Archives: Being Your Own Boss

If you’ve ever watched a turtle slowly cross the road to get to the other side, you know it’s a long journey across. As a business consultant, I talk to small business owners regularly who are at a crossroad and frantically want to take their business to the next level, but finding it difficult to [...]

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I have a theory. I believe that many of us are only 1 request away from getting what we want. By getting “what we want,” I don’t mean little things, like taking the night off or getting someone else to do the dishes. I mean a great, big thing, like: • A far more profitable [...]

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Breaking in to big companies. It’s the fastest, easiest way to increase your profits, make a difference in lots of people’s lives, and grow your business beyond just the solo-entrepreneur or independent consultant model. So how do you do it? The obvious answer would seem to be: ask for the big opportunity. As someone who’s [...]

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Here is the most important thing that I learned while setting up a copy writing business on the side: I need to hire someone if I want to transition this from being a mere side hustle into a profitable full time enterprise. Like most bootstrapping newbie entrepreneurs, I fell into the trap of do-it-yourself  mentality. [...]

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To Bake, or Not to Bake?

By Deborah Sweeney

Image courtesy of Shutterstock This is an odd question, but one I think needs to be addressed. Cookies, cupcakes, muffins, fudge – nearly everyone loves baked goods, so it is understandable that you, as the boss, would think about throwing on the apron and trying out your family’s secret Chocolate Chip Cookie recipe. But as [...]

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The hoopla of a New Year is fading out, we’re a few weeks into 2012, how are those new business resolutions going? According to an article on examiner.com, four out of five people will not keep up their New Year’s resolutions; not very promising odds. Though statistically hope looks quite bleak, here are the three [...]

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The New Year offers a clean slate and a time to reflect on the changes you want or need in order to enhance your business. Take some time to look at your successes and failures over the past year.  What went right and what went wrong? Have you considered what changes you want to implement [...]

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♫ It’s the moooost wonderful time of the yeeeear! ♫ I love the Holidays and taking time to unwind, and plan for the year ahead. During the Holidays, one of the things I also do is re-read my favorite book, Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill. His timeless principles for success have always been [...]

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