Archive for July, 2007
How to Get Unstuck and Regain Momentum
By Cristina Favreau
Newton’s First Law of Motion: An object at rest tends to stay at rest. An object in motion tends to stay in motion.
Running your own business, especially alone, you’re bound to get stuck and feel like you’ve reached a plateau or worse still, you feel as if you just can’t gain forward-moving motion. [...]
How to Set Up and Manage Your Home Office
By Vlad Ehrsam
If you are thinking about running your own business from home, be prepared to work hard. While managing your own business can be very difficult it can also be very rewarding. Spending more time with your family and feeling a sense of pride and accomplishment are only a few benefits to running your [...]
Can’t You See I’m Working?
By C.J. Hayden
Your family and friends don’t seem to understand that you’re working. They ask you to run errands, expect you to handle chores, and want to chat on the phone. When you see the pile of laundry or stack of dishes sitting there waiting, you may be tempted to take time out from work [...]
Virtual Assistants… Even Santa Needs One!
By Janet Barclay, MVA
Trying to fit all the planning and preparing and celebrating of the holiday season into an already busy schedule can bring a lot of stress to a time of year that’s supposed to be full of peace. These days, even Santa needs help making his list and checking it twice!
Fortunately, help is [...]
Taking a break - without having a breakdown
By Heather Douglas
Will the festive season provide a refreshing rest from your home business, will it be business as usual, or will you suffer a double whammy with a blow to your back pocket following hard on the heels of a stressful juggling act? Relax! A little planning goes a long way …
For some home [...]
Making Time to Network during the Festive Season
By Janet Barclay, MVA
With music and magic in the air and retailers telling you it’s time to go shopping, it can be hard for even the most dedicated entrepreneur to stay focused on his or her business. Here are a few tips to help you continue networking, without missing out on all the fun!
1. Attending [...]
Six Ways to Make the Most of Summer Downtime
By Janet Barclay, MVA
Although summer is the peak season in many industries, for others, business seems to come to a grinding halt. Whether this is due to your customers being on vacation or other factors, there are many ways to fill your time that will bring benefits over the months to come. You’ve probably thought [...]
4 Ways to Make Habits that Save You Time
By Jim Estill
You are the product of what you repeatedly do. If you have well-trained organizational habits, then you are an organized person. If your habits include reading a lot, then you are a well-read person. I work at finding new habits that will help me save time. Some tips:
1. Use Every Minute.
How I Plan Time so I can Stay Highly Productive
By Jim Estill
I have learned that not all time is the same quality. In times when I am very alert, rested, focused and efficient, I can be three to five times as productive as other times. My goal is to have more of these highly productive hours.
This harkens back to Stephen Covey’s Seventh rule of [...]
Kindergarten Planning Works: And Works Extraordinarily Well - Auto Recovery
By Catherine Franz
I went into the supply cabinet and pulled out a stack of index cards. Back at my desk, I sat staring at them. What’s next? “Shhh…quiet…listen!” So, I did.
“Write one project on each card.” I obeyed.
“Okay, what’s next?”
