You’ve had it happen. Probably even this week. Someone said something, did something (or didn’t), and you thought: “Well. That wasn’t very nice, because…” And your mind literally filled in the gaps. The truth is, we don’t know. That’s why our brains (wired for story) leap in to “help”. But since we are humans, full
Exactly four weeks ago today, I was at a conference listening to someone talk about having the best, the ideal clients (and not accepting anything less). “If you have a client who isn’t the right fit for you, let them go,” she said. “You can always get another one.” My mindset wasn’t in the same
Do you find yourself saying “Oh my word it’s [time of day] and I haven’t [list of things] yet!” It’s 9am and I’ve only checked emails. It’s 4pm and I haven’t finished the one thing I said I would do today It’s Friday and I still have this that and the other to finish… But
Not long after I set up PF, I identified what I saw as the core foundational “pillars” of the company. Things I personally stood for and what I wanted the agency to stand for, too. Those are creativity, integrity, generosity, and rest. (For a while there was one called “service”, but I decided that was less of
Okay so, the world has gone a bit mad. I had some fears too, and they’ve gone up and down a bit as shown by this handy graph. Here’s the things I’ve been telling myself, my team, and pretty much anyone I ended up talking to this week about the coronavirus (so, everyone). On levels
Last year I was asked to sketchnote the five values for a company called Diagnostax. I got to know them through one of the owners, Gwil, who I met at an accounting conference. I was walking through the hordes of people and Gwil literally stopped me and said “You’re Karen Reyburn, right? The one who
