You’re Too Busy NOT To Stop and Do It Now

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Do you ever feel like you've got to learn the same lesson over and over? Yeah, me too. Exercise today?  No!  I'm too busy! Stop working long enough to cook and eat a healthy meal?  Whaaaa…?  That takes too long. Organize the mess of files on my desktop?  I don't have time!  So, I'll spend [...]

3 Steps to Creating Something to Celebrate

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We've got just under a month before the end of 2011. What's left on your list of 2011 goals that you can still get done before the calendar flips into 2012? Let's get it done so we can celebrate at the end of the month! Here are your three steps: 1) Write out the action [...]

It’s Monday. Do You Know Where Your Focus Is?

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It's Monday.  What did you get accomplished today?  I spent most of the day on a ferry.  But on a typical Monday I've not been accomplishing as much as I'd like!  So here's where I go in search of information to help ME, and share it with YOU.  :) Do you ever get that Monday [...]

When You’re Not Feeling Brilliant

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What do you do when you aren't feeling brilliant?  When technology isn't cooperating, the ideas aren't flowing, and things just aren't working? Sometimes that totally *blocked* feeling is a sign that we need to step away… Put. down. the. mouse. and. back. away. from. the. computer. It's okay to give yourself a break.  If you're [...]

Wasn’t Today Your Ideal Day?

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Everyone's got an ideal day. What's yours? My ideal day would be to get up early, exercise, get some work done before my kids get up, get school accomplished, take a trip to the library, cook three healthy meals from scratch including appetizers and desserts, have an always spotless home, do a fun art project [...]

Introducing… Simplestorming!

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A new project I've been working on just went live at www.simplestorming.com! My blog has been shifting from general small business topics to showing quicker, easier ways to simplify doing business online with technology and automation.  Because sometimes knowing those little tricks, secret tools, or the right steps can make complicated things fast and easy. [...]

Creative Content Ideas

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Are you leveraging your content? If you're blogging, writing articles, sending out a newsletter, or even just answering customer questions via email, Twitter, or Facebook, you've got CONTENT that you can get CREATIVE with to get more mileage from! Don't just use that content once.  If you spent the time to write up that blog [...]

Outsourcing in the Kitchen?

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Too busy to cook dinner? Outsource it! Not to the local pizza shop, restaurant, or cook, but to your freezer or crock pot! What…? So it's a bit off-topic for my blog, but it's a weekend and I wanted to share a new resource page with you that I've created. I normally blog about internet [...]

Your Tips: How to Deal with Overwhelm

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I posted a few weeks ago and invited ideas and tips on dealing with overwhelm and wanted to share the great ideas with you from Facebook and posted in my blog comments. I found some common themes running through the comments, including: always keep a to do list (written or electronic) organize your tasks by [...]

Plan Your Blog Content to Make Blogging Easier

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Do you blog with a plan in mind, a monthly map of the topics you want to cover, or do you just wing it? While there's definitely a place for spontaneity in business blogging, there are also benefits to planning out your content in advance. Why Should You Consider Planning Your Blog Content in Advance? [...]