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 …
The Red Phone Service
It's 8:49 on Monday night. Steph's gonna kill me. I should already be in bed. Tomorrow is probably gonna be a little rough. (I promise to attempt cheer.) I'm the 911 Operator for my clients. Basically, if one of them has an emergency, ultimately, the buck stops with me. If they need …
Inside the Line
We know each other by our lines. That seemingly "throwaway line" spoken by one character near the end of a novel I absolutely loved (scroll down for link), has continued to stick with me for weeks. Maybe because that line helped another character resolve the main mystery of the book. We know …
The Reset I Didn’t See Coming
"Forward is a pace." I woke up this morning and started doomscrolling Facebook. Tangent: Every time I think "THAT is the word of the year," I read a new one starting to take hold. In addition to studies about virus, I expect studies about the pace of the change of language in 2020. Back to …
Prove You’re Human
"UpWork has determined you are a bot. Please complete the CAPTCHA to prove you're a human." Ok, so that set off quite the cascade of thoughts at 6:17 pm on a Tuesday. I was hunting around for a job description that we wrote so I could share it with a client. If only clicking a checkbox …
Getting Started With E-Commerce
In the June 2020 edition of Green Profit, Katie dives deep into getting started the right way with e-commerce. As with anything, there are a million ways to start a project but there is only on Katie Way™ and for e-commerce, this is the way. In this article, you will learn: How to evaluate …
Something in Return
For the last two weeks I've helped my Mom get into her Zoom exercise classes. On Tuesday or so she said, "This week is the last week they're doing classes. They can't keep paying their instructors without collecting membership fees." I asked her, "Did they even ASK you guys if you would pay …
