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1). Strategic vs. Tactical Approaches and How Too Much of One Might Be Hurting Your Home-Based Business In basic terms, strategic refers to the "what and why" and tactical refers to the "how." Both methodologies are critical to your business success. Strategic thinking, planning, and actions reflect your ability to take into account the big picture, to recognize patterns and trends, foresee issues, predict outcomes, and ha... 2). What Every Home-Based Business Owner Needs to Know About Shiny Object Syndrome One of the greatest enemies to business success is Shiny Object Syndrome. You as an entrepreneur are probably highly creative, intuitive and optimistic by nature, and it's likely common for you to have a mind full of new ideas at any given moment. You see opportunity where many others don't and the trouble arises when you want to bring... 3). How Successful Entrepreneurs Handle Failure There are many differences that separate the winners in business and life from those who are struggling and falling by the wayside. One big difference is how they handle failure. Successful entrepreneurs have a positive mindset around the experience of failure. When they fail, they look at it as a result. They took "x" st... 4). 5 Easy Steps to Determine Your Financial Status So You Can Break Free of Your Job Sooner It doesn't have to be unpleasant or messy, but it does have to be done. You may be well on your way to building a full-time home-based business or may just be tossing the idea around right now, but having a clear understanding of your current and future financial commitments will play a MAJOR role in your strategic plan for business success. ... 5). 10 Important Questions To Ask Web Developers Before Dishing Out the Dough Assuming you already have a fairly good idea of what you want on your web site and will more than likely be writing your own copy or having it written for you, here are 10 questions you need answered to help you create an effective web site without breaking the bank or delaying your plans. 1. Price by project or by the hour? Accepting... 6). 7 Ways to Manage Breaks As A Home-Based Business Owner This week during a coaching session, one of my clients shared her ongoing struggle with managing "breaks" throughout the day. Whenever she felt the need to get up from her desk and stretch her legs, she found herself in the kitchen. As a result of this habit, she is now 20 pounds heavier, very uncomfortable and extremely unhappy with h... 7). Is Life Getting In the Way of Your Home-Based Business? 5 Steps to Take Today to Keep You on Track Working from home provides the ultimate experience of freedom in many ways, but at the same time it can easily allow a freedom we take for granted - a freedom that if not appreciated, can actually sabotage our success. In the corporate world we have structures, deadlines, rules and bosses to keep things in order and on track. These are... 8). The Law of Attraction - Make it Work for You The Law of Attraction responds to whatever vibration you are sending out into the Universe. You will receive more of what you are vibrating whether it 9). A Fatal Mistake that Can Cost You Your Business ... And More Whether you’re a new business owner or if you have been running your business for several years, one of the biggest challenges you face at one point i 10). Don't Stop Short of The Gold In Napoleon Hill's classic Think and Grow Rich, he tells a true story of a man named R. U. Darby and his uncle who were hit by the "gold fever" during the gold rush. After having their first car of ore shipped to a smelter, they discovered they had hit one of the richest bodies of gold in Colorado. Excitedly, they continued digging, b... 11). Ready to Break Free of Your Entrepreneurial Rut? When you first leave the corporate world to start a home-based business, you're pumped, assured and passionate about making your dream come true and that excitement and desire can fuel your progress for a good long while. Eventually, like all things that go up, a plateau is inevitable and it's at this stage that you as an entrepreneur ... 12). The Invisible Customer How many times have you as a customer felt as though you were putting a salesperson out by asking for assistance or interrupting them as they were engaged in a personal conversation with a co-worker or friend? I can recall times I've actually said to different store clerks, who were either fully engaged in telling their co-workers abou... 13). When the Small Stuff Matters in Home-Based Business You've probably heard before that in order to reap the rewards of business success, you must work "on" your business, not "in" it. This is most certainly true ... within reason. Eighty to ninety percent of your time should be spent working strategically as opposed to tactically. It's important that your time and energy be focused on th... 14). Accountability and Its Powerful Role In Creating Home-Based Business Success It's so tempting to take the easy road sometimes. It's even easier to just put something off altogether and say, "next time". We procrastinate by saying, "I'll make twice as many tomorrow", or "I'll do it with twice the effort next time." And what happens? Tomorrow and next time come, and we put it off yet again. Having a... 15). Change Your Thinking, Change Your Life The only thing in life we have direct control over is our thoughts and our thoughts determine how we experience life.You may know of someone w 16). The 3 Core Competencies of a Successful Home-Based Business Owner Success at home-based business is dependent on many factors including: - specific skills - specialized knowledge - an efficient and functional work space - structures and processes - ongoing learning - a strong support team and mastermind group - a genuine interest and love for helping people -...