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
Small Business Advisor & Educator.
Pursuing work that’s meaningful in a way that’s sustainable.
Exploring growth that centers play, possibility, care, and fullness.
“Perfectionism is the voice of the oppressor.”
— Anne Lamott

Investing in “The Consumer Stack” — both the consumer brands & the inputs required to make them (materials, etc)
Being, doing, becoming. “The only doing that matters is adding beauty to life and/or protecting/serving the beauty that’s there.” “Most people are doing stuff that if they stopped doing it, the world would be better.”
Gratitude is so much more than a polite thank you. It is the thread that connects us in a deep relationship, simultaneously physical and spiritual, as our bodies are fed and spirits nourished by the sense of belonging, which is the most vital of foods. Gratitude creates a sense of abundance, the knowing that you have what you need. In that climate
... See more“If you are here unfaithfully with us / you’re causing terrible damage.”
— Rumi
“Great things can only be understood gradually. You don’t get anything great all at once.”
— Richard Rohr