Getting Organized

As women entrepreneurs, I know that we give our 'all' to our business! I do that – and I know I'm not alone. When I was going through my separation and divorce (and the many other 'life challenges' that happened at the same time), I was so...

Does September feel like the beginning of a new year to you? Here are three lessons we can learn from what students are doing this fall to help move our own careers forward...

As someone who does a lot of social networking, both online and in-person, I receive a lot of requests for meetings. When I first started my business I said yes to everyone, and I wasted a lot of my time because I didn’t properly qualify what the meeting was going to be about. As a result, only rarely did these meetings result in any new business. I had to learn how to say no while making sure I didn’t upset the requester and hurt my reputation. As your reputation grows, more people will want a little piece of you. They will want to have coffee, talk on the phone, or chat over email or via social networking sites like Twitter or Facebook. If you say yes to every request you will not have time to get anything done.

No matter how ambitious your goal, you CAN achieve it. You do it by taking one little step at a time. Here are five simple steps to achieve anything. As you move along, enjoy the journey. You are learning, growing, and accomplishing. Take time to appreciate your progress. Reaching a goal does not happen by accident. It is a series of intentional small steps, proper planning, and a stubborn commitment to make it happen. ACTION STEP: Why not...

Many people mistakenly believe that time management is about squeezing more tasks and activities into a day. Time management is actually about getting the important tasks done. It's also about learning to do things efficiently so you can ultimately accomplish more.