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The Productive Solopreneur Series | How a Change of Scene Can Make You More Productive

One of the biggest challenges for anyone who works online is managing to stay productive and efficient without the external pressure of a boss breathing down your neck. 

This is combined with the negative influence of having all your favorite things surrounding you at any given time. 

Then there’s the fact that you are probably going to be interrupted repeatedly by friends and family. 

Or how about the challenge of switching off from work once you’ve finished, given that you actually work AND…

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The Productive Solopreneur Series | Digital Minimalism

If you’re looking at ways to boost your productivity you’ve probably considered your physical environment. What is happening around you that either increases or decreases your level of productivity?

Perhaps you’ve even considered how your physical health and ability to focus on the task at hand impacts how productive you are each day.

But have you given much thought to the psychological factors that impact your daily output?

In my last blog post in this series, I looked at how to begin the pr…

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Winning Ways to Convert Free Subscribers into Raving Fans

With the current economic climate, you may be questioning how you can convert all of those subscribers on your list into paying customers...and raving fans. You may be finding that you don’t have a problem with people taking up the free version of your product, but they’re not converting to paid clients. This is delaying the growth of your business, and it can be pretty deflating right? 

So, it’s time to consider some strategies that can assist with converting those free subscribers into paying…

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Silence born from fear is not an excuse

Hi there

This post has been weighing heavily on my heart and my conscience for a few days and I have felt very challenged that I haven't said anything online about what is happening in our world right now. With the critical focus and attention on #blacklivesmatter, I've been silent. And that has been wrong!

Recently I saw a post on social media that said: "Silence Favours The Oppressor". My initial response was one of defence. I thought to myself, I am NOT favouring the oppressor in this situa…

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The Work/Life Balance Myth

So....you've done it. You've created a business that you're passionate about. The business that you've been dreaming about creating. You feel pride, excitement, some trepidation and uncertainty. But mostly, you feel like 'this is it'. You can have the perfect work/life balance. Working for yourself means you work when you want to work right? Only when you want to work? You can enjoy leisurely lunches wi…

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The Best Laid Plans of Mice and Women

The best-laid plans of mice and men…

These words couldn’t ring truer for me this week…well actually the last two days because it’s only Wednesday.

The last thing I do every Friday before hopping offline is plan out the next week, factoring in priority tasks for my clients and time for growth strategies for my own business. If you want to grow your business this is a MUST…but anyway, I digress.

I was fe…

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Dealing With Imposter Syndrome

Time to get real on something that I know is an issue for a lot of entrepreneurs…

Feeling like a fraud.

Now I’m not talking about doing anything shady or illegal.

But the feelings of inadequacy and self-doubt that go hand in hand with imposter syndrome.

Now if you’re wondering what the heck imposter syndrome is and wondering if you have it, let me fill you in.

Imposter syndrome is a belief that you’re no good, you’r…

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How To Use Your Personality Type To Your Advantage

Have you ever done a personality quiz? I’m not talking about the ones that tell you what Harry Potter character you are. I’m talking about a Myers Brigg personality test.
 
I first took this personality quiz back in 2012 as part of a screening process for a corporate role. And I have been obsessed with personality profiles ever since.
 
I’m an INTJ – which stands for Introversion, Intuition, Thinking, Judging.
 
Some…

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The Truth About Entrepreneur Loneliness

Being an entrepreneur is amazing, exciting, thrilling…

But it also has a dark side.
 
Being an entrepreneur can be the loneliest job in the world…even more so if you are working from home.
 
I am so familiar with this feeling and it can be so hard to reconcile it. On the one hand, there are so many amazing things about being an entrepreneur… fulfilling your dream, working for yourself, following your passion. On the other…

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Dear Client, Thanks But No Thanks

Have you ever said ‘Yes’ to working with a client and immediately had a sinking feeling in your stomach? 

When I first started in my business I was so focused on growing my business that I wasn’t in the habit of being thoughtful about who I worked with. I thought that I needed to say yes to every opportunity because saying no wasn’t going to grow my business. So regardless of that little niggling voice in the back of my head after my first chat with a prospective client,…

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The Curse Of Perfectionism

I’m a recovering perfectionist!

It’s something that I’ve struggled with all my life…well for as long as I can remember. I’ve covered this desire for perfection with a mask of excellence, ambition, hard work. In reality, I was sabotaging myself.

Why? Because perfectionism is an ideal…it’s not achievable.

I’m not alone in my perfectionist tendencies. So many entrepreneurs deal with it daily, often without even realising it.

If you mentally tick off any of the below, you might be strugg…

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