Posts Tagged ‘Thanksgiving’
Hey Clients, Thank You!
Can I get more cliche than thanking my clients right before Thanksgiving? Probably not. I am pretty sure that every year since I started my business in 2011, I have written a blog post in November thanking my clients. But (and how often have we said it this year?), 2020 is different. It’s always an…
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Giving Thanks for Failure
Well, we blinked, another year passed and Thanksgiving is upon us once again. As I do every year, I have been reflecting recently on where Spring Insight is, how it got there, and how many people I have to thank for that growth. This year, it strikes me in particular how much failure has played…
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On Following Up and Working December
December is a weird month for small business owners. I have been known to describe it as the Month of Fridays. But this year, I’m declaring December the Month of Following Up. I am all about finishing 2016 strong and hitting the ground running in January. And judging from the number of emails I’ve gotten…
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The Business of the Brain on the Internet: The Psychology of Gratitude and 5 Reasons to Be Thankful
In the midst of all the depressing political coverage lately (regardless of whether you voted for Trump, can you really sit idly by while he appoints Steve Bannon as White House Chief Strategist?), it can be hard to muster the strength to be thankful. And yet, the season of gratitude is upon us. Besides the…
Read MoreThe Most Important Person in My Business
Now that I have thank my team and my extended team, I can round out this season of thankfulness by thanking the most important person in my business, you. When I get out of bed every morning, the thought that drives me is how I can make the Internet a more profitable and productive place…
Read MoreExtending Gratitude to my Extended Team
Owning a small business can feel surprisingly similar to playing that old arcade game, Whac-A-Mole (which you can actually play from the comfort of your couch now). While empowering and rewarding, it can feel like every time you have one part of the business under control, something else pops up needing your attention. It always…
Read MoreThere’s no “I” in team, but the “me” makes great things happen
As we roll on with our month of thankfulness, I am reminded of something that happened in the car last week. While I was driving my nine-year-old daughter, Yael, home from hockey the other day, she was complaining about a teammate who refused to pass her the puck during a practice drill. “You know mom,”…
Read MoreThankful for Online Tools
During this month of thankfulness, let us start by being thankful for the point in history where we find ourselves. Take a nostalgic walk with me back in time for a moment to the 1990’s when the very first websites were created. Back then, if you wanted to build a website (which was little more…
Read MoreBeing Thankful in Business
Unless you live off the grid (in which case, I don’t know how you could be reading this), you are probably aware of the concept of the 30-Day Thankfulness Challenge that has been a trend each November on Facebook and other social media for the past few years. Don’t get me wrong; I am a…
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