A new year is upon us. Are you imagining one of promise and opportunities? Of change? Of better things? Or are you facing the year with doubts and maybe even a degree of fear? Take heart. Today’s post will help you set your feet on solid ground and design a year that will excite you…
Have you set SMART goals and continually failed to achieve them? I have. Are you as frustrated and tired as I am of achieving only a small percentage of those goals? In my last post, “Focus and Direction,” I talked about a new strategy I applied to my business that brought me greater clarity to…
Do you have the kind of focus that gives you the direction you need to reach your goals? Back in April, I heard a presentation by Alan Doan of the Missouri Star Quilt Company who developed 15 quilt shops (a 9-figure business) in a town with the population of approx. 1800. He presented with such…
Just make a decision! How many times has someone said that to you? Many people struggle to make a decision. Should I or shouldn’t I do this? Is this a good idea for my business (or life)? What will my friends think of me if I do this? What if I make a mistake?
Budgeting—not a task that many like. And I’ll be the first to admit, I’ve always struggled to make a budget work. The most important part of budgeting is establishing what things cost. We do it in our personal lives by knowing how much the rent, the utilities, groceries, car payment, etc. is each month. Those…
Publishing a book can pile on the overwhelm. Let’s face it, there are a lot of things to be done besides writing the book. Actually any project can seem overwhelming when we consider all that must be done and think we need to do it all at the same time. A good method to deal…
I couldn’t let December pass without visiting the topic of setting goals. As I write this, it is still November, but I have set aside December to review my 2023 goals. I’ll figure out where I went wrong with those I didn’t meet, and what I did right with those I accomplished. Goals give us…
The year 2022 was probably one of the busiest years I’ve ever had, but I ended the year frustrated and feeling like I’d gotten nowhere. I failed to complete nearly every goal I set. Oh, like most entrepreneurs, I put in an average of over 200 hours of work every month. But I had little…