by Emily Crookston | Jul 20, 2017 | Business Development
I love the old adage, “life is what happens while you’re busy planning.” We live in a culture full of planning addicts. We love to think that we can control everything and everyone around us, so we try really hard to do just that. But here’s the thing: if there is too...
by Emily Crookston | Jun 27, 2017 | Business Development
Are you ready to start something new? The scary thing about starting something new is that it usually means getting rid of something old. It also means getting out of your comfort zone and into a tight and potentially unpleasant circumstance in order to see your...
by Emily Crookston | May 25, 2017 | Business Development, Small Business
So it’s my birthday month. And I call it my birthday month because I get to celebrate it all month, since my birthday is at the end of the month. I figure if I can do this for lil’ old me, then why wouldn’t businesses want to celebrate business success too?! There are...
by Emily Crookston | Oct 24, 2016 | Business Development
I’m going to discuss something that scares me about my business. (By the way, I am tempted to start out each and every one of my blog posts like this. For the most part, though, I avoid indulging this impulse because (a) no one likes a whiner; (b) everyone is scared...
by Emily Crookston | Oct 13, 2016 | Business Development, Emily's Musings, Entrepreneur
Since you read this blog, I’m going to go out on a limb and say that you’re awesome. That means a few things: (1) you would never think of sh*tting where you eat; (2) you would never think of doing less than your best for your clients; and (3) you would never think of...
by Emily Crookston | Aug 31, 2016 | Business Development, Emily's Musings, Entrepreneur, Small Business
As the end of summer approaches, I’ve been turning over in my mind three big thoughts (you know, along with the usual minutiae): Finding stillness within movement. The difference between being busy and being productive. How we measure success. How we talk about...
