I’m a Mad Men fan and disappointed we have to wait for the new season. Watching the show is a great reminder of why I wanted to be my own boss by the time I was 30— a goal I’m proud to say I achieved.
When I was in the corporate world (and then worked for ad agencies) I had everything from… Read More →
The other day I found myself pondering the “why” of my career as a professional home stager, and teacher, coach and mentor to thousands of other home stagers.
Whether you’re doing what you’ve always dreamed of doing or you’re “stuck” in a desk job you feel you can’t escape from, there is something… Read More →
I received an email last month from an aspiring home stager seeking advice about buying an office printer.
She thought she would buy the cheapest all-in-one printer/fax/copier she could get and wanted to double check with me to see if she’d be making lots of copies as a home stager and… Read More →
In coaching home stagers, I’m constantly reminded how important mindset is to what we can achieve.
The bottom line is you have to be willing to stick with it if you want to achieve home staging business success.
Mindset is EverythingI can be very negative when I’m living inside… Read More →
It never ceases to amaze me how much valuable content about home staging is added to this blog every single day by way of your comments and questions.
Peggy’s comments on my article Stagers don’t let real estate agents discourage you inspired today’s article about the need to remind… Read More →
Have you toyed with the idea of building your own home staging website for your staging business? Before you get yourself absorbed into a project you may wish you never started, I’d like to offer a word of caution: it’s not as easy as it looks!
When I decided to build my first website, I went out… Read More →
Home stagers, have you ever heard of Akio Morita? Probably not.
He started a company that produced a rice cooker. Unfortunately, it burned more rice than it cooked and less than 100 units were sold.
Had Morita and his partners given up, his company – Sony – wouldn’t be a … Read More →
If you’re a home stager in Toronto or will be visiting the area on January 27-30, I hope I’ll see you at the 2011 Interior Design Show!
This awesome event will be held at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre this year and admission is only $15 if you register by Monday January 17.
Many home… Read More →
Home stagers have to step out in faith when they decide to embrace their creative talents.
There’s no firm guarantee about what the future holds. Which is true of anything you decide to do in life, isn’t it?
Aren’t we all looking for “wow moments”?The times… Read More →
“We spend January 1 walking through our lives, room by room, drawing up a list of work to be done, cracks to be patched. Maybe this year, to balance the list, we ought to walk through the rooms of our lives… not looking for flaws, but for potential.”
Home stagers, I love this quote by American… Read More →
