Small Business Success Strategies

Attention Stay At Home Moms: You Can Make Money Online

Stone Evans, our official Home Business Expert

Home business expert Joy Atkisson of http://www.FigureIncome.com is now showing other stay-at-home moms--and anyone else who wants to make money online--the information they need to launch a successful, money-making website.

Right now, Joy is offering those interested in tapping into the unlimited earning potential of the Internet a free download of the e-book, "Dotcomology: The Science of Making Money Online" by renowned marketing expert Stone Evans.

"There is nothing better than starting a successful business and then working from the comfort of home," Joy states. "The businesses I feature on my website really do allow people to have the best of both worlds."

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Procrastination: Do You Fear Success?

You could be procrastinating because you are fearing success! Is your subconscious saying things like, “If I get organized I’d have to be perfect, productive, and successful.”

Beware of negative self talk. Face your submerged fears about success. They probably aren’t really too logical anyway.

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Debbye Cannon, our official BusinessMom Mentor Expert

Organize Around Your Bio Rhythms

Abraham Hicks would call this working downstream instead of fighting your way upstream. It’s about being true to yourself whenever possible and finding ways to work at your peak.

Consider how you can do the “difficult” or “less than fun” tasks when you feel the most energetic. You probably know if you are a “morning person” or a “night owl”. Why not take a SMARTcut® and work with your body’s natural rhythm?

Read Debbye's entire article Organize Around Your Bio Rhythms

Debbye Cannon, our official BusinessMom Mentor Expert

Be More Efficient With Your Time

Make Yourself Obsolete -So You Can Be More Efficient With Your Time
We all get the very same 86,400 seconds in a day. It’s how we use them that count. I’m sure you have heard “time is money” and “I’m spending my time” comments. Maybe it is because the way we use our time has direct comparisons to money.

It’s high time that we, as BusinessMom’s took a magnifying glass to the clock and “pay” attention to where our time goes. It’s an important step toward being able to “invest” your time instead of just “spending’ it!

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Debbye Cannon, our official BusinessMom Mentor

“I don’t have enough time!”

“I don’t have enough time,” is a common excuse for procrastinating.
Since in reality we all have exactly the same number of hours in the day, the real deal is in how we use them.
Granted some people have more things they want or need to tend to.

1. The first step into having more time available is deciding what is truly essential.

Read Debbye's entire article “I don’t have enough time!”

Debbye Cannon, our official BusinessMom Mentor Expert

12 “Ways” of Christmas

No matter what your special winter holiday may be, it’s sure to be FILLED to the brim with once a year special events, friends, and family time. Having everything in order will assure you that the season will be packed with pleasure instead of filled with frustration. Here are some of my best secrets for sanity.

1. Ask friends and family members for their wish lists to simplify your gift giving efforts. You can specify an amount or make the sky the limit.
 Include the specifics (catalog number or store and price).

Read Debbye's entire article 12 “Ways” of Christmas

Debbye Cannon, our official Businessmom Mentor Expert

12 “Ways” of Christmas

No matter what your special winter holiday may be, it’s sure to be FILLED to the brim with once a year special events, friends, and family time. Having everything in order will assure you that the season will be packed with pleasure instead of filled with frustration. Here are some of my best secrets for sanity.

1. Ask friends and family members for their wish lists to simplify your gift giving efforts. You can specify an amount or make the sky the limit.
 Include the specifics (catalog number or store and price).

Read Debbye's entire article 12 “Ways” of Christmas

Debbye Cannon, our official BusinessMom Mentor Expert

Holiday Overwhelm Simplified

I am a real “finding solutions” gal, so here’s the real deal. It sounds like you have allowed too much to come into your calendar. Most of the things you mentioned are choices and how you respond/participate is also a choice. Your expectations of what will “fit” into 7 weeks is unrealistic.

That being said try putting all the “prep” work that is involved with/ tasks and events on your calendar instead of just the event. This should help you see when your life is getting overly full. For example, block out the time you’ll need to prepare birthday parties (consider one big bash if possible instead of 4).

Read Debbye's entire article Holiday Overwhelm Simplified

Debbye Cannon, our official BusinessMom Mentor Expert

Time Management

Time is like a suitcase. Some people can pack more in than others.

This month SMARTcut Solutions members will focus on getting the most out of each and every hour! Time management will change your world (for better or for worse!) Time is our most precious and irreplaceable commodity. We can’t really get more, we just have to be able to master time management so that we spend our time to best advantage.

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Debbye Cannon, our official BusinessMom Mentor Expert

How Perfection Paralyzes Productivity

My motto is: Close enough is good enough!

Have you ever watched a toddler perfect a new skill? I have. This week I observed with great interest as my grand daughter tried something new. She had discovered a pair of dress-up high heels in her toy basket. She knew exactly what they were for. SHOES!

Immediately she began to struggle to put them on her feet. They were too large. They were on the “wrong” foot. Nonetheless she wobbled to her feet and then across the room. Eventually she even managed to climb up on the sofa.

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Debbye Cannon, our official BusinessMom Mentor Expert