How to Wipe Out Overwhelm
The following article landed in my inbox this morning. It was the featured article in the newsletter I receive from Alicia M. Forest, Multiple Streams Queen & Coach. With it being Monday morning, and because I do have a To Do list that is a bit overwhelming at the moment, I thought it was a very appropriate post to start the week off.
Thanks Alicia!
How to Wipe Out Overwhelm
by Alicia M. Forest, MBA
Multiple Streams Queen & Coach(TM)
How often do you find yourself in this scenario?
It’s Monday morning and you’re all geared up for a productive week ahead. You’ve got your to-do list (massive as it is) at the ready and you sit down at your desk to start checking things off.
As you begin to read down your list, you start to feel something in your gut. It’s not a physical pain necessarily, just a feeling of something heavy starting to grow. You ignore it and continue reading your list, making stars next to the things that seem to be the most important to get done that day.
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Beating the Pricing Pressure Blues
Beating the Pricing Pressure Blues
By Debra J. Schmidt
The owner of a small business was complaining to me that her sales are down. She told me that her customers are continually asking, “Why don’t you have more sales and discounted merchandise at your store?” To try to meet their demands, she held a two-week sale at the end of December where every item in the store was discounted. She offers her customers a 10% discount every Friday, and regularly sends emails to her approximately 5,000 customers to notify them of other special sale offers.
This woman is experiencing a bad case of the pricing pressure blues. She refers to it as the “Wal-Mart mentality,” where customers expect everything to always be the lowest price possible. The pressure to keep lowering and defending prices can be draining and demoralizing to business owners, customer service support professionals and sales reps. This creates a downward spiral that causes burnout and frustration. It can even cause a business to close its doors permanently.
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Align With Your Message and Impact Your Bottom Line
Align With Your Message and Impact Your Bottom Line
By Jane Atkinson
Sometimes I hear speakers complain that business is down. They might blame the economy, or poor marketing efforts, or whatever. But I wonder, could it be something else?
Spiritual guru and author Wayne Dyer was talking at Unity Church in Dallas a few years ago. He was telling the story about accusing one of his children of hiding his keys, when minutes later he found them in his own pocket. He explained to us – and these are his words, not mine, “it’s a very short distance from enlightened to a**hole”. (I wondered if anyone would complain about him swearing in church – but that’s another article). The point he was brilliantly making was that it’s very hard to walk your talk 24/7 – and he was the first one to admit that he’s human.
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The Journey From Where You Are to Where You Want to Be
The Journey From Where You Are to Where You Want to Be
by Cheryl Vallejos
January has come and gone and you’re into the second month of the New Year! Hopefully, you set your New Year’s goals and now you’re ready to see them begin to manifest. Your goals may include the areas of health, relationships, finances, business, family, and creative pursuits. You may want to build a thriving business and create a balanced life. But how do you get from where you are to where you want to be? So glad you asked. The quickest answer is: plan your work and work your plan. Every journey needs a strategy to get to where you want to go, whether it’s a map, a marketing plan, or working with a coach or mentor.
There are proven methods used by highly successful people that help them achieve what they want in life. The most successful people-those who achieve the goals they set out to achieve and live fulfilling lives-demonstrate certain traits and actions. They are organized, disciplined, curious, open to learning and growing, fearless (or willing to act in spite of fear), positive-minded, and persistent. They take action, measure their results, and change course when necessary. Here is a 7-step winning formula for YOU to have a successful journey this year.
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8 Quick Ways to Nurture Your Creativity
8 Quick Ways to Nurture Your Creativity
by Suzanne Falter-Barns
www.howmuchjoy.com
One of the really great things about creating your dream are
those times when you go into a trance. That’s when you look up
after three hours and discover that the rest of the world has
gone to bed while you’ve been creating your work of genius. And
this is when your creativity is at its absolute sparkling best.
Here are some elements you can put in place that will help you
slide into that exalted place more easily, and give your
creative spirit the nurturing it needs.
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