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Have a Little Faith in Yourself

July 6, 2010 By Michelle Shaeffer 13 Comments

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Ever feel like the woman on the left – biting your nails nervously when you think about running your own business?  Good thing you stopped by today, it’s a Tuesday pep talk!

Personal and business get so intertwined when you’re a solopreneur – personal progress IS business progress and growing as a person is required to grow your business…

My greatest challenge in business isn’t marketing, or my technical services, or writing… it’s doing the work to be a better, stronger, bolder version of myself and to have faith and confidence that I’ll succeed.

So if you find it challenging, too, know that you aren’t alone! And you can do it.

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$5 – Entrepreneurial Thinking

June 24, 2010 By Michelle Shaeffer 2 Comments

Today I want to share a fantastic video from Stanford University’s Entrepreneurship Corner that offers a great look at how to think more like an entrepreneur.  (Thank you to Shel Horowitz for sharing this video with me.)

Thinking outside the box.  Changing the rules.  Not allowing yourself to be limited to by the “means” you’ve got.  Check it out.  Then think about the problems or challenges you’re facing in your business and try to look at them from a different perspective.

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Join the Mini Blog Challenge!

June 21, 2010 By Michelle Shaeffer Leave a Comment

The brilliant Jeanette Cates (who put together the 30 day blog challenge I’ve been participating in this month) is now sponsoring a mini blog challenge between now and the end of June – 7 posts in 10 days.  Come on, give it a try!

You can sign up free by clicking that image on the left.

Why join in the blog challenge?  I can tell you why I’ve *loved* participating in the 30 day challenge.

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#Blog30 Challenge – Halfway Point!

June 16, 2010 By Michelle Shaeffer 10 Comments

Whew!  This is post 16 of 30 in my attempt to complete the 30 Day Blog Challenge.  I’m halfway there!  So I’m celebrating.

If you’re participating in #blog30, feel free to post a “Yahoo!” or “Weeee!” in the comments to celebrate you being halfway through, too!  And be sure to either link to your blog or have CommentLuv bring up your last blog post.  :)

So, back to #blog30, what I really want to share is how much I’m enjoying it! Sometimes a challenge can be just what it takes to get me motivated to take action – how about you?

I’ve met so many cool bloggers and made connections with people I probably wouldn’t have run into otherwise.  I’d like to introduce you to a few of the other bloggers participating in #blog30.  Click on over to their sites and see what they’re blogging about.  If you like what you see, don’t forget to subscribe in your RSS reader or follow them on Networked Blogs.
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Just Stick Your Toe Outside Your Comfort Zone

June 3, 2010 By Michelle Shaeffer 3 Comments

“Everything you want is just outside your comfort zone.” ~Robert Allen

The comfort zone is a behavioural state within which a person operates in an anxiety-neutral condition, using a limited set of behaviours to deliver a steady level of performance, usually without a sense of risk.
- Alasdair A. K. White “From Comfort Zone to Performance Management”

Is your comfort zone keeping you from going after an opportunity, helping more people with your products/services or finding success in a bigger way?

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30 Day Blog Challenge – Join Me?

June 1, 2010 By Michelle Shaeffer 7 Comments

And it begins!  Today is the first day of the 30 Day Blog Challenge.  If you’ve got a blog for your small business, would you like to join me?  You can sign up at http://jeanettecates.com/30days/

My goal for the month of June is 30 blog posts.  Since I’m already attempting Ezine Articles Hundred Articles in a Hundred Days Challenge, it seemed like perfect timing to do the blog challenge, too.

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How To Work A Full Time Job & Still Build A Business Of Your Own

May 20, 2010 By Michelle Shaeffer Leave a Comment

This is a special guest article reprinted with permission by Sue Painter of Confident Marketer.  I came across it in her ezine and thought the five points she offered were fantastic for anyone trying to transition from working a job to creating their own home business.

I promised to answer some of the questions you gave me when you took my survey a few months ago, remember?  One question that several people asked was how they could build their own business when they were already working a full time job.  From the questions, I can tell there is a good bit of frustration, exhaustion, and worry going on about this topic.  So I decided to pull together some ways to build a business even if you are working.
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May I have a “sock day” please?

May 5, 2010 By Michelle Shaeffer 4 Comments

This morning I felt horrid.  I emailed my husband to let him know I’d need his help with the kids and dinner: “I’m sock.  Can I have a sick day please?”  He seemed to get a kick out of this.  :)

Hmm… Apparently I’m a sock today.  :)  After some strong coffee and determination I’m at least sitting instead of laying on the couch and my laptop found me.  This got me to thinking about what a challenge it can be to take a “sick day” when you work from home.  So thought it’d make a good blog post.  Please forgive any typos, since I am sock, after all.

There seem to be four reasons it’s challenging to take a sick day when we work from home:

  1. What do you mean I’m NOT superwoman?  (Giving ourselves permission to take a sick day is not always easy.)
  2. No, please don’t paint your sister purple!  The cat doesn’t want it’s nails polished, honey.  (Someone’s got to watch those little munchkins… for their own safety, the safety of the pets, and so you get that rental deposit returned.)
  3. Missed deadlines and unhappy clients.  (Never a good thing.)
  4. No work = no money! (Products and services gotta get done!)

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Are You Taking Action on What You’re Learning?

March 18, 2010 By Michelle Shaeffer 2 Comments

With so much information at our fingertips, it’s easy to fall into the trap of seeking out more and more information but not taking action on it.

This one catches me all the time.  It always feels like there’s more to learn.  And there is.  But just because I don’t know every little thing about a topic or task doesn’t mean I can’t get moving on whatever it is.  Sometimes you’ve got to just go for it, then fix whatever needs fixing as you go along.

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Forget the Challenging Economy – Make Money Doing What You Love

March 11, 2010 By Michelle Shaeffer 7 Comments

Feeling anxious about how to keep your small business afloat and supporting you during this tough economy? Join me this Monday at 1pm Eastern as I interview Shauna Harper, Your Abundance Business Coach, on The Personal Economy of Abundance.  Learn how you can do what you love and make money doing it despite today’s economic times!

There’s no opt-in required but if you’d like an email reminder of this call, just sign up for my free ezine on the top right corner of this page (and get some great freebies to download, too!).

On this call she’ll be sharing answers to these questions:

  • Why do some people struggle to make money doing what they love?
  • How can a Personal Economy of  Abundance to pull us through these economic times?
  • What is holding people back reaching the goals they have set out?
  • What action steps we can take today to start doing what we are passionate about?
  • … and explaining how money shows up when we are aligned with what we are meant to do in life!

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