by | | Business practices, Learning, Mindset, Motivation, Positive thinking
If you’re in business for yourself, you know the demands on you are very high these days. It’s as if your capacity to learn and grow and succeed is under heavy pressure. Your mental bandwidth probably feels overloaded to the max sometimes!
Technology is constantly changing, clients need more, more, more, entrepreneurial record-keeping can be complicated, goals have to constantly be set, revised and achieved, and, of course, all your skill sets need to be continually improved.
Then there are the other details like keeping your social media business pages humming along, your website, demos, or portfolio current and updated, new products created and blogs or books written. And all the while you need to keep cash flowing (more…)
by | | Learning, Mindset, Motivation, Positive thinking
Do you sometimes feel that you’re “different?”
Have you ever thought of yourself as a “black sheep” either in your family circle or amongst your friends?
Do you find yourself departing from conventional ways of doing things and forging your own unique path?
Do you feel that your background differs from that of your peers?
I certainly have felt that way. I come from a family of painters, sculptors, writers, sailors, and master gardeners. I remember in elementary school that not one of my friends (more…)
by | | Client relationships, Mindset
We’re all going to go through challenging times in our business: Times when customers leave, cash flow slows, we have to move and try to conduct business during the upheaval, equipment breaks down at a crucial moment, or some other stressful event takes over.
If you’re in business for yourself (and are a human being), there will be times in your life where keeping your business going seems all but impossible.
You can sometimes feel almost incapable of keeping your thoughts focused on day-to-day business activities and client relationships when you’re feeling frightened, depressed, overwhelmed, or totally frayed at the edges.
And you ARE your business.
You can’t just call in sick and hand your responsibilities off to someone else. This is especially true (more…)
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