It has been a rollercoaster of a year for me and my business these days, with highs and lows that beat any other time in my self-employed life. With so much uncertainty these days it is easy for business owners to feel stressed, frustrated and anxious as they close one year and look ahead to [...]
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5 Ways to Get Out of the Home Office
I wrote last month about working from home. I am a huge advocate of working from home as a way for businesses to save expenses. I also enjoy the convenience and flexibility that my home office affords me. That said, a change is as good as a holiday, and getting out to work in a [...]
Overheard on Social Media 2-9-2011 {Funny}
Didn’t get this out on Friday, sorry! Hopefully it will do the job of brightening up your Monday blues instead. Deliberately side-stepping all the Steve Jobs jokes this week, here are a few funny quotes from my world of social networking this week:
5 Myths About a Home Office
I am so excited about moving to my new premises in a few weeks. Not only is it a new office space, but it’s my new home too. Yes, I work from home. No, that’s probably not how you imagine it. Let me dispell some of the most common myths about working from home.
Four Hour Body
If you read my blog, follow me on Facebook or Twitter, then you have probably heard me spouting some strange things about losing 14lbs in two weeks, being full of energy and managing to reduce or conquer many of the chronic pain and fatigue that has plagued me over the past few years. This post [...]
Health, Wealth and Happiness. What Drives You To Change?
Let me be a little personal for a moment and pull back the curtain on my health issues. Not because I want to complain or, god forbid, be one of those people that loves to regale anyone who will listen with a list of their woes, but because over the past few months I have [...]
Things I’m Learning from Puppy Training
I’m keen (ahem, some might say obsessive) about learning business lessons from life. I think by looking at your business and life in a more integrated way then work stop becoming such a chore and starts evolving into part of your overall lifestyle. If you actively make decisions to move towards the lifestyle that you [...]
How to Deal with Unpaid Invoices
Cashflow is the single biggest downfall of small businesses. It can be hard enough to manage finances at the best of times, but throw in a couple of delinquent invoices and a lack of capital can begin to strangle your business growth. Here are some top tips from experts on how to deal with [...]
How to Boost Productivity in 10 Minutes
When you are working in a small business, it is easy to get swamped and start to feel overwhelmed. You are constantly finding yourself pulled in different directions, and just when you try to focus on something, your attention is needed elsewhere. So how can you keep on track and quickly keep your productivity levels [...]
How to Be Happier at Work Tip 1: It’s OK If You’re Not Perfect
Well, at least not 100% of the time. At the end of the day if your professional best isn’t good enough it will be your constantly complaining clients and lack of contracts/sales that will be a much stronger indicator than your own self-imposed ideals.
5 Ways to Revitalize Yourself
Change is good! Too many people are still terrified by change, however in this world of constant flux, a reluctance to embrace and find positives in change results in a constant build up of stress. You might be surprised at just how good change can be
How to NOT to Collaborate with Others
I handed over a client project to a new staff member they had hired to work on their online marketing in house recently, and the process has been well, thorny, to say the least Going by their example, let me give you the basics on how NOT to collaborate with other agencies, consultants or freelancers during a project
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