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Celebrating small businesses

by Carla | Blog, Business support & networks, Improper Jobs, Love your business, Work Happy

December has rolled round again and it’s Small Business Saturday! If you move in similar circles to me, you’ll have spotted a few posts today, probably from your friends, family or colleagues who run small businesses themselves. For my part, I thought...

One day to go…

by Carla | Behind the scenes, Blog, Business Magic, Colourful Magical Life, Journal, Mindset, Multipod Life & Business, Portfolio Careers, Work Happy

Well, technically three, because my next day at the day job (which is also my last) is in fact on Tuesday. But OMFG I can’t believe how fast it’s come round! After years of extolling the virtues of a month’s notice rather than three, I ended up...

Multipod Issues: describing yourself and what you do

by Carla | Blog, Multipod Issues, Multipod Life & Business, Multipoddery, Tips, Tricks and Tools, Work Happy

What do you do? Ah, that killer question. I have no idea why it’s so important to modern society, but it seems to be a standard conversational gambit, especially when meeting someone for the first time. All too often, we respond as we have been conditioned to do...

What to do when you’re frustrated with your day job

by Carla | Blog, Multipod Life & Business, Portfolio Careers, Work Happy

Most of us will have had a day job at one point or another – lots of us still do. They mostly don’t light us up, but they tick along nicely, pay the bills, give us some social contact, enable us to experiment and get going with the businesses we dream of,...

It doesn’t have to be all or nothing

by Carla | Blog, Business Magic, Journal, Mindset, Multipod Life & Business, Work Happy

So many conversations I’ve had recently about Being In Business. “I don’t feel like a proper businesswoman.” “I don’t feel like the word entrepreneur describes me.” “My day job is ok.” “I don’t want to...

Why a day job isn’t always a bad thing

by Carla | Blog, Portfolio Careers, Tips, Tricks and Tools, Work Happy

It can be really easy, when you’re looking for advice about your beloved business, to get bogged down in other people’s opinions rather than finding the advice you needed in the first place. I’ve noticed, among some of the mentors/teachers/gurus out...
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