Businesses are like bodies. Sorta. The healthier they are, they longer they last. As a self-employed individual, you’re like the heart and soul of your enterprise. You are the central core of everything and you can’t afford to break down. Losing grip on things can not only mean a loss of profit but it can also be quite demoralizing. Think lots of tears, pints of Ben and Jerry’s, and a cave like...
You know, I’m inclined to think just about everyone wants to start their own business these days. We all harbor secret, fetish laden dreams of ‘sticking it to the man’ someday soon. Or swimming around like dolphins in gargantuan pools of money circa Scrooge McDuck. Alright, so maybe that last one is just me. OK fine! So maybe they’re both just me… but you know I’m getting warm! Entrepreneurship...
Sometimes you have to get focused and intentional about your goals if you really want to succeed in business and in life. As Dave Ramsey says, get gazelle intense!
Little old ladies, farm animals, porta-potties and stolen iPhones, Oh My!
Sometimes the worst happens. Living in today’s world with the words economic depression being bantered about in conversation, people being laid-off or fired from jobs they’ve worked at for years, homes being foreclosed on… yeah, sometimes the worst happens, or what feels like the worst in that moment. The only thing you can do is keep moving forward, and as they say… make lemonade out of lemons. ...
As an Internet business coach, I see people making some serious mistakes. Actually “mistakes” is the wrong word. It's more of a serious sabotaging – and it can royally screw up your Internet business.
This post is by one of my good friends and mentors, Dennis Becker. Since beginning my journey to self-employment I credit him and his forum a large part of my success. They are like my ‘home away from home’ on the Internet, and every person in the Earn1kaday forum is a gem. I hope you enjoy the post! One of the things that I love doing is encouraging beginning Internet marketers to...
You're buzz, buzz, buzzing around, but not getting any attention? You're shouting from the proverbial rooftops, but ain't nobody listening? You're Tweeting, and Facebooking, and Blogging, and Discussing like mad, but it's like you're talking into a massive echo chamber... "HELLO out there... there... there...!" "Anybody HOME?...HOME?... HOME?..."
Being an entrepreneur takes guts. Yes there can be some glory in it (hmnn… or maybe that’s just in my own secret little dreams and fantasies…) but there can also be a lot of pain, fear, doubt and disillusionment. Self-employment isn’t easy and anybody who tells you it is… they’re lying through their scummy little teeth and you should knock a few out just for kicks. Yes, I’m bloodthirsty...
Working for yourself can be fun. It can be rewarding. It can be lucrative and exciting and all those fun other fun to say words. It can also have a LOT of distractions, especially when the bulk of your business is conducted online the way mine is. That said, here are 18 ways to kick distractions to the curb right now to afford yourself more time today to be productive and finish up that project...
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