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From the mind of Michelle Markwart Deveaux…
Do you own a business that helps people use their voice? I do too. Here on the FcK blog, I do my best to provide actionable tips, words of wisdom, and high fives of encouragement so that running your voice related business will be easy and feed your soul.
All I Really Need to Know About Life I Learned From Doing Paint-by-Number
Learn 20 valuable lessons about business and life. Get inspired with my paint-by-number tips!
Intersectionality in Entrepreneurship: How Identity Impacts You and Your Clients
Factors like inaccessibility to wealth and/or resources, education status, race, gender, body type, neurodivergence, and sexuality impact business ownership and opportunities.
If I Quit Facebook Will I Destroy My Voice?
When it's time to take a good hard look at our relationship with...
I Already Know How to be a Coach, Don’t I?
So why should I bother having one for myself? Maybe you've asked...
I see you fearing that you’ve become irrelevant.
I see you even though you've potato bugged into a careful self...
10 Work-life Balance Tips: How to Make it all Work
Michelle tackles a forum question about how to make it all work when you AND your partner are both working full time jobs AND raising a family. Keep these tips in mind to get inspired and achieve your #worklifebalance.
Brand Expectations and How to Manage Them
A blog on brand expectations you may not expect. A few weeks ago, I...
We Need to Talk About Your Brand. Your Siren Call.
As we approach these first weeks of Q4, in the middle of bullwonky...
I will not help you find your authentic voice.
I said that to a client yesterday, "I will not help you find your...
Why Small Business Owners Struggle With Motivation (And How to Fix it)
So you're a small business owner and you've lost your motivation?...
You Didn’t Sign Up for This.
This is an open letter to the members of The SpeakEasy Cooperative.I...
The Ten Commitments to Conversation
Use these Commitments on how to choose to engage in difficult conversations, and on how you will lead them. [Download included]
Resisting Scarcity in a Time of Scarcity
Scarcity is the gap between limited resources and unlimited wants. I’ll show you ways of using Scarcity to our Advantage, Pro-active ways to Resist Scarcity Mindset for small business owners in times of Covid-19.
An Open Letter to the Info-Givers in the Online Lesson Rush
Dear Online Lesson Info-Givers, I see you. I've spoken with, or...