Self-love is the foundation of your Business
WHY SELF-LOVE IS THE BASIS OF YOUR BUSINESS And why The Dalai Lama didn’t understand self-hateDid I ever shared with you what HH Dalai Lama said when someone told him that people in the West often feel unhappy?Let me share it with you, because it’s such an important story. At a meeting in India a friend […]
Continue readingLove or fear
Is your business fueled by love or fear? Here’s a question for you: Is your business fueled by love or fear?How to find out? Here are some examples:You promote your new programFEAR says: ‘Maybe I have to lower the price because no one has bought it! I’m sure they hate it. I will never make […]
Continue readingHow to Go from Giving it Away to Selling
HOW TO GO FROM GIVING IT AWAY TO SELLING *and make more money * 10 shares Share10 Tweet0 Share0 Pin0 Advice for female entrepreneurs who can’t stop giving it away!Several years ago – within 12 hours – three highly talented, brave women asked me: ‘Esther, how can I earn more money? I want to invest in […]
Continue readingWho Do You Need Permission From?
Who Do You Need Permission From?So if you’re even a bit like me – a highly sensitive introvert with a burning desire to make it out there – you NEED to do scary stuff.As in really – knee-wobbling-ugly-crying scary.I asked these amazing women, many of them own 6 and 7 figures businesses, why I still felt […]
Continue readingWhy YOU are your best advertisement
WHY YOU ARE THE BEST PUBLICITY DO YOU KNOW YOU ARE YOUR BEST PUBLICITY? WHY?LET ME TELL YOU WHY. I WILL ALSO TELL YOU WHY PERSONAL BRANDING IS DIFFERENT – AND TRULY EFFECTIVE – WHEN YOUR’E A BRAVE WOMEN ENTREPRENEUR.Growing up I always felt invisible. Small and insignificant.Who would care about me? And I thought […]
Continue readingWhy failures are part of being alive (especially when you are an entrepreneur)
Why failures are part of being alive. Especially when you are an entrepreneur!I Made A Big Mistake! (these days That Failure Is Part Of My Business… want to know why?) Last week I shared my horror story where I told you about how I became partner in ‘the wrong’ company.Of all the stupid things…. Remember?I felt lost, […]
Continue readingHow to keep your Creative Heart Open in Difficult Times
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”20114″ img_size=”720 × 720″ alignment=”center”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/6″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text][dt_gap height=”10″ /] Like you my weekend was about Paris, about people everywhere in the world turning against each other, about fear, about not feeding the fear, trying to find meaning in the madness. [dt_gap height=”10″ /] I was deeply shocked when I saw the images last Sunday […]
Continue readingWhy I hid a White Silk Dress – A True Story
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”20060″ img_size=”962 × 390″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/6″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text][dt_gap height=”30″ /] What I’m about to tell you is not a pretty story. To be honest, I’ve never told this to anyone. But I think it’s time to share it. Because you might recognize parts of it as your own story. In 2010 – when I was still […]
Continue readingWHY I REFUSE TO SURRENDER TO MY INNER PERFECTIONIST
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text][mashshare][/vc_column_text][dt_gap height=”20″][dt_gap height=”20″][vc_single_image image=”18180″ style=”vc_box_rounded” border_color=”grey” img_link_target=”_self” img_size=”600X200″ alignment=”center”][vc_column_text][dt_gap height=”20″ /] Picture this [dt_gap height=”20″ /] After a full day of testing and rehearsing (I even forgot the chocolat on my desk!) and days of preparing my webinar, I’m all set for my webinar “How to Overcome Perfectionism”.[dt_gap height=”20″ /] I see the names […]
Continue readingHow To overcome Perfectionism Webinar
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text] [dt_gap height=”20″ /] [mashshare] [dt_gap height=”20″ /] This is for you! You are invited to the Free Webinar[dt_gap height=”10″ /] How to Overcome Perfectionism [dt_gap height=”20″ /] [dt_button size=”medium” animation=”none” icon=”” icon_align=”left” color=”orange” link=”http://www.estherdecharon.com/free-webinar” target_blank=”true”]Go to Sign Up for the webinar page[/dt_button] [dt_gap height=”20″ /] Two weeks ago I wrote an article for the Huffington […]
Continue readingWhy you should take perfectionism (not that) serious
The Alarming Research on Perfectionism Don’t mess with perfectionism Melissa Dahl Read the story in my blog or in NY MAGPerfectionism is a trait many of us cop to coyly, maybe even a little proudly. “I’m a perfectionist” being the classic response you might say in a job interview when asked to name your biggest flaw — because […]
Continue readingHow Fragile We Are
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text] [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][dt_gap height=”10″][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text] How Fragile We Are [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][dt_gap height=”10″][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text] Yesterday our cat Max died. We found him on the side of the road. A few minutes after a car had hit him. [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][dt_gap height=”10″][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text] His body still warm, his eyes still gleaming. [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][dt_gap height=”10″][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text] His mother was a pristine pure-bred fancy Ragdoll cat. […]
Continue readingMy Pretty Long Road from Being Miserable to Happiness
[dt_gap height=”20″][dt_gap height=”20″][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] [mashshare] [dt_gap height=”30″ /]My Long and Pretty Windy Road from feeling Miserable to Happiness [dt_gap height=”30″ /] In my first year at the University of Amsterdam I participated in a research about young women and their smoking habits (yes, I know…). [dt_gap height=”10″ /]We were a randomly chosen group, and had never met […]
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