Tweet Visualization for Entrepreneurs Has Merit Having just completed a book entitled Rethinking the Work Ethic: Embrace the Struggle and Exceed Your Own Potential it’s been on my mind that our inner game is what guides us closer to or further away from the goals and aspirations that are important to us. There are strategies […]
How to Become Focused as an Entrepreneur
Tweet Why is being focused so important in today’s world? What results happen when you learn how to become focused? Does being focused make you less stressed? Happier? If it’s so important, why don’t people focus more? When you understand how to become focused on one thing for a certain period of time this allows […]
Success Tips for Entrepreneurs: You Can Do It!
Tweet Since coming online as an entrepreneur in 2006 I’ve made a study of successful people and what they do to achieve and maintain ongoing success. The success tips I want to share with you here are based on my informal, non-scientific research, as well as on the results I have been able to achieve […]
Connie Ragen Green – My Theme for 2017
Tweet Do you have a theme for yourself and your business for 2017? The first person I knew who chose a word for each year was Mari Smith. We met in 2009 while we were both speaking at a marketing event and I was taken by her choice of the word Influence for that year. […]
Positive Attitude: Maintaining This Mindset No Matter What
Tweet Maintaining a Positive Attitude I’ve been referred to as a “Pollyanna”, a term taken from the title character in a 1913 novel written by Eleanor H. Porter. This girl was an orphan who insists on maintaining a positive attitude and outlook on life despite her circumstances. There is even something known as the “Pollyanna […]
Doing What It Takes in Life and Business
Tweet Are You Willing to Do What It Takes? I regularly share that I spent the first fifty years of my life living in mediocrity. By this I mean that over those five decades I seldom did more than simply exist. Yes, once in awhile I did something over and above what was expected or […]
Fear of Success and Failure in Life and Business
Tweet Do You Have the Fear of Success or Failure? I grew up in a family based on the principle of fear. There was fear of the dentist, fear of flying, fear of being embarrassed, and basically, fear of failure. This precluded us from trying most things, as the probability of failure increases with each […]
Taking Risks for Entrepreneurs
Tweet Taking Risks in Life and in Business When I worked actively in real estate over a twenty year span during the eighties and nineties I developed a reputation for being a risk taker. Always one to have a positive outlook on life, it was not unusual for me to purchase the ugliest and most […]
Marketing For Introverts in an Extrovert Friendly World
Tweet Marketing for Introverts When you think about marketing for introverts, what comes to mind? I have always considered myself to be an introvert, although I am perhaps actually an ambivert, which falls somewhere in between the extrovert and introvert personality. But here I’d like to open up the discussion of marketing for introverts, simply […]
Focus on One Thing for Extraordinary Results
Tweet How to Focus on One Thing There is great power in having the ability to focus on one thing for an extended period of time. I was first introduced to this concept in 2005 when I was introduced to a concept referred to as the “68 second rule”. The idea was to sit quietly […]
Productivity and Your Brain
Tweet If you’ve noticed a connection between your productivity and your brain power, you’re not alone. Brain fog and a feeling of lethargy can spell trouble for anyone, especially entrepreneurs who need to stay sharp and focused in order to achieve their goals. If it’s true that we are what we eat, then it only […]
Technology and the Economy
Tweet If you Google the name Seth you will find that Seth Godin’s blog and some of his other sites are returned as six of the results on page one. That’s huge, and if you don’t believe me then Google your own first name and see what Google returns for you. I usually read his […]
Making The Shift From Employee To Entrepreneur
Tweet Making The Transition From Employee to Entrepreneur Recently I spent time with a group of newer entrepreneurs in a workshop setting. As we sat together that afternoon the conversation turned to the idea of connecting with a non-profit group as a way to network with others. I’m a Rotarian (Rotary is an international service […]
Team Building Techniques for Entrepreneurs
Tweet Effective Team Building Techniques Even though I work alone as an online entrepreneur, the truth is that I couldn’t do what I do without the help of other people. These people are part of my team, and I value each one of them for what they bring to my business. Teams rise and fall […]
Your Best Year Ever – 2016
Tweet Your Best Year Ever – 2016 – Is Coming Up Soon Today I’d like to share how you can make 2016 your “Best Year Ever” and to discuss the goal setting and achieving techniques and strategies that have enabled me to change my life dramatically over these past ten years. Much of this is […]
What Is Motivation and Is It Crucial to Success?
