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Penny Saver Is Back
Penny Saver is Back Part of my business of selling on Amazon is garage saling and the Penny Saver is back! This weekly circular was one of my favorite resources to find great garage sales. The Penny Saver came out every week and was delivered to my mail box on Wednesdays so I had plenty of time to plan for my weekend garage saling. I could later easily file the circular with all the addresses circled that I went to and then calculate my mileage for my log as a business expense. The Penny Saver closed their doors in California in May of 2015 and laid off over 700 employees.…
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A Purpose Driven Business
A Purpose Driven Business Today is Mother’s Day and I am so thankful for my mom and the other wonderful women in my life. Sitting with my husband and son and his girlfriend and texting with my daughter who doesn’t live near me got me thinking about my business…a purpose driven business. Why I do what I do. It isn’t just for the money, although that is nice. And yes, I like a lifestyle business, one I design. But I have to remember the “life” part of lifestyle. My husband and kids and extended family and those I want to help are my big Why. They are my life. They…
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Reassess Your Life and Business
Reassess Your Life and Business The first quarter of the year is over, spring is here, and it is a perfect time to reassess your life and business. This is something I try to do at the start of every quarter as I evaluate if I am on track with my personal and business goals. I don’t know about you but it is easy for me to let clutter in my work area pile up and my backlog of “things to do” get overwhelming. Even things I shouldn’t be doing. Sometimes I just need to take a step back, draw a deep breath, and push the reset button. I came…
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Merch by Amazon
Merch by Amazon’s New Exciting Opportunity Amazon is always changing and growing and one of their newest services is Merch by Amazon. It is a self service program where you design T-shirts and then Amazon produces them, sells and ships them to their customers. This can be an amazing new opportunity for you to grow your business whether it is an online business of yours or you help offline clients. See their quick video intro here. Why was it created? The program, started about a month ago, was originally geared towards app and game developers. Amazon owns Twitch, a live streaming video platform, that primarily focuses on video gaming. Merch…
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Life is a Daring Adventure
The title to my post is inspired by this quote by Helen Keller. “Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all.” If there was ever a person with multiple challenges and yet lived a life of purpose and passion it is Helen Keller. I have this quotation on a coaster I use every day. It really is a great reminder to view life as a daring adventure and embrace all the professional and personal challenges that get thrown your way. Whether it is my computer getting stuck for over two hours today, trying to update Windows 7, or the last 6 weeks of health issues my husband is…
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Unplug from Technology
Unplug from Technology While doing some research for a book I am writing on productivity and time management I received an email that took me to a post called The Amish Hour. I really hadn’t heard this term before but it fits perfectly with exactly what I do most days a week before I retire for bed and how important it is to unplug from technology. We all are so wired into technology today that it can be difficult to break free and find that time where we no longer rely on modern means of communication.
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Accountability for Your Actions
Take Accountability for Your Actions! Yesterday was the start of the 2nd half of the year and it is the perfect time to regroup, see where you are on your plans for this year, and adjust and keep moving forward. Having accountability for your actions propels you to greater success and may just be the magic ingredient to get more done. I signed up to participate in the July launch party of the Accountability Squad headed by Debbie O’Grady to accomplish a mini task on a specific timeline as a way to restart my focus. With a ton of company coming to celebrate the 4th of July and stay the…
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Fitbit For Business
Fitbit is all the rage now. Yesterday the Silicon Valley company made its public debut on Wall Street. Fitbit is the leader in wearable technology and more and more people are jumping on the bandwagon to buy the gadget. It can track all kinds of data such as your steps, heart rate, LED lights that show your progress, calories and minutes to even your sleeping pattern. Let’s see how Fitbit for business can benefit you. Health Goals Impact Your Business Goals One of the core principles of running a business is setting goals. You need to set goals not only in your financial and business life but set personal and…
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Memorial Day Reflections
Memorial Day Reflections Today, I want to get personal. Last weekend was Memorial Day in America, a day where we honor those who have died in battle while serving in the military to protect our freedoms. They made the ultimate sacrifice with their lives so that we can be safe and continue in the pursuit of happiness in life and business. Here are some of my Memorial Day reflections as I contemplate this special day and how it impacts my life. Anytime I hear our national anthem I cry and my heart is filled with gratitude and love for my country. I am proud to be an American. I come…
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Strategic Blueprint for Success
Strategic Blueprint for Success Recently I watched an interview with Peter Voogd, a millionaire entrepreneur, where he shares his story and strategic blueprint for success. With many failures and achievements under his belt this uniquely qualifies him to share his hard won wisdom. Here is a teaser of the interview and my own notes beneath it from the full interview in this post. Peter had plenty of struggles and epiphanies along the way. This led him to create this blueprint to help others cut their learning curve and discover how to go from ‘6 months to 6 Figures’. I always love hearing from others who are passionate about what they…