Carolyn Herfurth | Strategic Thought Partner

When Is Premium Coaching Worth the Investment?

Let’s talk about the moment when your brain says, “Yes, this sounds amazing!” but your bank account clears its throat and goes, “Ahem, excuse me?” A super thoughtful business owner in Shanghai booked an intro call after reading about BEYOND […]

Posted in: Business Model Design
Carolyn Herfurth, Strategic Thought Partner

I Asked ChatGPT Why Some Clients Hire Me (and Others Don’t) — Here’s What It Found

Here’s a fun little experiment: I asked ChatGPT to analyze my client wins and losses. Because if robots are going to take over, they might as well be useful. Here’s what I found: The people who hire me aren’t wandering […]

Posted in: Mindset & Priorities
Carolyn Herfurth | Strategic Growth Partner

From Reluctant Partygoer to Secret VIP Lounge: A Story for the Reluctant Entrepreneur

Friday night? A dream. A friend came over. She made dinner. I made cocktails. We laughed. Solved exactly none of the world’s problems but talked like we could. The kind of night where you think, This is it. This is […]

Posted in: Mindset & Priorities
Carolyn Herfurth | Strategic Thought Owner for the Outlier Entrepreneur

You Built This Business. So Why Does It Feel…Off?

Let me guess. You built the business, made the money, got the clients. You followed just enough of the rules to keep things running but not enough to be boring. People admire you. (Like, a lot. You’re basically a business […]

Posted in: Thought Leadership
Beth

Creating An XO Economy

Women business owners are starting to reject the status quo (and yes, masculine AF) systems for building business. Because it’s time to step away from the norm and build our businesses OUR way. In a way that feels good and […]

Posted in: Mindset & Priorities, Thought Leadership
Carolyn Herfurth | Business Coach for Women

Doing Business In A World Created By Men (For Men)

Have you ever noticed the times you’ve tried to shimmy yourself into doing business in a way that feels… not quite right? (This goes beyond “thinking” something is wrong.) But you can’t put your finger on what feels wrong. I […]

Posted in: Thought Leadership
Carolyn Herfurth | Business Coach for Women

History, Habits and Hangups

One day it dawned on me that my day-to-day work didn’t feel meaningful anymore. Oy. I’d reached multi-6 figures in my business and the challenge and excitement of mastering my craft was complete. I no longer experienced the same *high* […]

Posted in: Mindset & Priorities, Thought Leadership
Carolyn Herfurth | Business Coach for Women

To Whomever Invented Black Friday: WHY?

Saw this question on a billboard in NYC. 👆🏼😂 The common advice in our business circles… “People are looking for deals on Black Friday / Cyber Monday. You’ve got to make an offer. You have everything to gain and nothing […]

Posted in: Marketing Strategy
Carolyn Herfurth | Business Coach for Women Business Owners

The End Of Efforting

I connected with one of my very first mastermind friends last week. We’ve known each other since our businesses were babies… over 17 years. She was telling me about how her perfectly lined up 2020 keynote and travel schedule fell […]

Posted in: Mindset & Priorities
Carolyn Herfurth | Business Coach for Women Business Owners

Enough of not enough

Correcting a friend when she refers to a hotel employee as “Oriental” instead of Asian… …snapping at a family member when they say something racist… or defending people of color when a card carrying Republican says, “but I work hard […]

Posted in: Mindset & Priorities
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