I want to share two brief stories about two very different business owners who transformed themselves by discovering their own power through organization and focus. First Story Last week, I spent a Fast Action VIP Day with a new client. She was struggling with an over-abundance of clutter that included catalogs and product samples. Her […]
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Two Secrets for Business Success
Last week’s newsletter about business success really struck a chord. I had more than a couple people respond to compliment me on my writing and story-telling abilities. If you missed last week’s note, click here to read it now. I want to confess my writing, marketing, and business success hasn’t been an accident. It wasn’t […]
Two things you’re going to run out of
Yesterday I had a conversation with a business owner that I’ve known for several years. Her business is growing, her team is A+, and she is very optimistic about the future. And yet…she called for my help. Not because things are going wrong, per se. Not because she isn’t fabulous and capable. And certainly not […]
Fifty-one percent of business owners worry about this
I was thumbing through Inc. Magazine recently when their Data Bank numbers caught my eye. “Fifty-one percent of business owners worry about losing clients.” This particular statistic jumped out at me because of a client meeting I have coming up Thursday. “Lisa” is a small business owner in the tech field. She called me because […]
Top 10 Ways You Sabotage Your Productivity Every Day
I was chatting a potential client this morning and she said, “Angie, I’m so busy, I literally don’t have time to stop and get organized. And the funny thing is, I know that part of my lack-of-time problem is that I’m disorganized.” Indeed! What a destructive cycle. If you are seriously curious about how to […]
Turn off notifications to increase productivity
Seriously, turn off notifications to increase productivity. Here’s an example: A reader of this very blog emailed me yesterday and said, “I turned off my notifications on my phone and increased productivity by 100%. 🙂 I also separated personal and work email accounts and kept Facebook closed except during designated breaks. I’m feeling pretty good […]