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Last week we talked about what your junior high textbook forgot to tell you about self esteem – that it’s not a single, internal thermometer, it’s actually made up of multiple components that can shrink or swell independently of one another. So today, when we talk about “raising” self-esteem, we know that it isn’t a simple proposition.…
Remember those junior high health textbooks – the ones that covered all kinds of then-awkward bodily system stuff? And how there was always a chapter about “Emotions”? (Usually illustrated with six photos of the same face sporting different expressions.) In that chapter, there was usually a banal paragraph about Self-Esteem, which basically said: Self-Esteem is important. You should have some.…
A comment came in on last week’s article that said, essentially: Okay Jenika, I’ve read in several places now that you need to find your ideal client’s problem and show you’ve got the solution. (Yep, this is true.) “However, as a baby photographer, I don’t really believe I’m solving any problems. To me, you either…
I’ve begun to think of creative business owners as the world’s most reluctant group of superheroes. Imagine: You’re a superhero. Cape and all. And you see a building on fire. What do you do? 1) Stand on the sidelines, scuff your superhero boots, and say quietly: “I know how to save the day. Do you…