Posts Tagged ‘building a business’

Building a Trust Fund

Posted on January 31st, 2010 by by Barbara

“As soon as you trust yourself you will know how to live, “ observed the German philosopher Goethe. Apparently,  that’s easier said than done. 

I frequently receive calls from people who have attended my seminars. The opening query often sounds …

Want to Build a Better Business? You Need the Right Tools

Posted on January 18th, 2010 by by Barbara

Before I started my first business in 1974, I went looking for all the information I could find. I haunted my local library trying to find something that could help me start the kind of business I envisioned: small, at …

A Business Built on Dust

Posted on July 7th, 2009 by by Barbara

Great business ideas can come from anywhere—frustration and frugality, for instance. One such story began in a tiny monastery in the countryside of western Wisconsin.

Father Bernard, one of five Cistercian monks living in at the monastery, was perplexed by …

Whose Dream Is It Anyway?

Posted on June 27th, 2009 by by Barbara

As I was running errands the other morning, I heard an author on public radio talking about how unwieldy suburban life is. He also talked about the environmental and psychic impact of long daily commutes and suggested we need to …