âI just trust my gutâ, you think. You hire someone you feel right about, and reject to the ones you donât. A new prospect says and does a few things which feel dodgy, but seems like a nice guy, so you take him on as a client anyway. Many weeks or months later something happens and you think, âI knew it. I KNEW IT.”
Author Archives: Karen Reyburn
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Feb
Feb
When you hear yourself (or someone else) say this phrase, itâs actually all over. The supplier. The company you hired. The employee. The strategic partner. The accountant. The client. The advisor. The minister. The author. The influencer. The lecturer. The date. The….whoever. I have heard this phrase used by so many people for so long,
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Jan
Jan
This image is me. In every major achievement in my life, Iâve gotten cold feet or slowed down or hesitated or got sick or something, right before the end. Depending on how significant the achievement is, it might be a day or a week before I get there, or it might be a few months.
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Jan
Jan
Want to get better at something? Do it every day for 100 days. Thatâs it, thatâs the Note. Okay…you know me, thatâs not completely it. Naturally I have more to say. But if you read nothing else, grasp that. If youâre going to get better at something – writing or recording video or posting on
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Jan
Jan
When I was younger, in America, we used to play a game called âred light green lightâ. Everyone would line up at one end of the field, or the room, or a wide open space. One person would stand at the front, staring ahead and not able to see those behind them, and shout âgreen
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Dec
Dec
Youâre exhausted. Some of you have literally taken only a few daysâ holiday in the entire year (or since March anyway). Itâs time for a rest – a real one. An honest to goodness, donât check emails or Slack or messages or even social media or your phone, rest. Itâs the difference between being âoffâ…
Onboarding, Content, Plans & Strategy, Karens Notes
Do I need to block out a full day at a time to get marketing done?
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Dec
Dec
Right, youâre going to be serious now. Youâre going to focus your energy and attention on marketing a bit more (maybe this is your 2021 plan). But you know marketing always gets put off. You plan an hour or some time to âdo marketingâ and then you get emails and messages and phone calls and
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Dec
Dec
When you tap into the creativity within, you tap into the child youâŚ.and sometimes the fears and resistances which come along with them. I was a guest on a podcast recently called âWhatâs your âandâ?â. Everyone has an âandâ, something they do or enjoy or create when theyâre not working, and the podcast host, John Garrett,
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Nov
Nov
This week is the American holiday of Thanksgiving. As a dual British-American citizen, itâs still a holiday I celebrate here in Scotland, and it really is one of my favourite holidays of all. Because the premise is: things are (or have been) very hard, so you gather together with family, eat good food and lots of it, and you give thanks for it all. For the food, the family and friends and tribe, and all the good things youâve received or experienced even through the hard times.
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Nov
Nov
Iâve been having various levels of back pain for the past seven weeks. (Just in case you donât read the full note: donât worry. Iâve seen a doctor, several physios, and am doing the work, and it is getting better. Itâs just slow. Thatâs sort of the point of the note.) When it first started,
