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The 3 Ps of Business Success: Passion, Patience and Perseverance

Successful entrepreneurs know that Passion, Patience, and Perseverance are essential for success. These qualities will help you in your work and home life. Passion is the drive to do what we love without hesitation or regret. It’s the spark inside us which keeps us going even when times get tough. Patience is the ability to […]

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How Are You At Striking Up A Conversation With Strangers?

I read an article in Entrepreneur Magazine by Joe Keohane, author of The Power of Strangers, The Benefits of Connecting in a Suspicious World about how connecting with strangers can not only lead to meeting some interesting people but can have a positive outcome for entrepreneurs. Now, I admit there have been times in the […]

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Is This The Year You Finally Start Your Own Business?

Do you want to start your own business online and be your own boss? If you answered yes to this question you’re not alone.  So, what will it take to build a successful business online? It’s easy to get caught up in products, social platforms, and marketing tools, but before you even go there you […]

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Say Goodbye To The 9-5 Rat Race

I want to ask you something… Are you currently working for a company that truly does not appreciate you? Are you frustrated being pushed to your limit without the proper compensation? Maybe you simply can no longer take the awful commute to and from work that’s causing you to spend significantly less time with your […]

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Do you know what you REALLY want?

Below is a story shared with me that I’d now like to share with you… There once was a Corporate Executive that came across a fisherman while vacationing in Greece. The fisherman had a small, but impressive haul and the Exec stopped to compliment him on a job well done. The vacationing Exec didn’t get […]

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Glass Half Full or Glass Half Emty?

  As much as I hate to admit it, I struggle with being a “glass half empty” kinda gal.  So I thought I might frame this and display it somewhere I can see it everyday to remind myself that “self talk” matters!    

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Do You Want To Know What Successful People Have In Common?

Whether you’re career-oriented working from home because of our current health crisis, building your business, or thinking of starting a home-based business, the goal is the same:  You want to be successful! Successful people aren’t born with “super-star genes.” They simply have habits that contribute to their success. In interviews of  successful people there are […]

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12 Specific Tips To Get More Done in Less Time

Most people put tasks into two categories:  “Now” and “Later”… according to a 2014 study published in the Journal of Consumer Research. And “Later” tasks never get done! Which only leaves now. “Now” is a tricky place especially when it comes to working from home or building a home-based business and managing your focus from […]

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When you look at this picture what do you see?

  I don’t know if you’ve come across this picture before, but it was a real eye-opener for me. You see, if you look carefully, there really are two pictures… One is a young woman with a fancy feather in her hair.  The other an older woman with a rather large nose and pointed chin and […]

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The Seven Rules of Effective Goal Setting

Do you know how much progress you’ve made on your business this year? Are you growing? Are you missing the mark? You don’t know? Aren’t you measuring your progress based on your own personal goals? What? You haven’t set specific goals? Why not? There are many reasons you may not have set any goals for […]

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