I have been an entrepreneur since 2000, starting my first business when I was still in college and very green to many ways of the world. I grew up with self-employed parents who mostly worked sales jobs on commission. I often wish I had picked up more of the skills my...
There are more and more professional women that have now established their own families and have become moms. Being a mom doesn’t stop a woman from working a job. More and more moms have made the decision to work from home so that while they do their jobs, they can be...
Setting long-term goals is another way of planning for your future. You establish these goals so that you create a plan for your life in the years to come. It's a known fact that if set goals for 5 years, 10 years or even 20 years into the future, we're far more...
Many people use to-do lists on a regular basis, but they don't always end up actually accomplishing on the tasks on the list. Do you end up putting way more on your daily lists than you can actually accomplish? Look back to the time when you yourself came up with your...
Hearing the words “editorial calendar” come out of someone’s mouth can make it seem like it is a complicated thing. A lot of bloggers dismiss the idea of an editorial calendar simply because they think it’s too hard to make use of or too complicated and will only...
Although it's only 3 days into 2013, I'm still having a little bit of trouble grasping the fact that another year has ended and a new on begun. As I have been preparing to write this post, and began looking back at all the things we did in 2012, I am amazed at how...
There comes a certain point in your life when you ask yourself, “Is this what I’m supposed to be doing? Is this what I really want to be doing? Am I moving towards the direction of my dreams and aspirations in life?” Each one has their own dreams and those dreams have...
Working a desk job, whether it be at home, in your own office or in a cubicle, subjects you to spending a lot of hours every day in your workspace. Sometimes, we do not realize it on our own. But when you have too many envelopes, papers, pens, office supplies and...
The last few days I got to embark on a very unique journey. As one of the newest Evernote Ambassadors, and one of only 4 Small Business Ambassadors around the globe, I was invited to attend LeWeb Paris, a large tech, startup and entrepreneurial conference which not...
Proper etiquette shouldn't only be practiced when we relate to people on a daily basis. And good manners shouldn't only be displayed when we sit down and have a meal at the table. A lot of people don't think much about blogging etiquette and what it means to be a...
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