Planning and Goal Setting for your small business
As a former swimmer, I watched Michael Phelps with great excitement at these Olympics. Watching him swim to eight gold medals was truly something to behold. I got chills each time he got closer to his goal. What struck me most about his accomplishment was a story the commentators told. When Michael was 11 his […]
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The last day of June; the mid-way point of 2008. This is the perfect time to reflect on how we’ve done so far, and to make any course corrections for the rest of the year. Over the weekend I was reviewing my goals and accomplishments for the second quarter. I achieved or came close to
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I was complaining to a colleague that I’m not getting as much done as I’d like. I set goals and create to do lists. I’m working hard but I’m just not getting everything done. And it’s making me frustrated. I told her I don’t know if I’m just not being productive or if I’m expecting
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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
When It Comes To Your Marketing, Do You Know Where You’re Going? Read More »
Running a business and staying organized is a challenging prospect. Particularly for solopreneurs who don’t have anyone to delegate to, keeping all the balls in the air sometime get to be too much. I’m a fairly organized person – I keep lists of tasks, binders for major projects, and a calendar of events – but
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We are rapidly nearing the end of March which means the end of the first quarter of 2008. At the end of December I suggested you set some 90 day goals for the first quarter. If you followed my suggestion, it’s time to revisit these goals. Take a moment and re-read your goals. Now consider
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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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There are four key steps to consciously using the Law of Attraction in your life and business: desire, belief and expectation, action, and receiving. Desire At first glance desire is easy. We know what we want – don’t we? Not always. Sometimes we think we should want certain things – things society or our mother
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When you’re a small business owner, sometimes you can get taken off guard by difficult situations and end up making decisions on the fly that you later regret. Or you may feel backed into a corner and not know how to get out. Case in point: if you live in a small town (and maybe
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