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Where to Go From Here

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Have you ever had plans that didn’t work out? If you’re reading this, I’m sure you have.  Sometimes it just feels like someone pulled the rug out from under you.  That’s how I felt in November of 1998.  I had ran a home daycare for about twenty years and was ready for a change.  A friend had a cleaning business and had asked me if I would be interested in cleaning with her.  So I had given notice to my daycare parents and after they had found new caregivers, I decided to help my friend and see if this was a change I wanted.  After a week of physical activity that I wasn’t used  to my back was aching.  My oldest daughter was 18 at the time and she had offered to give me a back rub.  I was laying on the floor and after she had finished, she stood up, lost her footing and her knee came down on my spine.  Then a month later, I was in an auto accident.  Someone had attempted to beat me through an intersectio...

How to be Productive in a World Full of Distractions

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I’m an organized person. I need to be organized otherwise I feel that my life is in chaos. I’ve always been able to define an end goal and break down the tasks that need to be completed in order to attain that goal. I am able to prioritize tasks and assign deadline dates. I’ve always been pretty good at getting things done. I have to be – I’m an independent entrepreneur. My business is visual communications . I create storytelling images and films for corporations and non-profits. I market myself to buyers who commission still photography and video production for that market. These buyers work for ad agencies, in-house corporate agencies, non-profits or publishing companies. My business has changed dramatically since I opened shop over 3 decades ago. The possibilities and tools that are available to small independent entrepreneurs to use in their marketing strategies are endless. The problem is the vast amounts of opportunities ends up being a double...

How to be Productive in a World Full of Distractions

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I’m an organized person. I need to be organized otherwise I feel that my life is in chaos. I’ve always been able to define an end goal and break down the tasks that need to be completed in order to attain that goal. I am able to prioritize tasks and assign deadline dates. I’ve always been pretty good at getting things done. I have to be – I’m an independent entrepreneur. My business is visual communications . I create storytelling images and films for corporations and non-profits. I market myself to buyers who commission still photography and video production for that market. These buyers work for ad agencies, in-house corporate agencies, non-profits or publishing companies. My business has changed dramatically since I opened shop over 3 decades ago. The possibilities and tools that are available to small independent entrepreneurs to use in their marketing strategies are endless. The problem is the vast amounts of opportunities ends up being a double-e...