Like most other kids, I had career dreams and aspirations growing up, but becoming an entrepreneur wasn’t actively among them. I don’t think I even heard the word entrepreneur when I was a child. When I was almost 12, I started babysitting to earn pocket money. Babysitting didn’t pay particularly well, and I found myself…
Do you wish you could be a better writer? Are you putting off blogging because you don’t think your writing is good enough? Are your writing skills (or lack of) holding you back from the success you’re seeking? Is writing a challenge for you? You can become a better, more confident writer. You don’t have…
Having trouble keeping on task at your desk? If you improve your work space, you can increase your productivity, with a well-organized and comfortable workspace.
This time of year can be crazy busy, especially for entrepreneurs. It’s easy to get so wrapped up in filling orders, serving customers, holiday shopping, family obligations, and planning for the New Year that all the fun and meaning of the winter holidays, including Christmas and Hanukkah begin to seem like an impossible chore. It’s…
How will you wish your friends, family, and customers a happy holiday this year? Have you thought about it—or are holiday cards just an old-fashioned holdover from the last century? You can send a printed holiday card by traditional snail mail. It’s a time-honored tradition, more than a hundred years old. Sending a creative holiday…
One of the biggest challenges for most entrepreneurs, especially when first starting out, is how to be successful in your business & still have a life. Balance is not always a skill that comes easily when we are following our dreams and building businesses. I used to own a retail photography studio. For the last…
Spending long hours at the computer is not good for your health. Make a plan and regularly step away from the computer to take breaks and improve your productivity & health.
Do you have too much to do and not enough time to do it all? Are you constantly overworked and overstressed? Does it feel like you just can’t ever catch up? There is a solution—and it doesn’t involve adding more hours to your day or cloning yourself. The real solution is to quit overworking yourself…
Entrepreneurship can be a challenging life. Many entrepreneurs, especially those just starting out, often work alone. While being your own boss is often one of the chief attractions of entrepreneurship, every entrepreneur needs some support to help them on their path to success. Having a support network can not only keep from feeling (and being)…
Networking is an essential in the business world. While you can be successful without making networking your second career, it is virtually impossible to be successful in business, especially if you have customers of any kind (and what business doesn’t?) if you don’t network. Becoming a successful networker doesn’t take any special skills or talent,…
