Let's play a game.
Take a look at these three sentences:
- In business, systems predict success.
- As an entrepreneur, you must do everything in your business for it to succeed.
- Fear can be a catalyst for entrepreneurial freedom.
Two of those sentences are...
With everything that went down in 2020, more people are faced with the whole work/life balance issue than ever before. But this time, there was much more at stake. We went from the hustle and grind workday to juggling virtual school with making sure our own sales goals and deadlines were met.
The...
Wanna know what I did this morning?
Come on; I know you do. It's not like you're doing anything important, like work or something!
Kidding. Just kidding. Seriously.
I want to tell you what I did this morning because it's kind of a big deal. In the last two months, life has...
|By Tara Vossenkemper, Ph.D.
“I’d hate to have to deal with everybody’s complaints.”
This is a direct quote from one of my employees after overhearing another employee make a complaint and lodge a request about something they wanted to be different.
There are...
|By Tara Vossenkemper, Ph.D., LPC
During my doctoral program, I had to take a systems class. Rocco was the instructor. Rocco was old school - he liked original systems thinkers, and he spent a lot of time talking about Bateson, Minuchin, and Haley like they were his besties.
One of the required...
I’ve been told by a number of particularly nasty misogynists that I need to go back to the kitchen because that’s where women belong. I don’t make a habit of listening to misogynists, but I will say, one of the most profound and impactful epiphanies for my business came as a...
| By Tara Vossenkemper, PhD
I’ve only worked a handful of jobs in my life. When I started at the restaurant, I was hired on the spot. It was a new store opening. I remember walking into the restaurant as it was gearing up for the grand opening and meeting a woman named Kim, the manager. I ...
If anyone knows me well, they'd be the first to bring my dark and dirty secrets to light. Don't worry, my sweet, dear friends. I'll spare you the temptation and tell on myself this time.
I'm messy. Okay, fine. I'm a little more than messy—I'm a little bit of a slob and maybe a tiny...
Prompt: Name your biggest pet peeve. Do you bring it to a person's attention when they annoy you with it.
I need to start by saying I don't necessarily get annoyed with this pet peeve; just a little sad. When I was a kid, like all kids, I had situations where I felt disappointed....
Social what? Oh, the terms. They come, they go, some I know, most I don't. I'm getting old, I suppose.
"You need social proof," they said. Wait, I'm on social media. Does that count? I like my bourbon at least one hundred proof, Is that the same thing? No, okay. Never mind, I'll Google...
You may know systems are kinda my thing. I strongly believe that there’s nothing better than waking up in the morning knowing that your business can run itself. I love the freedom, the sense of adventure and purpose that I’m able to enjoy because I don’t have to constantly put...
(an Excerpt to Fix This Next for Healthcare Providers, launching July 19, 2021)
Lillie, Willie, and Zillie were their names: a set of triplets born back in the spring of 1921, in a little shack off the main road in Fonthill, Kentucky. Nestled in a cove on the Cumberland River, nearly hidden...
