http://www.womenearning.com Earning my worth my own way Tue, 12 May 2009 15:53:04 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I am about to re-launch this blog with a new title and am very excited! Since some of you receive this via RSS and/or Feedburner,  the RSS URL for my blog may change for some of you this week. If your feed breaks please visit this page to update the ... http://www.womenearning.com/2009/05/12/your-rss-feed-may-change-for-mikelanns-blog/ Are you afraid that people who need you can’t afford you? And is this one reason why you discount your fees at times? I was talking about the topic of my new workbook  Emotional Pricing~ How to Feel Great Charging What You’re Really Worth, and a colleague said to me, “I ... http://www.womenearning.com/2009/04/13/instead-of-discounting-try-this-to-feel-good-about-your-full-fee/ I want to remind you that “underearning” is about your personal pattern of earning less than your potential. Underearning is not about the economy.  It is about you and your history and feelings around charging people and receiving money.  The economy is an outside factor that may also be affecting ... http://www.womenearning.com/2009/03/23/keep-the-faith-3-ideas-for-pricing/ It’s true—I haven’t posted for a while. I am busy doing a ton of writing, as well as working with a new marketing consultant. I’ll be “debuting” new content for you soon. In particular, I’ve been working on the “metaphysics of money”. I believe that now more than ever, we ... http://www.womenearning.com/2009/03/02/join-me-this-wednesday-evening/ (Here is my February newsletter article I sent to my newsletter community. Enjoy it. I've received many comments.) Money is energy. It ebbs and flows. Some of you are very frustrated right now that the “flow” feels blocked.  Perhaps it is. But if you are experiencing this, you must tell yourself ... http://www.womenearning.com/2009/02/09/broke-is-temporary-poor-is-eternal/ I love being self-employed because I always feel like I have such control over my life. Now we all know that this feels good and bad at different times. There is no one telling us what to do! (How often have I thought, “Should I be the one making this ... http://www.womenearning.com/2009/01/27/how-to-be-specific-with-goals/ Well, it’s January and I am knee-deep in work. Luckily, I’ve also set some time aside to work on my goals for the year. I think the topic of goal setting gets a lot of lip service, but I suspect many of us fall short in actually setting good goals ... http://www.womenearning.com/2009/01/22/one-way-to-keep-your-goals-in-front-of-you/ (I wrote this for my Earn Your Worth Newsletter this month. I'm also putting it in my blog because self-employed women can really struggle with this one, like Susan did, below.) Susan walked into my office and flung herself in my chair. “I think it’s time to simplify. Yep, it’s got ... http://www.womenearning.com/2009/01/08/voluntary-simplicity-vs-noble-poverty-one-woman%e2%80%99s-story/ It’s snowing outside. And here in Seattle, where there are (maybe) three snowplows, everything stops. I mean everything. And of course this fairly rare occurrence would fall during one of my busiest client weeks. I could just scream! I am stacked back-to-back with clients every day this week, partially because ... http://www.womenearning.com/2008/12/18/ode-to-five-percent%e2%80%94coping-with-client-cancellations/ As you read previously, I’ve been working on my 2009 income and spending plan for the Women’s Earning Institute. I planned out all my income streams for 2009. It was quite lovely. Then I had to plan out what it would cost me…. The process below is what I would ... http://www.womenearning.com/2008/12/08/how_to_plan_your_year/