Standing Up to School Yard Bullies
Picture it. You run your own business. You've worked long and hard for the past 18 months to get where you are…
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Picture it. You run your own business. You've worked long and hard for the past 18 months to get where you are…
If there's one immutable fact of life when it comes to this business, it's that there's so much to do but so little time to do it all in. At some point around the one year mark, if you've been even moderately successful in your online business, you'll find you've reached the limit of what you can do with the time you have available.
Allow me to let you in on a little secret you're probably already wise to anyway. As often as not, the inspiration for article topics comes from struggles with my own personal demons. Writing about them is my way of giving myself a good talking to (a.k.a. kick in the rear end). And so it is with this one - the personal discipline demon.
Like it or not, there is still a segment of the population who will erroneously conclude that you and your business are less than professional and competent just because you run your business out of your home. Dumb? Obviously. Narrow-minded? Yes. Wrong? Absolutely. Unfair? No question. Want their business? Well ... yes. OK, then you're going to have to play the game and beat them…
Describe the top of your desk. No, not what's on it. The desktop itself. What do you mean you can't see it?
Email ... friend or foe? On balance, I would have to say, "friend". But there are times ... like when I download my mail in the morning ... all 200+ items of it, only to find a good 40% or so is nothing but junk, that I have to acknowledge that there is a "dark side", as well.