably another line we’d add: “Just because we shouldn’t, doesn’t…
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Category: Executive Coaching, Small Business | Comments Off on Three Reasons It Pays to Make Business Personal
Posted by Kiley Peters | March 22, 2023 | Tags: making business personal, Definition of Success, Business Strategy, improv, Team Player, Play, Be Present, Listen, Yes, and, personal, Differentiate, Small Business, women business, D+A of Success
“It’s not personal–it’s business.” As a digital content marketer turned agency owner turned small business strategist, I’ve seen and heard that single sentence countless times. Heck, I might have even uttered it myself a time or two. When you’re just starting out in your career, it’s easy to parrot back the advice you’re given without…
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Posted by Kiley Peters | June 14, 2022 | Tags: Play, Small Business, women business, D+A of Success, TruSPEX, Differentiate, Definition of Success, Business Strategy, improv, Team Player, Be Present, Listen, Yes, and
The three years I spent immersed in the improv world changed my life. Truly. I mean it. And one of the bonus side effects of studying improv so deeply for years is the positive effect it had on my work and on building my business. These seven improv principles are game-changers. If you can take…