Tweet What is Motivation? Is It a Part of Your Success? Motivation is the reason for people’s actions, desires and needs. It is the reason you act a certain way or the cause behind repeating certain behaviors and actions. Here’s the official definition, according to Dictionary.com: The act or an instance of motivating, or providing […]
When Life Hits You Like A Sledgehammer In The Solar Plexus
Tweet Sometimes life events can hit us like a sledgehammer to the solar plexus, but it’s important to move past them and get back on track as quickly as possible. This year has certainly been a challenging one for me on a personal level, but I found that once I got my bearings my life […]
Positive Thinking for Entrepreneurs
Tweet Positive Thinking for Entrepreneurs: Success and the Power of Positive Thinking I love this quote from entrepreneur Henry Ford. “Whether you think you can or think you can’t – you’re right.” This was his answer when people came to him to say that they were not able to help him design a car that […]
God Only Knows Where I’d Be Without Him
Tweet As I make my way across the pond to spend the next few weeks with my family, I’d like to share a story with you that no one has ever heard. Not my family, my friends, my mentees, or even the man about whom I’m sharing with you. As I sat at the kitchen […]
What’s Next For You in Your Body of Work?
Tweet I’ve been reading Pamela Slim’s latest book, Body of Work: Finding the Thread That Ties Your Story Together, and it has made me think more about what I am doing in my own life and business. In her latest blog post Pamela asks her readers what’s next in their body of work. Here is […]
Goal Setting and Goal Achieving
Tweet Goal setting and goal achieving can be done using something called ‘Smart Goals’, where SMART is an acronym for goals that are: Specific Measurable Agreed Realistic Time bounded Marlon Sanders has an excellent post on this topic that is worth reading. He gives examples of SMART goals and shares where he went wrong with […]
Get Out of Your Comfort Zone and Face Your Fears
Tweet This past weekend I had an adventure. The experience took me far outside of my comfort zone, and made me face some of my fears. It was frightening and exhilarating, all at the same time. Allow me to share some more details of exactly what happened. This year more people than I expected are […]
Perfectionism or Excellence – Which One Will Best Build Your Online Business?
Tweet It turns out that I used to be a perfectionist before coming online in 2006. I never thought of myself in that way, but on more than one occasion someone accused me of only being happy if something was perfect. As a classroom teacher, I thought that I always encouraged my students to do […]
Embracing Failure As An Online Entrepreneur
Tweet As I think back over the past few years I see just how much I have grown since becoming an online entrepreneur. I was not used to accepting failure in my previous life as a classroom teacher and real estate appraiser. Back then any little setback was devastating to my self-esteem and many times […]
Are You Playing Too Small?
Tweet When I made the decision to come online and start a business at the end of 2005, my goal was to replace the income I was currently earning by working as a classroom teacher and real estate appraiser. Was I thinking too small? No, because at that time I could not envision ever making […]
Getting Started Online: Choosing A Niche
Tweet A man who has been on my list for almost a year emailed me yesterday. He told me that he was still not making any money online and wanted to know what I would recommend. I receive emails like this one on a regular basis, so I answered him the same way I answer […]
Life Is What Happens To You While You’re Busy Making Other Plans
Tweet If you aren’t already familiar with this phrase, it’s from a John Lennon song called ‘Beautiful Boy’. It’s the story of how we all make plans to do things in our lives, and that our real life is made up of the ocurrences that happen to us on a daily basis. Lennon wrote this […]
Taking Responsibility For Every Aspect Of Your Life
Tweet My life has consisted of a series of events, some very wonderful and others downright terrible, that have brought me to where I am today. We can all probably say this, but my life experience completely changed in 2005, when I decided to make a few changes that turned my world upside down – […]