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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...

Juggling like an entrepreneur

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

Are you finding that life gets busier and busier, seemingly by the day? Since leaving the London job for my beloved businesses & a day job nearer home, I try really hard not to glorify busy – to only say I’m busy if I actually am, and to try and make...

Building a business: the darker side of mermaiding…

by Carla | Blog, Business Magic, Multipod Life & Business

Short but not so sweet today… not one, but two known merverts either friended me, messaged me, asked to join my group for pro merfolk, or a combination of the above in the last 48 hours. WTF is a mervert, I hear you ask?! Sadly, as in every industry and pastime,...

Mindset shift – she’s not my ideal client

by Carla | Blog, Business Magic, Journal, Mindset, Multipod Life & Business, Tips, Tricks and Tools

Just wanted to record something that happened yesterday, which I felt was a really good marker of how far I’ve come in business mindset since I started out with Ducking Fabulous in 2009. Popping up to a colleague’s office after a meeting, we got talking to...

Building a business – the early days

by Carla | Behind the scenes, Blog, Business Magic, Journal, Multipod Life & Business

You know by now that I’m a multipod – someone who thrives on doing lots of different things, having lots of varying interests, and pursuing more than one thing at once. My latest venture is a mermaid business, which combines some of my greatest passions...

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,...
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