Archive for the ‘empowerment and discovery’ Category
Do you know what the most commonly viewed post is on this site to date? 10 Tips to Clean a House in Under an Hour. Out of over 3,000 unique views that this site has received since its inception, 12% of all visitors came here solely for that article. I didn’t intend for that post [...]
That is a mantra I keep repeating to myself. What are my goals? What is important to me? What do I value? What do I believe in? Today, I have three separate projects to work on that require immense amounts of focus and attention – all while keeping in mind the looming need for family [...]
Today I had the experience of discovering my own personal power. Hubby and I have been working on our “pretirement” vision of our life. What would that look like? Family time, travel, community contribution, outdoor time, friends, entertaining, and fun. We had been toying with the idea of going to Alberta to visit family for [...]
There were roadblocks… There was almost a crying fit (yes, I’ll admit it… Even in today’s “if you’re going to be an entrepreneur, you can’t be emotional” world, I will admit to almost crying today.) I yelled at myself, almost gave up, and didn’t meet one of my goals. But I met the other two. [...]
Those are the words I started my day with today. After my less-than-stellar evening last night, I decided to make today the perfect day. To focus on the things that are important to me, and live a fulfilling, joyful day in my life. I’ve already met one of my objectives for the day – I [...]
So yesterday I did this exercise, inspired by the girls over at PretirementLiving.com. They are the ones who inspired me to take on this exercise: The Charmed Life Worksheet. I actually designed it myself as a way to make sense of my life, and figure out where I’m spending my time. According to what they [...]
Nine short months ago, I was just an entrepreneur. I was one really, really pregnant entrepreneur – but still, not a mom. I had been in business for almost 6 years at that point – surely nothing could change my outlook on business so drastically that I would find myself doing something else entirely within [...]
Warning : This post is likely to make a lot of people angry. That’s good. If they’re angry, they’re thinking. This post also could have been titled : Why You Should Forge Your Own Path In response to a post at MomEO Magazine… Every time I see some poor mompreneur spamming on Twitter, Facebook, or [...]
Aside from the obvious good looks </conceit>, mompreneurs have a lot going for them. Sure, some people say the term is derogatory and used to discriminate – I couldn’t agree less. I think we should differentiate ourselves from other entrepreneurs, because we have so much more value to offer in so many ways. You can [...]
Success is one of those funny things in life. It is something everyone wants, but also fears. Everyone already has it in some areas of their life, just not in others. When it comes to business, if you want to succeed, there is one crucial piece that stops many people dead in their tracks : [...]
I’ve contemplated writing this post for some time… Tossing around dozens of ideas on how to write it. I considered a video post, a letter to my readers, a conversation about “who you are”, and all of them told me one thing : Stop being fancy, and say what you need to say. So here [...]
While watching an old rerun of “The Dragons’ Den”, a show on CBC about entrepreneurs seeking funding, I found myself in shock. Not only did one of the Dragons react harshly, but it was actually warranted. They saw a business with a million dollar valuation that had no revenue whatsoever, which is bad enough in [...]
