When you think of journaling, what comes to mine? I had a diary when I was a teenager but as an adult? I haven’t kept a journal much as an adule until lately. What you might not realize is that this technique can actually be a helpful tool for entrepreneurs, especially beginners. Organize Ideas One […]
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Working at home can be a blessing. You have less stress, more energy, can focus on tasks and be able to reach your goals. But staying motivated while working at home can be a challenge, especially if you live alone like I do. Those of us who work an outside job as well as an
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Daily distractions not only reduce focus, increase stress but also reduce your productivity. Daily distractions prevent you from making progress towards your goals. Even the best to do list fails when you allow distractions to derail you and then it becomes easier to just give up. I know on vacations; I have the best intentions,
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While some people would like to think that learning and changing are things only younger people need to worry about, nothing could be further from the truth. Personal growth and developing is actually something you should worry about at all times, no matter your age. At different stages of our life we need to learn
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I spend a lot of time in my classroom talking about mindset with my students. Especially at the beginning of the year a students’ mindset is critical. I ask students the first day how they feel about school and if they have struggled learning. This helps me understand how their beliefs may affect success. And
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Previously, I have discussed how I use a weekly work schedule and block time for specific tasks to increase productivity. A few people wrote and asked if I had any other productivity tips for getting work done. I really appreciate the emails, I have tried a lot of methods over the years to squeeze more
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I don’t know if there is a self-help group for people who are guilty of procrastination or not, but if there is I should be a member. Perhaps you can relate with the old joke: “I need to join the self-help group -Procrastinators Anonymous. I just haven’t done it yet.” I have been a habitual
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Everyone makes mistakes. Especially in online business. But business mistakes are part of learning and you can always find the benefit in each mistake if you look long enough. Think about where you are now and compare to when you first started. Or if you are just getting started now, think about the future and
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If you have an ETSY shop or even thinking about opening a shop, your first concern is about selling products. Whatever your niche is, you want to promote and sell products and there are things that you can do to assist with that. The ETSY Algorithm Etsy uses an algorithm which ranks the listings and
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When I first started designing one of the most difficult areas for me was developing color palettes. OK, let me be specific, the difficult part was using a color palette other than pink, purple and blue. While I love other colors, I naturally gravitate to my favorites. And I did not even realize it until
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