Staying motivated
One of the hardest parts of being a solopreneur is getting yourself out of a rut. You know what I mean – you get behind on some projects and start adding more items to your to-do list and before you know it you’re overwhelmed. Or you have a task you don’t really want to do […]
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Yogi Berra said, “If you don’t know where you’re going, you’ll end up somewhere else.” Too many people end up somewhere else with their marketing because they don’t have concrete goals for their marketing campaigns. But you already know your goal – increase sales. Isn’t that enough? No. You need to be more specific. Are
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For some unknown reason, many proponents of the Law of Attraction forget taking action. But really, how can you expect to achieve – or attract – anything if you’re not doing something to bring it about? But if you’ve gone through the other steps – figuring out what you want, making a decision, uncovering any
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Many proponents of the Law of Attraction talk about “Belief and Expectation”; you need to believe it to make it happen. A decision turns a desire into a goal I think that’s part of the story. However there is one step I think you need to take first. You need to make a decision. You
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For a long time I’ve hesitated to write about the Law of Attraction on this blog. First, there’s all the hype around the movie The Secret. All sorts of big name self-help gurus are talking about it – even Oprah. I didn’t want to seem to be jumping on the bandwagon. Second, for a lot
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“In great attempts, it is glorious even to fail.” Cassius Longinus It was pointed out to me today that I have the wrong attitude about failure. I look at failure as a bad thing – something to be avoided at all costs. The only thing worse than failure is a bad ‘80s hairdo. But failure
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Creating a mission statement for a business, particularly when you are a solo-preneur, seems like a wasted effort for a lot of people. I know when I was first asked to create one as part of a coaching program I was in, I resisted. I didn’t know what to say. It took me weeks to
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Whether we are consciously aware of them or not, we all have a core set of personal values that guides our actions. There may be a long list of values that we identify with, but there is a key group, or core values, that truly define us.Values are principles or qualities that are important to
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Organizational experts tell us the average person spends one hour a day looking for things. We get it – walking into an office filled with piles of papers, files and books is a drain on your productivity. But what about the mental clutter? ADD management coach Jennifer Koretsky says that, “mental clutter is made up
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One thing I’ve learned about entrepreneurs is that we’re always learning – about our industry, about marketing, about business. We go to courses and seminars and conferences. They’re a great way to learn as well as to network with other entrepreneurs. But one of the easiest and cheapest ways to learn is by reading business
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