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Don’t Make it Pretty, Make it Work

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This morning as I surfed through the social networks and got a bit of work done, I ran across this interesting article on TechCrunch about how Facebook hacked the NASDAQ button to post a status about CEO Mark Zuckerburg ringing the bell this morning. One line in the article struck me as very cool: “The [...]

What Makes You Come Alive?

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I hold a personal belief that we’re all designed to create amazing things.  We’re all creative in unique ways and we each have our own mission here on earth. Two of my favorite quotes lately are: “Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the [...]

Need a Pep Talk? Kick in the Pants?

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Ever get discouraged? Frustrated that you can’t “balance” everything? Not sure what steps to take next to reach your big vision for your life’s work? Feeling unsure what your superpowers are or how to share them with the world? Stop reading this post and go get The Fire Starter Sessions  by Danielle LaPorte right now.  [...]

How to Get Past Your Fear of Being Judged by Others

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Do you worry what others think of you and your business? Sometimes when we’ve made the decision to strike out on our own and create our own entrepreneurial business, our friends and families don’t quite “get” it… But here’s a great video from the rocking Marie Forleo about how to deal with it: Can’t see [...]

Are You Making this Common Entreprenuer Money Mistake?

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Money mistakes.  Running your own business gives you lots of opportunities to make them… from setting money goals to managing cash flow to pricing your products or services…  Today I want to introduce you to Tony Tiefenbach, the Income Acceleration Expert.  Tony specializies in helping entrepreneurs transform their businesses and go from offering $50 products or [...]

Here’s Why Business Isn’t Rocket Science

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When you’re building your own business, sometimes it feels like it’s all confusing and complicated and overwhelming. It feels like we need X or we need Y or Q or M to succeed. But really it’s a series of decisions followed by a heck of a lot of energy and work and emotion and determination. [...]

Key to Success? Give More.

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When people ask how I’ve built a community around my site, how I get visitors to comment and share me, how I’ve built my mailing list… My answer is pretty darn simple. Give more. Create something to share.  Share it.  Then create something else. And keep creating and giving. Feeling frustrated?  Don’t give up.  Give [...]

Do What You Can

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Don’t have an hour today to spend on an important project, marketing, social networking, blogging, or whatever is on your list to move your business forward? Then spend 30 minutes.  Or 15 minutes. Whatever time you’ve got, do what you can. I was on Google+ earlier today, avoiding my daily workout because I knew I [...]

Stop Being Fuzzy. Move Forward. It Matters.

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What keeps some people moving forward while others struggle at the starting line? I’ve had quite a few friends and colleagues ask me lately, ” What’s different?”  They see me getting things done and putting more out there and want to know what’s changed. Yes, things have changed.  I’m changing.  My goals and vision are [...]

Why I’m Celebrating Recent Failures

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We’re a little over three weeks into the year… and by now many “New Year’s Resolutions” have been abandoned… great plans have been filed right in that round bin labeled “trash”… But does that mean failure? Do you think of success and failure as two opposite things?  Two different roads to be traveled like that [...]