Today I’m excited to share my new TV show with you — Biz On Your Terms. It is short and has great tips on growing your business your way. Would love to hear what you have to say. Please comment.

How do you focus on the essential things when there is always a fire to put out? So often, business owners don’t know what the important things are. You need focus!

A sign that you need focus is you’re working harder and harder without getting results.

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Have you ever felt like you didn’t belong? Like you were an intruder or that the way you did life was just so different than others? If you have felt this way, how did you handle it when times started getting harder and criticism started swirling?

Well for me, when I feel this way, I put up a wall. I found the more successful I become the more petty criticisms and rejections increased from people I thought were my friends and from jealous associates. I have felt myself become robotic, resisting connecting on a friendship level with others, until I flew to California for a business meeting.

I was there for business–to be professional, get business done, but the people there thankfully wanted more connection from me. They chipped away at my wall until I just had to believe in humanity again, well most of it anyway. They were so embracing of me and my quirks that an eternal flame of hope sprung again.

Although try as I may to make business professional, I’ve realized underneath it all there is still a big need for relationships and everyone, including me (ouch), has needs as simple as finding a place of resting from the storm.

I was blessed with some respite and now am ready to go back into the storm clothed with an extra layer of humanity.

This post hasn’t been easy for me to admit to. I feel much more comfortable being the chick with attitude. It would really help me if you comment and let me know that I am not alone in this or that you disagree. Please comment below. Love to hear your stories.

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A lot of business owner’s get caught up in all the small stuff in growing their business. They never seem to get around to doing the important but not urgent things. How can a business owner create an environment that will keep them on track with those important steps that will grow their business?

Love to hear how you get caught in the small stuff or how you avoid it. Please comment below.

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Ever had a hard event in your life? Of course you have. We all have. What did you do about it? What I love about children is when hard things happen they have the great ability to find the power of the possible in the situation–no matter what is thrown their way.

This ability to bounce back and get creative is a great talent that if applied to business more often the hard times wouldn’t last as long and the hard times would be more enjoyable.

Checkout the experience my younger kids were able to create for themselves after hanging out in the hospital room for five hours. Of course I think they are funny.

I’d love to hear how you are able to find the fun and be creative when the hard times hit you.

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Sometimes it isn’t easy to do what you say we are going to do to grow our business. I know this first hand. I have had a very challenging week personally and yet a great week business wise. How do you balance when some life situations throws your a curve?

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Are you not moving forward on your business out of fear of technology?  It has definitely slowed me down.  I am trying to figure out how to do videos on YouTube on my blog.  I love to hear what you have to say.

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Insecure. Photo: Kaitlyn Nicole Photography

by Dr. Joe Rubino

Studies show that at least 85% or more of the world’s people suffer from some degree of lacking self-esteem. Although one might think that such challenges are only characteristic of the poor, uneducated, or lower socio-economic members of society, people from all walks of life can suffer situational or more widespread challenges with their levels of self-esteem.

Many very successful business people lack self-esteem in some areas of their lives. Perhaps they feel socially challenged or they have difficulty establishing close or intimate relationships. Perhaps they experience low self-esteem with regard to their physical appearance or their health. Perhaps they are not having any fun in their lives, maybe devoting too much attention to their work. Many “successful” people are driven to succeed. They compensate for feeling deficient in other areas of their lives by working harder and finding a place they can excel through their work. This provides them with a new focus where they can win but it doesn’t fulfill their neglected needs in other areas like relationships, recreation, personal and spiritual development, health and appearance, and their ability to lead balanced, fun, and fulfilling lives.

Many of those lacking self-esteem in other areas find themselves driven to accomplish, driven to prove their worth. Since business is an area where they can shine, they neglect other areas to focus excessively on business. (more…)

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by Kathleen Gage

Not a day goes by that thousands of people decide to take the “BIG LEAP” to attempt to sell something online with the dream of making untold amounts of money. As quickly as they dare to dream most will let go of the dream because they have not had a flood of buyers clicking their “Buy Now” button.

Discouraged, they shake their head, shut off the computer, sigh deeply, convinced they will never make money online nor fulfill their dream.

The bad news is, this is a more common scenario than not. The good news is, it doesn’t have to be this way.

As with virtually anything, there is a formula for success. Contrary to what many people may think, the most important part of the formula is one’s mindset. With the right mindset you are willing to do what it takes to move closer to your dream every day; you think in terms of possibility rather than limitation and you attract opportunity to yourself that can often amaze you and others.

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by Mary Morrissey

In our lives we all experience things that add purpose and meaning to our time here on earth. We also have a voice of judgment and doubt inside us that lessens our self-worth and ability to believe we have a right to good fortune. By finding a way to accept your true “Self” and staying in gratitude, life begins to give us the blessings our hearts and minds are longing for.

Deeply believe in your dream, or you will fall short. God already knows you are perfect; now is the time for you to believe in yourself. With God’s help, you can find that exquisite core you’ve kept hidden away and bring it out into the light.

About Mary Morrissey

Mary Morrissey is the author of two bestselling books, No Less Than Greatness and Building Your Field of Dreams ‒ which became a PBS special. She has spoken three times at the United Nations and facilitated three different week-long meetings with His Holiness The Dalai Lama. Mary has a Master’s Degree in Counseling Psychology and an honorary Doctorate in Humane Letters.

As a highly sought after inspirational speaker, executive coach, and corporate consultant, Mary has 30 years experience of empowering individuals in achieving new heights of spiritual aliveness, wealth, and authentic success.

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You’ll learn first-hand from experts like Mary Morrissey, Jim Donovan, Crystal Andrus, Jeanna Gabellini, Dr. Sue Morter, Kathleen Gage, Dr. Joe Rubino, Cari Murphy, and more.

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Over the years I begged, pleaded and then finally gave up on my son ever getting his eagle.  Nothing worked.  Then a neighbor talked to him and something clicked in his head and he was on fire and determined to earn it.   The determination continued until the last few minutes where he could submit his papers–minutes before midnight on his eighteenth birthday everything aligned up.

We recently had his court of honor and I got to beam the proud mother smile.

How many of you have given up on something and then in the midnight hour things turned around?  How many of you had an experience where a neighbor turned everything around?  I would love to hear your comments.

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