Kicking Off Your Year

Celebrate 2020!

By Gail Doby, ASID CVO and Co-Founder of Gail Doby Coaching & Consulting Here we are, kicking off a new year and a new decade. We can’t help but wonder what they might have in store for us. One thing is for sure. It’s up to us to make the most of whatever it is.…

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Gratitude Grows Your Business

Gratitude

By Drue Lawlor, FASID As many are in the midst of celebrating the Christmas season and thinking ahead to the New Year, it’s a perfect time to stop and reflect on that for which you can be grateful – both in your personal and professional life… Gratitude Grows Your Business! As you make your “gratitude…

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Closed for the Holidays?

Happy Holidays!

The lead up to the holidays is one of the busiest times of the year for most designers. Indeed, many a designer has spent the last few hours before the beginning of the holidays putting the finishing touches on a project so that everything will be perfect for their client’s celebration with family and friends.…

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Planning for 2020

What is your “2020 vision” for your design business? If you have no vision and no plan, how will you get where you would like to go? This month before we face the new year is the perfect time to review the vision for your company, assess the past year, set goals for the new…

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Building Your Confidence

No one likes to fail, yet it’s that fear of failure that can prevent us from doing the things that will improve our success. Taking a step into the unknown is always a bit scary, but don’t let worry get in your way. With some preparation and planning, you can develop the confidence that will…

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Making Tough Decisions

Being the boss is not always the greatest job in the world, especially when it comes to having to make the tough calls. They often are stressful and can generate a lot of bad feelings you’d rather not deal with. Still, the worst thing you can do is try to avoid them. Like other obstacles…

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Taking Mental Breaks – A Necessity

By Drue Lawlor, FASID Director of Coaching at Gail Doby Coaching & Consulting Photo Credit: @bakerbroductions Do you remember that wonderful feeling after a particularly relaxing vacation? Wouldn’t it be great to be able to capture that feeling more often than just after a vacation? It’s possible, but like everything else worthwhile, it takes a…

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Build Your Team’s Skills

By Gail Doby, ASID CVO and Co-Founder of Gail Doby Coaching & Consulting Photo Credit-@bakerbroductions Would you like to have more time to devote to areas of your business you feel need shoring up or are being neglected? Do you wish you could offload some of the routine tasks that keep you from doing work…

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