5 Powerful Mind Success Strategies
 
Building a business is a fantastic and challenging experience. You can wake up exhilarated to begin your day and go to bed feeling overwhelmed and frustrated. The key to success is to maintain a positive, yes you can do it, mindset.
Easier said than done, right? Here are 5 keys to help you create and sustain a positive mindset so you attain the success you desire.
1. Surround yourself with successful and positive people. The influence people have over our own …

I will admit it, I’m an internet junky.  I understand that and I’ve been working very hard at it.  I failed for quite a long time, but all the sudden I am making major progress.  I know it has to do with my seeing money from my top sites.  This makes me not want to waste time on the sites that have brought me nothing but work.  They have great value, but I am not putting the time in they need to make them a top site like they deserve.
I’m …

Well my hubby tosses so many blog post ideas at me on any given day.  Loves to him. lol  He doesn’t even have to try.
Today it was a post for working wahm.  He knows I just got 4 new clients.  Those 4 clients are all starting on Monday.  But of course this isn’t in his brain because he doesn’t have any of that in his planner.
But let me back up a little.  I have a list of bills to pay that we split up when I started working.  I feel …

Do you set resolutions?  Personal or business?
I don’t set resolutions.  I really can’t remember ever setting them.  If I said outloud some kind of goals it was only because others set them and tell you that you have to as well.  I’ve gotten way too old to listen to others about things like that now.
I set goals.  The difference?  Resolutions are a broad statement.  Goals are broken down and attainable.  I want to make sure that I can follow through with things that I set.  So it’s important to set …

As a business owner, you are both the boss and the employee. Some people can thrive in this type of situation and achieve more than they could in a traditional work environment. For other people, this just spells disaster. That is why it is important to analyze yourself several times a year to make sure you are staying on track.
Are you focused on your business? This alone can throw your business into high gear or create a standstill. It can be easy to lose focus when …

Well it is 2:30am but I finished a major goal for today.  It wasn’t a goal I had to start out with, but it is definitely going to bring me money.
We all know that updating your blogs is key to return traffic.  Well my scrapbook sites are now both in blog format and have not been updated like they should be. Little Scrapbook Shop is now 5 years old I believe and gets a lot of traffic. It’s actually one of my best adsense sites, but that is …

It’s past time to be working on these.  By now you should be going over your goals for 2008 and seeing what you have accomplished for the year and what you need to add or re-evaluate for 2009.
Pay close attention to the items that worked well and didn’t work.  If it is something that didn’t work, but still has to be completed, brainstorm other ways to accomplish it.
Write out your generic goals for the year with a lot of space between.  Then be more specific about each goal.  On another …

This article from Donna Guenther was in my emails today and loved it! What an incredible idea. Read below and see if you aren’t blown away by the idea. Who says we need to go to some big, expensive seminar to set up our biz plans and re-energize?
Top 10 Steps to Creating a Successful Business Planning Retreat for Self-Employed Entrepreneurs
by Donna Gunter, The Online Biz Resource Queen (TM)
The notion of doing a business retreat for myself is very new, although not novel, as we …