Design your Life

How Well Do you Really Know Yourself?

I apologize for being so quiet recently and will explain in a future email. Much... 

Are you Being Authentic in you Business and your Life?

I am embarrassed to admit that while I help others realize their authentic livelihood,... 

Do you Still Suffer Office Mentality?

You’d think I’d be used to it by now but it’s a weekly surprise to me to see... 

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Crafting A Living

3 Reasons You should go to Bead Shows, even if you Don’t make jewelry

Yes, I know this sounds like crazy advise, but even if the art you create has nothing... 

How to Sell Handmade Jewelry for Valentine’s Day

Yes, it’s just a week into January but you only have 5 weeks left to sell... 

What are you doing right now, this week to ensure that you will have income this month?

By now you are likely back to work after the holidays. I hope you enjoyed time with... 

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Income

How do you decide which ideas are worth pursuing?

I apologize if I’m reporting on news that is a few days old. I wasn’t feeling well the last few days so just this morning caught up on days of reading my favorite updates. If your mind is an idea generator like mine, always working overtime, you probably have more ideas than time and it’s difficult to decide which ideas to invest time... [Read more of this review]

Where to Get the Money to Launch a New Product, Open a Shop or Buy more Supplies

  If successful entrepreneurs share one common trait, it’s resourcefulness. When we need for something to happen, we don’t sit around and wait for someone else to do it, we make it happen. A resourceful entrepreneur knows that a small business loan isn’t the best way to fund a new project. Some develop an info product, others have a sale of existing... [Read more of this review]

Can’t find a Job? Find a Problem, Solve it and Charge People for the Solution

That was the advise of Ryan Kuder who, after a layoff from Yahoo followed by a fruitless job hunt, started Koombea,a web design company.  And he’s right. It is easier to find a problem than a job. That’s not news to those of us who coach entrepreneurs. You ask many successful entrepreneurs why they started their own business and yes, many will... [Read more of this review]

What Recession? eWomenNetwork survey says NOW is a great time to GROW your Small Business

In a recent edition of eWomen eMagazine, Sandra Yancey, CEO of eWomenNetwork says, “The fact is, for small business owners, nothing has really changed that much from what we normally encounter day-in and day-out. Entrepreneurs already know that in good or challenging times we have to expend lots of energy and invest the time to cultivate new relationships,... [Read more of this review]

Launching a Business or Launching a Rocket

Yesterday I had the privilege of witnessing something completely by accident that I have dreamed of for nearly half a century. In bed with the mumps on May 5 1961, I watched as Alan Shepard piloted the Freedom 7 into space. Later, along with the rest of the country, I held my breath as the Mercury space capsule splashed down at sea and was retrieved... [Read more of this review]

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