Well, here I am a couple of months later than I wanted to be with an additional blog post. I have been working to find clients, looking for a job, and taking care of my family. I am quite determined to make this coaching gig work for me. What I am learning along the way is that landing clients is harder than I anticipated. The other thing I am struggling with is the very strong desire to have another service up and running, but figuring out the pieces to this puzzle also stump me. All of you who know me, know I adore the Twin Cities and I really "live" in the city. It is a personal quest for me to know my city and tap into the richness it has to offer. Whether it is for food, music, art, family outings, outdoor adventures. These cities feed my soul and, of course, so do the mountains of Switzerland(if you know me, you know what I speak of). So back to my concept....I want to be able to have a spot where people go with specific parameters of what they desire to experience. This might be something like a recent text I received asking for a suggestion of a gift certificate for someone who is both a food lover and a beer aficionado. I LOVE getting a message like this because 1. I love to explore and share knowledge and 2. I want people to be happy and seek out and experience what brings them joy. Enter coaching skills, I reply with "Do you want beer or food to be more of the focus?" My challenge then becomes providing a perfect few options from which the person can choose. At first I think Surly. Superb beer, creative and satisfying menu, outstanding service and knowledgeable folks who work there. Then the floodgates open. What about across the river to The Happy Gnome? Or The Muddy Pig? Or back to Minneapolis and Republic? Each have their strengths for different reasons. As I coach, I need to know more. This is when it dawns on me to set up shop through this website to offer my knowledge of the city starting with e-mail or text inquiries and then I work on how to charge for the service. Please share thought and comments on how this might be done.