Articles by Anne Perry
When Lydia Lee, founder of Screw the Cubicle, interviewed me on the Cubicle Crashing podcast, she asked me, “Knowing what you know today, what advice would you give the ‘old you’ when you first started the cubicle crashing journey?” Well, the old me thought, “Maybe they can do it, but it won’t work for me.” more »
Business Heroine got hacked. Most anyone with a website has experienced little hacks here and there. A quick call to the web hosting company and a password change usually handles it. This time? It was bad. As in, “Sorry to tell you this, but all your files are gone.” Come again? “ALL your files. Your more »
To the dream stealers, We believed you for many years. Our hearts sank and our shoulders slumped as what you believed was (im)possible formed our own prison walls. We *almost* accepted that the dreams we held so close to our hearts were… Unrealistic. Risky. For them, not us. Flat out fantasy. Almost. Because you’re very more »
We can have fun at work, right? Some days there is simply more work to be done than hours available to do it. I had a day like that earlier this week and, rather than stress out, I’m decided to turn it into a game and have FUN. When I was a kid I would more »
This quote really hit home for me: I realized I’ve been depending on a branch. My little bird claws have been digging into that branch to prevent a fall. My little bird wings have been tensely clasped by my side, unwilling to pry themselves open. Why? I’ve been sitting on that branch for so long, more »
I was recently enjoying a glass of wine with a friend of mine, and she said something to me that stayed with me for days. She said: “Our lifestyle is what makes our fortune.” Wait. You mean it’s not the other way around? I had never thought about it that way. The more I chewed more »
We all have strengths and weaknesses. So why not leverage what you’re uniquely good at and do what you love? One of my biggest strengths came to me in the form of what I thought was a handicap. In my days of being an employee, in every new job I held, before I felt I more »
Yesterday I had one of those life-in-perspective moments, and a strange question popped into my mind: If I found out I had just a couple years to live, would I stop working or would I work even harder? The obvious answer was to stop working. After all, if I’d be gone in a couple years more »
1. Increases EFFICIENCY. Saves you hours of re-prioritizing and re-inventing the wheel (even when you don’t know you’re doing it). 2. Ensures CONSISTENCY. Customers & clients are happy when they know what to expect and that they can count on it! 3. Increases EFFECTIVENESS. Allows you to strategically develop best practices so that you know time is well-spent more »
Life is meant to be full of adventure and joy, in which we are all superheroes, delighting in the glory that comes with making a unique contribution to the world. Here are some lessons we can learn from famous superheroes… Iron Man Teaches: Embrace what you Love. Iron Man, an inventive businessman with an aptitude more »
