Starting Your Own Business with Erica Douglass » Deep Thoughts

When I decided to become a coach in July, I sought out several experienced coaches for advice. After all, if I was going to make this my new business, I wanted to know what to do–and what not t...

http://www.erica.biz/2014/why-charge-less-wrong/

Something wasn’t right, and I couldn’t put my finger on exactly what it was. On the surface, it seemed like I had the best life. A popular blog with millions of readers. The perfect relations...

http://www.erica.biz/2014/dear-investors/

I launched erica.biz on December 4, 2007. This week, I’m celebrating 6 years of blogging here. Wow! It’s been just over 6 years since I sold my last company, as well, and I’m amazed at how ...

http://www.erica.biz/2013/life-lessons/

Through a sort of strange coincidence, I found myself reading Tucker Max’s blog today. If you know who Tucker Max is (and many people do), you may think I was reading his famous “asshole” b...

http://www.erica.biz/2013/become-writer/

This is one of the most difficult blog posts I’ve ever written…because I’m about to admit something that’s not easy to talk about. Even though I know some people will not be comfortable w...

http://www.erica.biz/2012/failure-success/

Today I want to talk about something I haven’t mentioned on this blog. In fact, I rarely mention this in real life, either. But I have a feeling I’m not the only one with this problem–and I...

http://www.erica.biz/2012/the-indescribable-anger/

Me, when Cobalt got bought out by Sun in 2000, with my employee number and a fake bar code marked on my arm. There are a lot of readers on this blog–perhaps you–who recently started reading. ...

http://www.erica.biz/2011/one-million-dollars/

“God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; courage to change the things I can; and wisdom to know the difference.” -The Serenity Prayer Let’s talk about current events...

http://www.erica.biz/2011/noise/

When I was younger, I believed that money would make all of my problems go away. House dirty? Hire someone to clean it. Hungry? Go get whatever kind of food you want. Car broken? Go get it repair...

http://www.erica.biz/2010/what-money-cant-fix/

I think some of us want to believe that somewhere out there, someone else has a life that’s “easy”. She doesn’t have to worry about money. He has a successful business. She’s really pop...

http://www.erica.biz/2010/the-failure-manifesto/