Kate Smalley
@katesmalley
Small Business Advisor & Educator.
Pursuing work that’s meaningful in a way that’s sustainable.
Exploring growth that centers play, possibility, care, and fullness.
Kate Smalley
katesmalley.com
“Don’t pack whatever is easiest or most available into the emptiness. Hold out for the right medicine. You will recognize it because it makes your life stronger rather than weaker.”
— Clarissa Pinkola Estés, Women Who Run with the Wolves (p196)
Creating for the long-term
I love the question @jordancooper asks founders- “if there were one thing i needed to understand to see as much value in your business as you do, what would it be and let’s talk about that.”
If you want to understand someone’s dreams, ask: How can I help you become the person you want to be?
Jessica Hagy • Ten Infrequently Asked Questions
“Life is ceaseless movement; stability is found in balance, not rigidity.”
— Neil Theise, Notes on Complexity
In a rare 1988 interview, mythologist Joseph Campbell was asked "How would you advise somebody to tap into joy?"
In response, he gave the most mystical, mind-blowing and beautiful answer I could have ever imagined: https://t.co/pmJk3qzmVu
“Perfectionism is the voice of the oppressor.”
— Anne Lamott
"You can’t find peace by avoiding life."
— Virginia Woolf