Solo Business Dictionary

Evolving the Solo Business Experience through our words.

The Solo Business Dictionary is far from your average dictionary. For instance, did you know that dictionaries are only a record of what we say? That is right, like us words are not born fully formed, which means new words and their meanings come from a slip of a tongue, a misunderstood meaning, or a needing need.  Dictionaries are our running record that are living along side us working hard to keep up with the words we actually use.

So, now knowing this knowing we incite, inspire, and ideate an idea of what would happen if we leveraged this knowing and instead of going to a dictionary to find a definition, we got ahead of the conversation and shaped the words, the reframe focus, the definitions direction? 

Let’s do it.

Let us be that little dangerous. Let us be that little daring. Let us be that little fire that lights up that little language to actually move us, to actually grow us, to actually grow in real-life in real-time.

[* clearing throat and breathing a calming breath noise *]

…we give you the Solo Business Dictionary.

Why so small, so specific, so contained in the contextual context of the Solo Business Experience?

Great question! The best was to misuse, mislead, and miss the mark in communicating is to go too big, too broad, too being everything. By being specific and seemingly small we can grow the small bigger.

Now we could of gone with a business specific dictionary, but that was too broad and boring (okay, we were geeking out to do this but it wasn’t giving the goods).

And, you are right, it would have made sense that we would have gone with small business, but it turns out the context of small business is not as small as one may think! (Actually we did start here and found that most, if not all, definitions easily overlap and apply to small and Solo Business Experience, but we kept running short of the really good goods for Solo Business Humans).

So here we are, as we’re smiling our small sloping smile we welcome you to wonder and words with us in the contained container of the context that is the Solo Business Experience. We welcome you to feel that support, to feel that someone is on the same page, and to enjoy that inspired inspiration that motivates and moves your solo business butt forward on this business-ing day.

We ask only one thing in return. Instead of talking about the words, use them. Use the ideas, the definitions, the prompts and passages that are here to realise the potential in your everyday conversations and communications. We have done the initial heavy thinking so that you can come here to find what you need to grow your business your way — we ask, encourage, and wholeheartedly invite you to inspire us in return.

The Solo Business Dictionary

Click on any letter with an * to see the available defined definitions. Please note that new definitions and updates are frequently added.

It’s not a big thing: A podcast for Solo Business Owners

A word without context and conversation is like dinner without dessert...ummm, what is the point?! Many and most of the definitions in the Solo Business Dictionary are born from a conversation, a question, a moment many miss and assume it need not be uttered aloud. In Little Language Matters* we utter, stutter, and ponder to the point of clearer clarity to support stronger structures, connected constructs, and possibilities to become practical in our practices by walking among the words we actually use.

Each conversation is unscripted and follows a familiar path with the sense of knowing where we are going while wondering what it will be when we get there.

To keep it real, Little Language Matters* Kathy Rast records and releases new conversations each Monday.

Ask Away

Do you have word, a phrase, a wtf?! you would like to be a little clear-err, a little connected-err and little contextualised-err in the context of your Solo Business Experience? Wonderful. Terrific. Rightio, let’s go. Please pop the word you would like considered and contextualised in a defined definition and how it’s working in how you use it in current your Solo Business Experience.

  • If you’re wondering why we’re not asking for email. If you’re wondering if this is a lead gen. If you’re wondering if this is an opportunity missed in building our ‘list’ you can calm and quiet your minds and assure them that everything’s by design.

    We want to contribute lightly with lightness to support new views for to really sow a seed of looking into the eyes of what one has known to be true it takes a touch as light as a lash one has yet to notice resting out of place.

    We’re working to contribute to the conversations to lighten the load with Solo Business Owners so that you can get on lighting up the world in your working ways and days.

    That’s it.

    Does it work? Yup, in the most wonderful ways. Is it a good business move? Well, you’ll see 🤭