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I’ll Stop the World and Melt with You
And you know what’s happening in Austin right now, yes? They've had better weeks, for sure. And they're some of the fortunate ones. So, what happened when a third of my staff were out? And not just out, but in actual danger? I stopped. Before I did anything. I stopped. Mallary and …
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Good Grief
“Ok, good. I thought something was wrong with Joe.” (Joe is my dear husband.) This was, maybe, five years ago? I went through it again about 15 months ago. I had already been through it in a BIG BIG, life-changing way 13 years ago when I switched from managing botanical gardens to the type …
Best If Used By …
You clean out the actual fridge for a lot of different reasons. I’m thinking this whole “cleaning out the refrigerator” metaphor is really useful. In business terms. I Have To Treat My Business Like A Refrigerator. For the most part, cleaning out the actual refrigerator is not an emotional job …
Tell Me What you Want
I had a really great day last Saturday. Why? I saw a sign pointing to a fish fry and I followed it. Arriving onsite was like finding a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. At least, it was for this girl who misses people and new experiences. And, …
Kind of a Big Deal
Four years ago today I fired off some snarly text messages to my friend Kim in the middle of dinner. I was eating what would become my traditional pre running race dinner: a moderately sized plate of spaghetti and meatballs.And I was bricking it. The cause of my angst? I was running the 5K …
How’d You Guess?
I've been reading a lot about how election polling works. Because I'm a nerd. And I'm interested in how organizations try to predict the outcome of elections. It seems like it would be a real shot in the dark. What I found is that the accuracy of a prediction (from a poll) depends …
My Favorite Four Words to Say
"Send me the bill. (If you read my subject line as "My favorite four [LETTER] words," my apologies. I have plenty of those for sure. But my favorite four words to hear and to say: Send me the bill. Why I like saying "send me the bill." It allows me to set a boundary. "Send me the bill. …
Planning and Adapting Your Business in Uncertain Times
In the October 2020 edition of Green Profit, Katie Elzer-Peters helps all of us prepare for an uncertain year ahead by providing actionable steps business owners can take to be prepared. Katie made the rounds and spoke to several members of the horticulture community to see what changes they made in …
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The Day After
Last time we talked, I was finishing up a 13 hour day. I try not to do those on the regular, but I was providing Red Phone Service. It was my responsibility, as the business owner, to do that. The next morning I went to the beach. On a Tuesday. I went swimming. I walked. I made a little …
