You know how sometimes you hear some little thing and it sticks – it resonnates in some way that captures your attention. Recently, my honey Ron and I got around to enjoying Johnny Depp in Alice In Wonderland. What ”stuck’ for me was a line near both the beginning and end – “think 6 impossible [...]
Categories: 4. Thinking, 5. Small Biz Mgmt., 6. Solo-preneurship, Life Lessons
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Tags: 4. Thinking, Change, professional organizer, small business, solopreneur
Maybe it is just me. Maybe it is just a fluke for today. Maybe I’m just so different from the average small B2B business that information doesn’t apply to me. I am getting major reinforcement that what ‘experts’ are telling us to do is more wishful thinking and promotional that solid advice. What I think [...]
Categories: 5. Small Biz Mgmt., 6. Solo-preneurship
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A lot of people still subscribe to the idea that being organized means ‘pulling a Felix Unger’. The popular Odd Couple character was the fussy one that had to have everything clean, put away and in order. Felix was not organized – he was a neatnik. Being organized is not about the ‘stuff’ – it about [...]
Categories: 2. Organization, 3. Productivity, 5. Small Biz Mgmt., 6. Solo-preneurship
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I was visiting a companion I Take the Lead group earlier this week. Also in attendance was Dr. Sean Harry who taught the class where I learned how to blog – I highly recommend it. During conversation he joked that I should blog about 76 Ways to Simplify Your Life. Silly of course, but it [...]
Categories: 1. Time, 3. Productivity, 5. Small Biz Mgmt., 6. Solo-preneurship
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A double mastectomy was enough to let one woman clear her schedule. What about you? I was reading an article in the March issue of Fortune about Esther Dyson and her position as stand-by cosmonaut. After first turning down the option to be a backup crew member on a Space Adventure flight because she was busy elsewhere, [...]
Categories: 1. Time, 4. Thinking, 5. Small Biz Mgmt., 6. Solo-preneurship, Life Lessons
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I toured President Garfield’s home yesterday while in OH and I had that ‘everything-new-is-old-again feeling’. While touring the library Garfield’s wife Crete (short for Lucretia) set up in their home as a memorial to the assassinated President, our tour guide, Charles, pointed out a desk given to Garfield as a sample. The craftsman, named Woodson if I heard [...]
Categories: 5. Small Biz Mgmt., 6. Solo-preneurship
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Those of us naturally inclined to organization can take as much ribbing asthe pack-rat. We have been referred to in unflattering terms – fuss budget, “a”retentive, neat freak – you get the idea. The truth is we all live on a continuum and we are all subject to the same natural laws. The messiest person [...]
Categories: 2. Organization, 5. Small Biz Mgmt., 6. Solo-preneurship, Life Lessons, Personal Stories
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Despite what you may have heard, you can not make time, save time, find time, or manage time. You can however liberate it. It is easy for a small business owner, to become a ‘poster child for people who do too much’. It is a mistake – one I have made and in all honesty I [...]
Categories: 1. Time, 3. Productivity, 5. Small Biz Mgmt., 6. Solo-preneurship
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Here in Oregon, blackberries are an invasive species that we spend a lot time trying to irradicate – that is, when we’re not busy making jam and pies from the fruit. The difference between pie and pest is the circumstance. Find them along a hiking trail and they’re a treat. In your backyard they are a [...]
Categories: 5. Small Biz Mgmt., 6. Solo-preneurship, Life Lessons
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As a solopreneur or small business owner, delegation can be a big challenge. Whether it’s an employee, an independent contractor or a virtual assistant you have to turn over the reins enough for trust, comfort, and clear authority and that will vary for each task you delegate. Take some of the pain and worry out of [...]
Categories: 1. Time, 3. Productivity, 5. Small Biz Mgmt., 6. Solo-preneurship
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