During this coronavirus outbreak, most states have closed non-essential businesses and issued stay-at-home orders. An unfortunate result for businesses is the risk of losing customers. Now more than ever it’s more important to keep in front of customers in ways other than an open door. Here are some options for staying in touch and keeping […]
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4 Strategies for Embracing Obstacles
If you’re facing some life challenges, it can be hard to remember that it’s normal to have obstacles crop up from time to time. Everyone has setbacks, disappointments, and tough times. But going through a rough patch doesn’t have to spoil your life. The key to thriving in the face of adversity is how you […]
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7 Useful Apps for Working from Home
As more and more Americans are working from home, they are slowly discovering the pros and cons of the situation. While on the one hand, there’s no long commute or standing on crowded trains, conversely, they might be experiencing distractions such as children, pets and limited (or no) home office space. In addition to these […]
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How Organization Affects Productivity
Studies have shown that there is a direct correlation between clutter and productivity. At home, it might mean missed appointments, unfinished chores or lost documents. At work, it could mean overspending, late deadlines and wasted time. Here are seven ways clutter decreases productivity in the workplace. Employees waste approximately 4.3 hours per week looking for […]
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Why a Solopreneur Needs a Virtual Assistant
Let’s face it. You can’t be an expert at everything. You wear many hats when running a business, but you don’t have all the skills necessary to do everything at a professional level. That’s where virtual assistants come in. For less than the cost of an employee, a virtual assistant can take some of those […]
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Managing Work Flow
Whether it’s your work desk or your personal desk at home, the papers can get overwhelming. It’s sometimes difficult to determine where everything should go. It seems like more is coming in than is going out. So how do you handle your work flow to make your desk a productive space? First, look at every item as it […]
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Be Grateful
It is easy to expect success, as if being successful was a right instead of a privilege and a gift. The problem with expecting to succeed is that, without more, the self-absorption of that expectation can slowly and subtly poison everything around you, including your business. True success is earned and when it arrives it […]
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Key Elements for Creating Healthy Boundaries
If you truly want to be your best you, to have a happy and healthy life, you need to learn how to set boundaries. Boundaries are being clear about what your limits are, and they are necessary to ensure you don’t get overwhelmed by the demands of other people. Without boundaries, you are likely to […]
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Professional Success Requires Persistence
Ok, let’s talk about persistence. For starters, how many old sayings, aphorisms and clichés are there about persistence? The early bird gets the worm. Slow and steady wins the race. If at first you don’t succeed, try again. If life gives you lemons make lemonade. The list goes on and on. The reason that there […]
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6 Habits That Will Make You Happier at Work
Being unhappy at work is almost a modern habit. Statistics regularly show that most people are bored and unhappy in their jobs, outnumbering their happy colleagues by a ratio of two to one. But it doesn’t have to be that way! You can choose to be happier at work, no matter what. Here are six […]
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