SOCO Blog
SOCO’s Guide to Halloween Reads, Pods and Haunts
Photo Credit: Publico BullStreet Gettin' Spooky With It! 👻 🧙🏽♀️💀 As the days grow shorter and the chill of autumn...
Ley Linder’s Journey of Empathy and Advocacy in Behavioral Health
In this episode, Ley Linder, CEO of Crescent Behavioral Health, shares his inspiring journey from gerontologist to...
SOCO’s Guide To Working With People
Cofounder Greg Hilton shares his take on the "rules of engagement" for working with others. 😂 😭 😍 People: Can't Work...
The Balancing Act – Motherhood, Work and Self-Care
Join us on the Communal Podcast as we hear from three working moms that are also SOCO members. Imagine juggling tasks...
Growth: The 6 Kinds of People You Need in Your Tribe
Cofounder Greg Hilton shares his take on the 6 kinds of people you need on your entrepreneurial (or professional...
1% Every Day: Member Perspectives on Personal Growth
SOCO Members Share Tools, Tactics and Topics They're Exploring To Make Life and Work Improvements. What Is "1% Every...
The Road To Growth: 6 Members, 6 Paths, 6 Lessons Learned
6 SOCO Members Share What They've Learned On Their Paths To Growth & Success How Do YOU Learn and Grow? Growth is...
Your “Summer Reset” Personal Growth Book List Is Here
10 Books That Can Help You Recharge, Reset and Exit Summer Ready to Conquer the World Whitney Balish: Cruise Director,...
5 Proven Approaches I Use To Take Time Off As a Solo And Actually Enjoy It
How I take time off as a solopreneur without crying or getting fired by all my clients Guest Post by Ben Culbreth,...
Flow State: A Guide To Falling In Love With Work Again
How To Get Into "The Zone", Find Peak Performance and Make Work Suck Less Let's Go To The Flow (State) So, I've been...
8 Planning Tips To Help You Walk Into 2024 On Fire 🔥
Get Ready to Have Your Best Year Yet With Some Simple Planning Guidance So, How'd Your Year Go? "Dumpster fire"....
#GetaLife: 10 Productivity Approaches To Own Your Week
10 Productivity approaches to explore to get the work done and make time for life. You Ain't Gotta Go To Work, Work,...
Washing The Dishes – The Art of Finding Balance
A Commentary On Time Management, Productivity and Work/Life Balance Let's Talk About Dishes How do you load the...
5 Entrepreneurial (And Life) Lessons from The Worst Hike of Our Lives
"This is NOT good, Greg." An Epic Hike Begins Back when I first married my wife Kat, we LOVED to travel and explore...
10 Women That Are Getting Sh*t Done
Shannon Franklin Kat Swartz + Bre Spaulding Kassy Alia Ray Kaleigh Cox Jada Willis Helen Johnson Starlitt Miller Fiona...
Slack Sessions: Be SMART About Your Goals
With the new year comes and endless talk about resolutions, goals, and how to make the most of the next 12 months. At...
Slack Sessions: Giving Thanks and Giving Back
During this season of giving, we had a conversation with our community about how they give back in their careers and...
Slack Sessions: The Role of Mentorship and Relationships in Your Journey
All month long, we talked about how to build a support network that makes the solo business journey a little less...
Slack Sessions: The Working Parent
Between meetings, emails, and all of the parts of a job, working parents also have to care for, raise, and be there...
Slack Sessions: Finding Balance 🧘
We all have so much going on. Work to do, kids to take care of, bills to pay. And it can all be too much sometimes....
Financial Lessons from the SOCO Community
We’ve spent the past month discussing finances in the SOCO community. It’s a popular topic, and we wanted to dedicate...
Refocusing on Your Work
Since we're halfway through 2022, we wanted our community to take a moment and see if they need to refocus. When life...
How to Refocus On Your Work
We’re roughly halfway through the year. And if you’ve avoided breaking out in a cold sweat because time is flying by,...
Stop Living in the Gap
I live my life in the gap. Every day. And I bet you do too. I’ve always been this way. A former boss...
Setting Boundaries at Work
We all could do a little better job of setting boundaries at work. And it's not always easy to know where to start. So...
How to Set Boundaries with Yourself and Your Work
It’s hard to say no, isn’t it? For most of us, telling someone we can’t do something just feels awkward. We think...
Here’s How to Manage Your Business Finances, According to a Financial Strategy Expert
Starlitt Miller helps entrepreneurs, freelancers, and micro-business owners manage their money. She’s spent countless...
The Finances of Your Business
Following the April 18th tax filing deadline, we figured it was an ideal time to talk money. We wanted to get our...
1×1 with Brett Edwards
SOCO member Brett Edwards is a freelance photographer and videographer based in Columbia, SC Brett Edwards noticed...
Slack Session: Women in the Workplace
Our March Slack Session focused on Women's History Month. Specifically, we wanted to hear from the women in the...
SOCO’s Women on Work and What Needs to Change
Our community has many incredible women. They’ve founded companies, run non-profits, have side hustles, and do great...
Leadership & The Wall
I‘ve been trying to think about the idea of Sincerity. Specifically how sincerity relates to being a leader. You can...