A Perspective on Gratitude

“Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough and more.” -Melody Beattie HANDMADE ENTREPRENEURIAL COACHING AND MENTORING The best coaching and mentoring for handmade entrepreneurs is at Indie Beauty Network. Click here to connect at our social network.

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Happy Thanksgiving Indies!

Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and…

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8 Life Lessons Entrepreneurship Is Teaching Me

I have been an entrepreneur since 1995 when I left my job to start a business. I knew what I wanted my business to accomplish and how I wanted it to make the world a better place. What I didn’t know when I started was that my business would teach me a lot about life.…

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What’s Your Why?

HANDMADE ENTREPRENEURIAL COACHING AND MENTORING The best coaching and mentoring for handmade entrepreneurs is at Indie Beauty Network. Click here to connect at our social network.

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How To Request a LinkedIn Recommendation

I enjoy opportunities to use LinkedIn to recommend the work and/or products of people who have enhanced my life. Since I frequently receive requests for recommendation from people whose work or products I have never tried, I thought I’d share these tips to help you request LinkedIn recommendations that maximize your chances of receiving a…

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Top 10 Reasons To Buy Handmade

As you probably know, I am the founder and CEO of the Indie Beauty Network (IBN), which offers coaching, mentoring and services like products liability insurance for handmade entrepreneurs. Since I founded the organization in 2000, I have watched your options for quality handmade products expand from items you would only come across now and…

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Brooks Johnson: Shameless Son Promotion

While most of my posts are designed to help you maximize your potential through small business ownership, a few are designed to make me personally happy. This post is one of those. My son is Number 85 on our local Pop Warner football team. Like his Titans teammates, he plays offense and defense, and I…

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#HandmadeChat Q&A No. 26: How To Open A Retail Store

Every Thursday evening from 8 to 9pm ET, IBN hosts #HandmadeChat, a Twitter talk show to help handmade entrepreneurs sell more products and make more money. While the show is aimed mainly at members of business owners and artisans who make handmade consumer products, the topics and discussions can empower and encourage the growth of…

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