by Carla | Journal, Planning, Words of the Year
Every year, I choose three words to guide me through the year, and to keep close. They help me with decisions, plans, and sometimes just with feelings – because they’re chosen based very much on how I want to feel and be and show up. Some years words...
by Carla | Blog, Business Magic, Business systems
This September I’m doing my annual systems audit – looking at systems, tools and processes across my whole business – because it’s amazing how many different things we end up using to make our businesses work, and how infrequently we review...
by Carla | Blog, Business Magic, Business support & networks, Improper Jobs, Multipod Life & Business, Multipoddery, Tips, Tricks and Tools, Work Happy
When someone first suggested I try networking for my business, I thought they were mad. I’d had some experience of it when I worked in the City – 6am breakfast meetings populated by very sensible, suit-wearing men who had absolutely no idea what to do with...
by Carla | Blog, Business Magic, Creativity, Love your business, Mindset, Multipod Issues, Work Happy
I’ve had the word “balance” as one of my yearly words at least three times. It’s a word you see and hear bandied around a lot whenever you’re googling speedy self care at 4am after another late night working. (I know this isn’t just...
by Carla | Behind the scenes, Blog, Business Magic, Creativity, Improper Jobs, Multipod Life & Business, Tips, Tricks and Tools, Work Happy
You see those amazing retreats for business or creatives, in gorgeous places, with experts on hand, and cocktails in the evening, full of likeminded people, and you think to yourself how wonderful it would be to have a chunk of time to work on your business or your...
by Carla | Blog, Brand and Visual Magic, Brand Photography Notes, Business Magic, On-brand business, Personal Branding Photography
We tell stories all the time – about our lives and the things that happen to us on a day to day basis. Stories are how humans make sense of the world, and are a huge part of how we communicate. It makes sense, then, that your business has stories too –...