Living an Engaged Life
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Living an engaged life typically makes us feel like our lives are more meaningful and full. Here are some tips on how to stay engaged in the most difficult of circumstances.
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Your Learning Edge
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Challenging yourself to do something new or different can be difficult. How can you enjoy this experience as much as possible and take care of yourself while you grow?
Read MoreDealing with Difficult Things
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Difficult situations are everywhere and especially important to the budding entrepreneur. Here are some thoughts on the nature of difficult things, and why it's worth stick through it.
Read More4 Things I Never Thought I'd Love About Being Self Employed
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Some people are really nervous about trying to start a business or being self employed. Many of the things we're most afraid of are also the things that are most worthwhile!
Read MoreCourage, Fear, and Life (and entrepreneurship)
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The act of becoming an entrepreneur is a courageous act. If you don't know what your dream business is, a thing you can do to prepare is practice courage.
Read MoreWorking without Attachment to the Outcome
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Sometimes outcomes are not directly linked to how hard we work. How do we stay motivated to keep working when the results seem completely unrelated?
Read MoreAm I an Entrepreneur?
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Technically, if you operate a business, then you're an entrepreneur, however I don't think that was the actual question you were asking. This could be interpreted as an epic question of identity, however, for the purposes of this blog post, I'm going to interpret it as a question about if you have the right skills and qualities to become an entrepreneur.
Read MoreThe Big Hurdle of Being an Entrepreneur
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A lot of being an entrepreneur is a lot more circuitous than a well-laid and direct plan. Whether you're already running your business, or if you're just thinking about it, you can start cultivating the tools you'll need at any time. The sooner you get started, the sooner your business will be thriving and as an added bonus you'll likely be enjoying your business far more!
Read MoreChoosing Value over Scarcity
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When starting a business, it's generally necessary to have at least one phase where you tighten your belt. This isn't the most fun experience for most people, however there is a hidden opportunity here; an opportunity that has the potential to feel more like freedom than limitation.
Read MoreBuild a Website without Breaking the Bank
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As a solo-entrepreneur, you need a website, it shouldn't cost you a ton, and it should be easy for you to update. Here are three leading platforms that are great resources for solo-entrepreneurs.
Read MoreGetting Help - Writing your First Position Description
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Admin staff are within your reach. They're key to growing your business and can dramatically improve your experience of your business. Read on to learn the logistics of finding your first admin staff.
Read MoreCelebrating Baby Steps
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This is one of the most important and most over-looked tools for the solo entrepreneur. (and everyone, really.) Celebrating your small accomplishments is acknowledging your success in small ways on a daily or weekly basis.
Read MoreThoughts on Change for the New Year
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How do you deal with change when it relates to your business? Sometimes change makes us afraid and we try to keep things the same since there is comfort in the expected. But this can create an energetic dam that is bound to fill up and lead to stressful and sudden change. So how do we deal with that?
Read MoreTo Do List Tips and Tricks (or, how to use Trello)
/Improve your effeciency with a DIGITAL to do list!
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Lessons from Poor TV Choices
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Inspiration comes from the weirdest places! Here are three entrepreneurial tips inspired by the follies of some reality TV show businesses.
Read MoreBeing Self-Employed is Wierd
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In this first blog post, I share my early reflections on self-employment.
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If you've never felt insecure when comparing yourself to others, this article isn't for you. For the rest of us normal people, we need to explore this and how it's impacting our current or future businesses. It's vital for self-employed businesses to understand their competitive advantages and disadvantages. But trying to understand this usually gets us stuck, demoralized, or frozen. Let me reframe competition and the dis/advantages of your business so that you can more easily succeed.