by Michelle Markwart Deveaux | Jan 2, 2019 | business, Inspiration, SpeakEasy, Success
I wrote a thing for myself. A reminder. A manifest. A pep-talk. I thought you may relate, so decided to share it: Dear Self (you amazing and delightfully silly and grace-y person, you), You have a choice. Yes, you. You have a choice in how your voice works, your...
by Michelle Markwart Deveaux | Jul 7, 2018 | business, General, SpeakEasy, Success, Teaching
for being late. for not practicing. for not reading the policies. for being “lazy”. for being “impatient”. for being busy. Stop blaming for missed payments. ignoring boundaries. hovering at lessons. asking for copies of music, again. Each and...
by Michelle Markwart Deveaux | May 28, 2018 | business, Inspiration, SpeakEasy, Success
Pinball is fun when you are the playfield and not the ball. The playfield is the part of a pinball machine that all the cool dohickeys reside. The place where pinballs get trapped, ramped, orbited, flipped, and bumped. Are you the playfield or the pinball? Do your...
by Michelle Markwart Deveaux | Mar 3, 2018 | business, General, Inspiration, SpeakEasy, Teaching, Technique
What would you say if I told you that your mindset doesn’t matter? That all of your goals are achievable no matter what you believe? What if I told you that it DOES NOT matter how prepared you are. Or how knowledgeable? “You don’t have to be great to...
by Michelle Markwart Deveaux | Dec 17, 2017 | business, General, SpeakEasy, Success
We are often challenged to defend pricing. It’s part of this business we signed up for, and if a few folks are not asking questions, we probably aren’t charging enough. If lots of people are asking questions, then we certainly aren’t charging enough....
by Michelle Markwart Deveaux | Nov 15, 2017 | business, General, Inspiration, SpeakEasy, Success
We are in charge. If there is something that doesn’t quite fit in the way our studio runs, we can change it. We are in control. We get to make the rules. Here’s a fun game: Write down all the things that make you want to stab your own face bug you about...
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