Business Life
You’d Get More Done If You Stopped Doing This
I was thinking about you guys while I was cleaning the bathrooms a few weeks ago. (This’ll make sense in a minute.) For reasons passing my understanding, the builder of my house decided to include 4 bathrooms. The house is not that big. I have no idea who would think it needed four toilets, but…
Read MoreMaking Business Friends – Good News For Introverts
“Networking.” As an introvert, that unwelcome word makes me picture standing around at a busy event trying to talk to people when I’d rather be home reading. Ugh. But we know for a fact that relationships mean everything – in life and in business. Relationships can create emotional and material wealth, lift us, strengthen us,…
Read MoreThe Overachiever’s Guide To Taking a Break
You’re in a busy season. You’ve got clients to care for, orders to fill. Editing, web-maintaining, and marketing galore. And at some point, you’re going to run across a problem and you’ll sit down to write a critical email, and your mind comes up with – Nothing. So you try harder. You’re a smart person. …
Read MoreA Guide To Being Your Own Boss (And Loving It)
Think of the best and worst boss you’ve ever had. What made them the best and the worst? I’ll give an example (and I’d love to hear yours): Fresh on a high school pizza place job, I became acutely aware that I was holding up the line. All the pizzas were finished differently – some were topped…
Read MoreMake Your Fear of Success Obsolete
Yesterday, I underlined the following lines in a book about war: “One cannot explain it. A man is walking along without thought or heed; – suddenly he throws himself down on the ground and a storm of fragments flies harmlessly over him; – yet he cannot remember either to have heard the shell coming or to…
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