Prospering with Passion and Purpose
I first connected with Natalie online when I posted in Loren Fogelman’s Telesummit Savvy private Facebook group looking for someone to fill the final virtual summit slot I was hosting. I’m so glad she was interested enough to contact me because she really delivered the goods during her session!
See below the replay video for more information and tips on how I planned out the virtual summit and invited speakers.
[Read more…] about Natalie Lavelock: How I Make Working from Home Work for MeDon’t let the big guys fool you. You can start rocking your unique path to success with way less than they want you to believe.
You don’t need lots of fancy equipment, weeks of promotion, thousands of subscribers on your email list, a big name or reputation to draw quality speakers, and tons of time to host a virtual summit.
[Read more…] about Low Tech Way to Host Your First Virtual SummitI’ve been to Italy twice. Spent time inside grand churches, like the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore and the Basilica di Santa Croce in Florence, the Pisa Cathedral in Pisa, and St Peter’s in Vatican City.
But I’ve never been to Milan. Not physically.
However, now after watching Andrea Bocelli’s Music for Hope concert, broadcast live from the majestic Duomo Milan Easter Sunday, April 12, 2020 on YouTube, I feel like I’ve been there. I recognize the sense of having been inside the duomo.
Not so long ago I shied away from challenges, especially ones online. It wasn’t that I didn’t like competing or being in the spotlight. Or that I feared failure. Been there. Done that. Still alive to tell the tales.
It wasn’t that I couldn’t do the work. I could … and can … and dang well, I might add. My cumulative body of professional work and personal accomplishments are many. But I did fear something.
[Read more…] about Using Accountability to Get It DoneYou’ve worked hard to get where you are. You’ve developed many bankable skills. You have dreams of serving a wide variety of clients and building a profitable small business.
But you’re stumped when it comes to defining a single niche … or even two … for yourself.
Which skills do you leave out … or lump together? How do you position yourself when so many freelancers offer the exact same skills? Deciding can be downright intimidating.
That was the problem posted a while back in a Facebook group. The member was a freelancer trying grow a virtual assistant (VA) business. Here’s an excerpt from her post:
… as a freelancer how do you niche down transcription, proofreading, data entry, and phone calls, and Microsoft Office? Looking for a way to define a niche for myself so that I know what to offer rather than not knowing.
I love helping someone like this figure things out, especially when it was obvious from her post that she at least understood trying to be everything for everybody wasn’t a good marketing strategy.
[Read more…] about How to Narrow a Niche When You Have Many Skills and InterestsHappens to the best of us. You never know until it’s too late when auto correct reaches out and grabs a bite out of your best laid plans.
Here for your amusement today is just one example from the Facebook feed of my local newspaper back in 2018.
[Read more…] about When Auto Correct Bites the DogGotta be honest. There’s no extra time to be found … anywhere.
Extra time just does not exist. Each of us has the same allotment of hours in a day, days in a year, years in a lifetime.
It’s what we make of our time that matters. You know that. I know you do.
Because while it’s true that time, as we deal with it daily, exists in predetermined limited amount … it is possible to lose time … thus fueling humankind’s great search for finding it.
The ways we lose time is often dictated by our thoughts. It’s there where we chew on perceived reality to feed our mindsets.
Are you supplying it with a healthy diet of what’s possible … or indulging it in empty calories tasting of lack, despair, and want?
[Read more…] about Starved for Time? How to Find MoreI’m a big fan of Canva for creating blog post images, thumbnails for YouTube videos, and image-rich documents, such as ebooks, PDFs, workshop handouts, and more.
I’ve got a Canva Pro account, but its free version may be all you’ll ever need. Check out Canva here.
It’s always surprised me that with all its many options, features, and filters, there is no text effect to automatically add a shadow outline to text.
Good news is, it’s easy to add a shadow manually. I’m going to show you how in today’s Quick Tech Tip.
[Read more…] about Quick Tech Tip: How to Add Text Shadow Effect in CanvaIt’s April 2020. Fifty years this June since I graduated Edwin Denby High School in Detroit.
This year, 2020, … the year of coronavirus … has forced schools across the globe to cancel traditional spring graduation festivities. Graduation for this year’s crop of seniors will be vastly different from the past.
All across Facebook users are sharing their high school graduation photos from years gone by. You can see mine here.
Many are taking part to join in a virtual tribute … a celebration of sorts … in a show of support for this year’s round of graduates who will miss out on the long-established tradition of donning cap and gown, waiting for their name to be announced, then promenading up the dais to be handed their diploma. At least today’s seniors will have their photos to share.
There’s a reason Sue Painter has been a longtime mentor of mine. It’s embodied in her engaging, down-to-earth manner, her business persona and tagline on her website.
Among the things I most admire about Sue is she never holds back on stating the importance of assuming responsibility for our thoughts, words, and actions.
As I write this near mid-April 2020, we are weeks into shelter-in-place in most all the U.S. due to the coronavirus. Two days ago Governor Whitmer here in Michigan, extended our lock-down to May 1st, along with additional restrictions on travel and items that can’t be sold in retail stores.
I’m encouraged knowing so many of my fellow state and country residents are willing to comply with the restrictions in place. I’m grateful for the many healthcare and other essential workers showing up for work knowing they are increasing their exposure, not only to themselves, but to family at home.
I’m touched beyond measure by the generosity of neighbors looking out for each other.
It’s distressing to hear from some whose worry and anxiety has so overwhelmed them they can’t bring themselves to see the simple joys in life that still exist. Spring flowers blooming. Smiles and laughter. The many choosing to move forward because to remain stuck in despair isn’t an option and helps no one.
Assuming responsibility for our own thoughts, words, and actions is always important, but especially so in challenging and trying times. It’s the key emotional trigger that allows us to look ahead. To take another step forward. Then another.
When I watched a message Sue shared this week, I knew immediately I wanted to share it with my readers as a Spotlight feature, with her knowledge and permission. I also recommend subscribing to Sue on YouTube, as well as getting on her email list. You can thank me later.
[Read more…] about Spotlight Sunday: Sue Painter on 5 Steps to Recovering from Pandemic No Matter What
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