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Have you ever been envious or jealous of someone?

by EvieBurke, posted in comparisons

Or maybe there’s someone that just annoys the crap out of you?

Or one thing that someone you generally like or even respect does that causes you to roll your eyes or want to leave the room?

I know I’ve experienced each one of those things.

And sometimes the mantra of “that’s just not my person” (meaning you’re not meant to work together) can be used to dismiss an opportunity to learn.

This is a topic that’s been wandering in my head off and on since Friday evening.

I was listening to one of my favorite podcasts and the topic of envy came up.

I loved the way they talked about it.

Envy has two sides to it.

It can be used to learn about yourself and improve.

Or it can eat at you.

Check out the Wednesday LIVE with Evie I did on this topic here where I shared more about those two sides and how it can be a powerful tool for personal and business growth.

How do you handle envy, jealousy, and annoyance?
Any particular place that you notice they regularly pop up?
Comment below to share.

The gift and necessity of failure

by EvieBurke, posted in failure, video

Spring is definitely coming. And with it, you’ll probably start seeing more bicyclists.

Have you ever seen someone just learning to use a bike where their shoes clip in?

From what I understand, the benefit is it allows you to continue propelling the bike forward with the upward movement of your foot, as opposed to only the downward movement.

But you have to learn how to use that system. And you’ll fall a few times in the process.

And once you learn, in the spring when you pull your bike out again, you might have a short period where you have to relearn the system.

What happens if you don’t allow the “failure” of falling over? You don’t go anywhere on that bike.

Failure in your business is the same.

That failure allows you to move forward faster later.

I talked about this and other aspects of failure in this week’s Wednesday Live with Evie about the gift and necessity of failure, You can watch it below.

Wednesday LIVE with Evie #15


What are your thoughts and feelings on failure?

Here’s a quick outline of what I shared:

  • How business is like riding a bike
  • What failure teaches us
  • Why failure is absolutely necessary

And if you want to catch the next Wednesday LIVE with Evie live, head over to Facebook and like my page here (that way you’ll receive a notification when I go live).

The role of failure in business

by EvieBurke, posted in failure, Overwhelm, planning

I was reading through posts in various Facebook groups I belong to and start reading a longer post.

In the middle of it I see this statement, “People don’t fail, systems fail.”

I found myself smiling and saying aloud with love, “OH honey, I fail All The Time. It’s a good thing.”

I own my failures.

The times that I’ve failed have been incredible teachers to me.

Have my failures sometimes been a system failure (or lack of system)? Yes.

And I’ll still own them as MY failures.

Because they are.

The biggest problem I see (and have experienced) with failure is when we use it to beat ourselves up.

Let’s maybe stop doing that (yes, much easier said than done).

So, this week for Wednesday LIVE with Evie let’s talk about the gift and necessity of failure.

You can find that replay here.

What are your thoughts about failure? Do you think it’s necessary?
Comment below and let me know!

Work / Life Balance

by EvieBurke, posted in video

Wednesday LIVE with Evie #14

What’s your definition of work / life balance?
Here’s a quick outline of what I share:
  • Creating boundaries to support work/life balance
  • Work / Life Balance definition (yes, there’s a reason I don’t start here)
  • Fulcrums and expectations
  • How to “achieve” work/life balance

They don’t know when to quit

by EvieBurke, posted in schedule, Self Care

Nate (my husband) and I spent Saturday at my parent’s house. And my sister was staying there for the weekend with her dog.

My parent’s got their dog right before Christmas. As you can tell from the picture, they both have Boston Terriers (and I love them both to pieces!).

When we arrived Saturday morning we were immediately greeted by the dogs. They were so excited to have more people to pay attention to them!

However, they quickly grew bored with us and started playing with each other.

After a few minutes, they were separated and I said something to the effect of, “Let them play! They were being good.” And my sister said, “they’ve been playing all morning—and they’re Boston’s.”

I immediately understood.

Boston’s don’t know when to quit.

You want to throw the ball 50 more times, they’ll run and get it until they literally make themselves sick.

Another dog wants to play, LET’S GO! And then keep going.

It reminded me of us entrepreneurs and our businesses. There’s work to be done, so I’m going to KEEP ON DOING IT!

Something unexpected has happened in my personal life, but I’m still worrying about ALL THE BUSINESS THINGS!

Sometimes we’re like those little Bostons and we don’t know when to quit, when to take a break.

Which brings me to this week’s Wednesday LIVE with Evie topic: Work/Life Balance.

Let’s talk about what it means and how to “achieve” it (catch the replay to see why that’s in quotes).

​​​​​​​What are your thoughts or frustrations with work/life balance?
Comment below and let me know.

And you can see the Wednesday LIVE with Evie here.

PS. The photo credit goes to my sister, Cindy. It was taken Sunday morning on one of the super rare times they were calm in each other’s company.