Weekly Wayfinder: Stop waiting for things to get “back to normal”

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Have you ever said this: Once things get back to normal then THIS will happen and THIS too and of course THIS will just naturally fall into place?

It’s something that I’ve found myself saying a lot in the last three weeks. And you know what I realized at some point tonight (it’s Sunday and I’m getting ready for a week full of unknown) there is no back to normal from here.  Every day is a brand new normal and we get to decide what ingredients go into our day.

I’m curious what have you been waiting to start doing?  What one step are you willing to take this week even though things are most certainly not back to normal?

Bed & Breakfasts: 7 Networking Tips to Check Off Your Lists

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“Owning a B&B is a people business…”

At Capra Strategy, we don’t need to tell you that! B&B owners who we know live in-house. They are hosts and chefs and concierges. They know exactly when to help and when to take-leave for the night. Thing about the B&B biz? People outside these inn-doors count, too.

  • Business owners.
  • To-be B&B guests.
  • Even other B&B owners!

This article from The B&B Coach highlights 7 tips you may or may not already use. … At Capra, we don’t “play favorites.” But we can say we are quite fond of #1:

“Take full advantage of memberships in local organizations such as Chamber of Commerce and tourist associations.”

In our neck-of-the-woods, this is the: Finger Lakes Bed & Breakfast Association. For all the tricks and tips, updates and to-dos on the best #FingerLakesLife … Like FLBBA on Facebook! And let us know what you think:

  • Who would you like us to spread the word to?
  • What are your favorite ways to network?
  • When are the best times of day, week, month, season, and year to network?
  • Where would you like to expand?
  • Why is it important to know your communities?
  • How do these tips work for you?

Thanks for helping to show us the way!

Your Wayfinders,

Capra Strategy

How To Edit Your WordPress User Profile

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Have you ever wanted to change your display name on posts you author for your page? Or the color scheme of your WordPress dashboard? Or maybe you simply need to change the email address WordPress uses for your account. Well…this is the video for you!

Where Summer Meets Fall: Everyday Flower Arrangements from Martha Stewart

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It’s end of summer, beginning of fall. In Rochester, NY (where we are), upstaters don’t always love this. … Fret not! Summer into fall is lovely. The final blossoms from flowers mingle with the beginning turn of leaves. It’s that maple-y delicious smell. You know. The sweet and sticky scent you catch while walking by, maybe as twilight turns to ink.

The smell warms you like a Pumpkin Spice Latte. 

At Capra, we say: Bottle that up, & bring it into your home! Especially if you’re feeing blue. Bring some of the lingering summer warmth and the bursting fall foliage into your space. Here are 31 everyday flower arrangements that we love, compliments of Ms. Martha Stewart.

http://www.marthastewart.com/275126/everyday-flower-arrangements/@center/350556/decorating-nature#265687

Where do we recommend you buy some of these florals?

Your favorite place, of course! Here are just a few suggestions:

These are just some hot spots. You know your local fav. Maybe it’s around the corner or near the tools & paint brushes! Either way, we’d love to know from who & what.

What did you make?

Send pictures! We’d love to hear from you. Let us know if you want it Pinned, Posted or Tweeted, too.

(And Psst. We’ll let you know if we make any arrangements ourselves.)

Thanks for helping to show us the way!

Your Wayfinders,

Capra Strategy

 

Weekly Wayfinder: Do the thing you’ve been putting off.

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Let’s agree on one thing: We’re all really busy.  And there are a lot of things that can be done on a day to day basis and a lot of things that can’t.  As you’re looking at your to-do list for today and this week I challenge you to do two things:

Do the thing you’ve been putting off. Whenever I have something on my list that I really don’t want to do I do a few things:

  1. First figure out if this is something that should really be on my list.  Is it better done by someone else?  Does this thing actually need to get done?  If it’s better done by someone else, delegate and if it doesn’t need to get done skip this item right on down to the second challenge.
  2. Why haven’t you wanted to do it? Is it too big? Break it down into smaller pieces.  For things I really don’t want to do I will break it down to 10 minutes of action at a time.
  3. Set a timer for 10 minutes or 20 minutes and turn off all the distractions.  And do it.  Start.  Don’t look back. With those first few minutes behind you do you have the momentum to finish?  If yes, do it.  Living more of your life with this thing DONE is a pretty sweet reward.
  4. Is this something you’ll have to do again? Figure out a time of day, month, year that would make this task more palatable.  Schedule it out in your calendar now so it doesn’t sneak up on you and while you’re at it – ask for help.

Remove the thing that you don’t want to do &  doesn’t really need to get done.  Just cross it off this is no longer something on your plate.  (Doesn’t that feel awesome?)