Many experts have told me that the best way to keep motivated is to keep my eye on the goal. I’ve been told to envision how reaching the goal will feel and look. Frankly, I’ve even said the same thing to people. But you know what - it doesn’t always work. I’m striving to reach a personal goal – … [Read more...] about Where Is Your Focus?
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Top Five Business Rules From a Cookie Master
I attended a conference last week and was fortunate to hear Kathleen King, the driving force behind Tate’s Bake Shop, speak. Kathleen shared her story with us. It was a story filled with ups and downs as many entrepreneurial stories are, but let me tell you, her downs were really down. She lost … [Read more...] about Top Five Business Rules From a Cookie Master
Commitments: Making and achieving your business and life goals
At the beginning of February I committed to a new challenge at my gym... to run (or walk) a total of 144 miles over three months. It amounts to 12 miles a week. It was a big commitment for me. I already spend about four hours a week at the gym in classes that I don't want to give up. To add the … [Read more...] about Commitments: Making and achieving your business and life goals
Decision Making In Your Business: What I Learned From Sorority Rush
My daughter, Sammi, goes to Lehigh University (my alma mater) and just pledged a sorority. Sorority recruitment (or rush) at college is a pretty intense experience. Sammi referred to it as a solid week for "girl flirting". At Lehigh rush happens DURING winter break. The freshmen girls go back … [Read more...] about Decision Making In Your Business: What I Learned From Sorority Rush
Time Management 101…NOT!
Time management 101 tells us that we should figure out how long something will take us to do and block out the time to do it. Makes sense on the face of it. What bothers me with this way of thinking is that it puts the project in control of your "time budget" instead of you deciding how you are … [Read more...] about Time Management 101…NOT!
Get More Done By Doing Less
As business owners there are so many things we're supposed to do, have to do and want to do. We know we're supposed to be actively marketing our businesses and staying on top of all the new marketing trends. We're supposed to be networking and making sure that our pipeline, funnel or whatever you … [Read more...] about Get More Done By Doing Less
