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Underpricing Isn't Humility. It's Ego.
Why do professional service providers discount their fee before clients even ask? It's not humility. It's ego protecting itself. Here's how pricing anxiety keeps you from charging what you're worth.
Dec 16, 2025


The Generosity Mindset® Holiday Gift Guide
This guide represents investments in others and yourself as well. Instead of gifts that depreciate, investments that enhance your reputation as a professional of value. Some you give to others, and yes, some you give to yourself.
Dec 4, 2025


The Generosity Mindset in Leadership: When Good Intentions Miss the Mark
The principles of what I call The Generosity Mindset® help professionals serve and price better. It also provides leaders a roadmap to build loyalty and culture. goBeyondProfit's research demonstrates why employees, not executives, should define leadership generosity.
Sep 3, 2025


Your Real Competition Isn't Who You Think
In reality, your competition takes such forms as internal resistance, false solutions, belief barriers, and relational dynamics.
Jul 14, 2025


From Haircuts to High-End Services: Staying Relevant When Clients Cut Back
How do you respond when your clients begin to exhibit signs of stress, budget constraints, or uncertainty? Here are six suggestions on how to remain relevant for your clients.
Apr 13, 2025


4 Mindset Traps That Keep You Undervalued (And What They Really Mean)
Several statements that lead to mindset traps and mental baggage that get in the way of delivering client-perceived value.
Mar 31, 2025


From Laundress to Legend: Clara Brown's Legacy of Generosity
Some people build wealth. Others build legacies. Clara Brown did both.
Mar 8, 2025


"Milk Hoarding" and the Scarcity Mindset in Professional Services
While we might chuckle at milk hoarding ahead of snowstorms, this same mindset of scarcity exists for professional service providers.
Jan 10, 2025


Prune to Prosper in Your Business
Reflections on the business lessons a successful Christmas tree farm has for those of us in professional services.
Dec 19, 2024


Book Signing for The Generosity Mindset
A book signing for The Generosity Mindset at Libery Books, Lawrenceville, GA
Dec 17, 2024


Why You Must Have a Premium Offer at a Premium Price
A couple of "low-cost" airlines have finally added first-class; many service providers operate like all their clients should be first class.
Dec 5, 2024


How Will You Handle Your Celebrity?
How Stephen Curry handles his celebrity models The Generosity Mindset: offering value, acting with generosity, and impacting positively.
Jun 20, 2024


Building Relationships Through Reciprocity
You will be successful building relationships through reciprocity if you genuinely give to others without strings attached.
May 22, 2024


Gwinnett Entrepreneur Center Workshop on The Generosity Mindset
One week from today, on May 29th, 2024, I'll be at the Gwinnett Entrepreneur Center discussing my book, The Generosity Mindset. In this...
May 21, 2024


"Too Good to be True"
Thoughts on sushi, the concept of "too good to be true," and value conversations as acts of generous service.
May 8, 2024


Empowering Others
Empowering others is a meaningful, long-lasting way to apply The Generosity Mindset.
May 7, 2024


The Generosity Mindset Selected for the Gwinnett Entrepreneur Center Small Business Book Club
"The Generosity Mindset" selected for the Gwinnett Entrepreneur Center Small Business Book Club
Apr 24, 2024


When Less is More
The limit for the number of books a self-publisher can upload to Amazon in one day is now three. When Amazon first started, there was no...
Apr 15, 2024


Guest Appearance on the Elite Expert Insider Podcast
A big thanks to Melanie Johnson and Jenn Foster for inviting me as a guest on the Elite Expert Insider Podcast to discuss my book,...
Mar 25, 2024


Thank You to the Rotary Club of North Fulton
The mission of Rotary ("Service above Self") and the work of these members made them a receptive audience for "The Generosity Mindset."
Mar 12, 2024
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