by belindaleesmith | May 16, 2018 | business, Thoughts, women
I sat across the table from her as she took another drag on her cigarette. I was facing a woman I had just met, but about whom I’d been told a lot. Her home was in active foreclosure, her divorce was final, she had no job and no plan. And, curiously, she had no...
by belindaleesmith | May 2, 2018 | business, Thoughts
So you want to have your own business. You can work online from anywhere and set your own hours and change the world, right? Well, yes, you actually can. But let me break it down for you just a bit. There is a LARGE difference between “having” your own business and...
by belindaleesmith | Mar 25, 2018 | business, Thoughts, women
Years ago I participated in a free challenge online. I was super new to the online space, and I was trying to figure out how to be “me” while also trying to conform to what I thought I was “supposed” to be. I showed up every day for that challenge, and I would...
by belindaleesmith | Jan 6, 2018 | business, women
I recently sang a theme song in Chicago for around 6000 people. The song is called, “Own It,” and it is the theme song for the incoming National Association of Realtors’ President, Elizabeth Mendenhall. Elizabeth invited us to sing it for her inaugural. Super fun and...
by belindaleesmith | Oct 17, 2017 | business, women
I showed up in Nashville thinking I could be a songwriter… knowing a drummer. [Wow, now that I say that, I don’t even know what happened to Greg Frump.] Anyway, I showed up in Nashville pretty certain I could write a decent song. I honestly figured that all the...
by belindaleesmith | Sep 29, 2017 | business, women
I had coffee with a lovely budding entrepreneur. She has been trying to stick it out with what she calls her soul-sucking cube job while dreaming of starting her own online business. “Belinda, am I being ridiculous for wanting something different?” She...
