“Work in your zone of genius,” they said. “Hire people to do everything else,” they said. Uh, what if I can’t afford to hire people to do everything else? Where is all this magical money supposed to come from to hire all these contractors and staff to do all the stuff I’m not good at … Read more
I’m going to tell you a story and you tell me if it sounds at all familiar… You’ve got your goal. You’ve mapped it out. You are ready to go. You go to sleep. You get up the next day. You go about your life just like you did before and absolutely nothing changes. Then … Read more
Most of the time I try to keep things simple and stay away from acronyms and playing business jargon bingo. However, I’ve found that MSP is one acronym worth knowing and practicing. MSP stands for minimum standard of performance. Once you have your goal set and your milestones figured out you can work backwards until … Read more
In a previous post I talked about The Power of Saying No and how saying no is actually saying yes to staying on track to achieve your goals. Unfortunately, as entrepreneurs many of us suffer from FOMO – the fear of missing out. We fear that by saying no to an invitation we might be … Read more
A few months ago a friend asked me if I would consider becoming a board member of a non-profit. I really wanted to say yes. I like the nonprofit, I enjoy volunteering, it would probably have been a good networking opportunity, and I love my friend. At the time I was working on a draft … Read more
Imagine this… you have some tasks on your list to do today. During the day you accomplish one or two and cross them off. Great! A few new things come up so you add them to the bottom of the list. No big deal. Now repeat that for one month. Still no big deal? Let’s … Read more
As an entrepreneur it’s up to you to determine the ground rules. You get to set your boundaries, your schedule, and your work area. You get to choose what you will accept and what you will not. One of the areas where establishing ground rules is critical is setting your business hours. Just because you’re … Read more
The other day I woke up at 4:25 am. This was on a Friday after not sleeping well all week. Even though I didn’t want to admit it, I knew exactly why I wasn’t sleeping. I’d committed to finishing my book by the end of the following Monday and it wasn’t done yet. It seemed … Read more
Ever listen to a motivational speaker and get all fired up? By the end of their talk you’re ready to conquer the world. Everybody better move out of your way because you can NOT be stopped! Then two weeks later you’re back to the same old routine and pretty much nothing has changed. That was … Read more
If you recently set some goals you’re probably busy trying to do them. If you set a whole bunch of goals and then started trying to work on all of them, you might be starting to feel like you’re being pulled in a bunch of different directions at once. At some point you’ll get overloaded … Read more