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Big effort doesn’t always complete big things
If business isn’t working out as you hoped, taking time to sharpen your tools is possibly a more effective approach to help shake you out of your rut. You’re working relentlessly – I have no doubt. But what if taking a beat, a real step back hands-off approach, that you are able to realize that you don’t need to make…
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Why liking who you are has everything to do with liking what you do
On average, I publish a blog piece once a month. Why? For starters, as decent of a writer as I am, there’s a lot of me that goes into every single post. Muscling up precious brainpower is no small feat. The process stumps even the most experienced writers. Topic selection, copy testing, and editing are all crazy time-consuming. Not…
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Carve out your joy with this one act of self-love
Am I crazy or are we not working a whole lot more now that we’re at home? WTH. It’s all very real and sometimes a real drag. Home and yet not feeling so homey. What’s with that? Not sure about you but naps are my thing. I LOVE my bed and all the cozy things about it. But for a…
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Feeling like a failure? Try this exercise for a major breakthrough
By now, you get that I’m all about working out my most current issues. As a person, a woman, and an entrepreneur, we hit many brick walls – both personally and professionally. Luckily, every now and then I find relief. Some peace or joy that transforms my life or the way I approach everyday challenges that I feel compelled to…
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4 Life-changing lessons Madam C. J. Walker teaches women about business
What a wonderful, witty, and arousing Netflix series starring Octavia Spenser. Did you catch it? Having heard the name Madam C. J. Walker many times but not knowing the story, I was fascinated to come to know some of the struggles and triumphs of the proclaimed first African-American female millionaire in the United States. First thing I took away from…
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Hit a slump and not sure what to do next?
Plateaus – pesky little circumstances that show up when you’ve in your own right hit a peak and start to taper off. Maybe you got too comfortable and lost your hunger. No gusto left in the tank for what you once felt so passionately about. Now, you’re unmotivated and feel lost. At this point, you’ve set your sights on another…
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Doing so much but not seeing the results you want? Do this.
At the end of a long day of work, running errands and working on one of my passion projects, I found myself extremely taxed. As the shower ran over my back, I started to question just how much I actually accomplished. Having had put in all those hours on and off the road, checking off my to-do list, was I…
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5 Concrete ways to make your passion project your full-time career
The term ‘side hustle’ is so overdone. We much prefer ‘passion project.’ Side gig, hobby, or that thing I love more than my actual job – all collective terms we use to describe our grind to the “top.” A side gig use to be something we referred to as a job that brought in some extra cash. Now, the term…
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Should I let my closest friends and family in on my entrepreneurial ideas?
Happy New Year! We made it!!!🥳🥳🥳 That’s an accomplishment in of itself. It’s been wonderful spending time with mom, dad, sis, pals from college, work friends, and all the crazy good feelings of warmth, hugs and togetherness. But as much as I love them, it’s time for them to leave… So, where am I going with this? I’ll get to…
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Lazy, multi-passionate, and no clue where to start. What do I do?
If you’re a multi-passionate woman as I am, you’re probably familiar with the nonstop tug-of-war going on in your head. You’ve got business ideas coming out of your eyeballs – it’s insane! Every time you give thought to one of your ideas, you get so excited, your enthusiasm shoots through the roof. But after a while, your frenemies: fear and…
