No matter who you are in business, there are times when it can seem like you’re moving through mud. Sometimes it feels like it’s hard to gain momentum and you just can’t keep up- with the competition and with your own expectations of yourself. Here are five ways to i

Normally I post blogs on Tuesdays. In fact, I actually like to have quite a few blog posts in the queue…but it just so happens that this week I had no posts scheduled and had planned most of yesterday as a writing day. Our nephew, Franco, is visiting from Uruguay for the first t

As I’ve been ramping up projects in the new year, I’ve been looking for ways to improve my productivity. And I have a few secrets that I’ve kept tucked away in my back pocket for just this kind of moment! Many years ago, I listened to an interview with Brian Tracy, w

  This past week in LA, I hobnobbed with some of the most successful people in music at the major industry event of the year (okay, well, more like I saw most of them, but I did meet David Meerman Scott!) . Having talked over the years with mega-successful entrepreneurs about wha

    We entrepreneurs have a way of turning into workaholics. It’s so easy to do. When you’re first starting out, there’s so much to do that many new entrepreneurs feel a compulsion to work until it’s all done. And when you love what you do with fervor

Getting organized. It’s something most of us struggle with. But it’s also something that’s paramount to achieving the next level of success in your business. As a disorganized business owner, you’re likely to be late paying bills, forgetful of client details an

The end of 2011 was a mixture of absolute holiday perfection and complete technological mayhem for me. When last we left the story of my laptop disaster, Lenovo was sending a technician with a new motherboard in mid-January. However, the very next day after I posted my story about 

Do you make New Year’s Resolutions? Every year, I’m surprised by how many people don’t make them. I love making New Year’s Resolutions, and I even have a strategy for keeping them. Mostly, my strategy involves making sure I keep my resolutions visible in my off

There’s so much talk about outsourcing and delegation. And there’s no question that outsourcing should be a part of your overall business plan. But how do you delegate successfully so that you can make use of the economic advantages of outsourcing? In this two-part series,

I’ve had a Sony Vaio laptop for three and a half years now. I used to turn technology over faster, back when I was doing more web development and technical stuff, but these days, most of what I do involves writing. Still, I’m what’s known as a “power user”

Over the last few months, I’ve been making some changes to the structure of my business (behind the scenes stuff) and planning for an expansion. As a result of my business becoming a little more complex, I decided to simplify my life. I’m starting with my email inbox. Why