I’m Amy Slenker-Smith — business coach for professional organizers. You’ve been booking paid clients for a while now. But you’re still undercharging, overexplaining, and piecing together an income. You’re not new. You’re stuck. That’s what we fix. Sign up here to learn more.
I don't want you to throw everything away
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Hey Reader, A reader wrote back to me last week, after the purple shovel story. She told me something honest. For a long time, she kept her distance from my work. She thought I wanted everyone to throw away everything they owned. Take a picture. Toss it. Done. She wasn't wrong to think that. That's close to what the story said. Here's the harder truth underneath it: if you don't say clearly what you believe, people fill in the blank for you. Sometimes they get it right. Sometimes they don't. So let me say it clearly. Inside my closet, there's a small shelf of stuffed animals. I look at them every day. They're not "someday I might need this" sentimental. They're just sentimental. I'm not photographing those and letting them go. I don't believe in none. I believe in some. That's actually the stand I take — on stuff, and on everything else. As a professional organizer, or a woman running any kind of business, you're allowed to have one too. Here's mine:
"Don't seek approval. Seek to be heard." — Seth Godin Taking a stand means some people will misread you before they ever talk to you. That's not a cost. That's the point. Agree or disagree, but either way, you know exactly who I am. Vanilla doesn't attract anyone. What you stand for does, even the parts some people will never agree with. If you're an organizer or an entrepreneur who hasn't written your own list yet, start here. 👉 Your One Offer Clarity Worksheet It's the first step to knowing exactly what you stand for and saying it in sixty seconds. Selling is serving. Amy P.S. If you already know what you stand for but haven't built the pricing and the calendar to match it, that's exactly what we work on in 1:1 coaching. Book a call — no pitch, just a real conversation about where you're stuck. |
Amy Slenker-Smith, Simply Enough
I’m Amy Slenker-Smith — business coach for professional organizers. You’ve been booking paid clients for a while now. But you’re still undercharging, overexplaining, and piecing together an income. You’re not new. You’re stuck. That’s what we fix. Sign up here to learn more.
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Hey Reader, I'm taking my coaching on the road again. First stop: checking on dad and dropping off Zeke the cat. We're meeting friends for a long weekend in Boothbay Harbor, Maine. There's nothing like New England in the fall. 🍁 On Tuesday, I had seven coaching calls. And the same thing came up in four of them. Not pricing. Not marketing. Not finding clients. Talking about their own work. One client rated her confidence at a 5 out of 10. She's a professional organizer. She did everything I...
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