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When do you take time off?

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As entrepreneurs time off can be tricky, fluid or damn near impossible to achieve depending on the stage of business you find yourself in. And yet, it’s one of the most powerful ways I know to rejuvenate your creative spirit, avoid overwhelm and prevent total breakdown leading to weeks or months of inactivity.

See, when you start a business and hang up that shingle you’re signaling to the world that you’re open for work. None of this “every other Tuesday and some Friday nights and the Sundays that fall on a full moon” crap. When you proudly say “I’m here for business” then shutting down your business on a moment’s notice is a bad idea.

Not quite
ordering-1000-business-cards-before-registering-that-website bad idea
but still bad.

Taking time off is tricky and, depending on the stage of business you’re in, you need a strategy before you stop answering emails and peace out to Peru.

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Finding the Balance between Business and Personal on Social Media

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Over the last month I’ve been thinking more and more about how businesses interact in social media and share their thoughts and reflections on local and international events.

How do you find the balance between business marketing and sharing personal or social news on social media especially in the midst of a hurricane, flood, fire, terror attack or other tragedy?

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Falling into Autumn

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When it comes to the pace of a year, Autumn always feels like relief after the hot days of summer and yet, the most hectic as families prepare for the upcoming holidays, children settle into school and businesses work toward their last quarter goals.

There’s something new and fresh about January but we’re still over 100 days from ringing in the New Year.

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Here are 3 ways you can make the rest of 2017 count:

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Winter is coming

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While I’m a few, uh, seasons behind on Game of Thrones, one of the things I watch very carefully is their marketing because it. is. brilliant.

The excitement in July when the new season premiered was great and it got me thinking about how often we skimp on the hype and thrill of our own stuff.

Here’s how to Gamify your own launch:

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Long day, hangry and my solution

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When business gets a little hectic one of the first things to suffer is our sleep, followed quickly by healthy meals and letting both slide can be a recipe for very bad days.

If you find yourself tired, hangry (hungry + angry), short-tempered and impatient then you’re not really going to be doing your best work.

(I’m not even talking just about creative work. Boring admin work doesn’t get better when you feel like crap.)

If there’s one thing I learned about 90+ days of following the Whole30 plan, it’s the power of planning for those days when cooking is just not in the cards. While this post isn’t about what you should/should not be eating, it’s helpful to see why having a personal plan makes life easier!

Here’s a sneak peek at one of the personal systems that fuels my business.

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Where hard work and working hard meet

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It occurs to me that entrepreneurs do not want to work hard anymore. In a world where you can be famous for singing badly, a sex tape or random viral videos, why should anyone strive to do anything difficult?

And for every born into poverty or immigrant success story of someone working their fingers to the bone to pick tomatoes under the heat of the August sun or working 20 hours a day in a kitchen restaurant, entrepreneurs will be the ones sipping lattes and insisting that without half-day Tuesdays and weekly massages they’re just not balanced enough for meaningful output.

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Are You Scared to Speak the Truth?

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Over the past 8 years in business there has been a lot of lessons for me personally, but one thing I’ve observed over time is that some entrepreneurs are completely unwilling to offend the masses by speaking the truth.

Now, this is a very different game than attempting to be edgy or disruptive for the sake of attention – I’m talking about intentionally softening your speech and opinions as to avoid offending someone and generating backlash.

And, honestly? It’s killing your business.

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Is your online business protected online?

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When a business owner opens the doors to a physical store they have receipts and physical reminders of all the investment it takes to build a business. They know how expensive those chairs for clients were and the cost to replace a broken computer. There’s money in the cash drawer and inventory on the shelf so they protect that investment with locks on the door, a security system, maybe even loss prevention staff and by running background checks on employees to ensure they’re not thieves.

But… how do you protect your online business?

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Be Like Elon

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I recently read a great article (listicle?) that aggregated a bunch of public statements from Elon Musk, the founder of Tesla and SpaceX, and the modern day, real life Tony Stark. The publication took all these interviews and then described how a typical day is likely like which I found fascinating.

And while there’s some things I don’t want to adopt (5 minute time slots for my schedule), there’s ONE thing I think every single entrepreneur needs to adopt immediately. Continue Reading ￫