RCUWomen

Effectively delegating is a skill. As with any skill, the more you practice the better you become.

Often clients share with me their HORROR stories of the times they have tried to delegate and “failed.” One of the common frustrations is that “by the...

Stress, anyone?

I know – with all that we NEED to accomplish, all the we WANT to accomplish, and all the STUFF going on each day, it can be easy to feel stressed!

Here’s a list I ran across in Think and Grow Rich for Women by Susan Lechter that can...

You have 168 hours each week to design your life. You use some of the hours for sleeping, some for exercising, some for eating, some for showering, some for work, some for family. Do you use more or less than your allotted 168? (Click here to download...

To paraphrase Leo Babauta in the Power of Less, simplicity boils down to two things:

Identify the essential
Eliminate the rest

Seems pretty simple (pun intended), right?

But in reality- it can be a little tougher! It takes focus to identify what...

Does hearing the term “work life balance” make you feel guilty? Many of my clients immediately share that they don’t ever feel they can actually achieve a “balance.” In fact, because they have conflicting priorities, they feel that no matter what they...

I recently shared Tim Pychyl’s 6 characteristics ( that make it more likely you will procrastinate on a task. One of the ways to lessen the amount of time you spend procrastinating is to flip those 6 traits from the negative to the positive.

This...

If you could focus for the next 30 days on ONE goal, what would it be? What do you want to work on over the next 30 days?

It’s AWARENESS building time!

Allow yourself to think big during this exercise. No judgment. No censoring. No decisions. Just...

When you are able to spend more time in your day being proactive than reactive, you will find that your productivity increases. You’ll be able to truly work less and achieve more. One of the ways to be proactive is to spend time each day, week, month,...

A few months ago I had an interesting online discussion about procrastination and prioritizing (procrastination as reactive and prioritizing as proactive). According to Tim Pychyl, author of Solving the Procrastination Puzzle , everyone procrastinates....

As I am working on launching a new product on the market, I needed to get Terms of Service, Return/Refund Policy and a Privacy Policy in place. While I have money to invest into my business, I can't swing the cost of paying an attorney to write up these...

Over the last 2 years we have beat Authenticity to death. Literally, you couldn't go anywhere without someone spouting theiropinion on being authentic, what it means, what we should be doing, how we should be and on and on and on..... Honestly, the word...

Over and over again, I read blog posts, show up to webinars & podcasts and I am thoroughly disappointed because there is no meat to the content. There is no depth or real experience show cased that provides value to the reader or listener. As someone who...

Over the last few years in business I have really hated my accounting processes. As my business grew I needed to move from manual accounting to a true system. Of course, I signed up for Quickbooks because that is what everyone is supposed to use or is...

The struggle is real people! Working from home is a very different dynamic than going into the office every day. Yes, there are some days that are more professional, but overall I think this writer nailed these issues!

What work from home struggles are...

Content is such a hot topic these days for so many businesses who have an online audience, but I gotta tell ya... I am BORED out of my mind. YAWN! :o Bored to tears, bored to death...BORED! If there is such a need for content, why is no one putting out...

I was an employee for years. I recently picked up a night job since I have been helping take care of my mom. As I read through these 9 points from INC on how to retain your good employees, it made me realize why I dislike my part time job SO much!

Now...

I just had to fire my coach ;(
Why?
Because he got to comfortable with me.... yes, there is such a thing as being too comfortable around someone.

He shared a personal story with me, trouble that he's going through right now. I just couldn't agree with...

For the past few weeks I have been looking for a database solution that would work for my business. I need to track a lot of data and content this year and provide more extensive reporting than I have in the past. I have been looking for a solution that...

Like it or not, business is a creative pursuit...even if you're not in the business of the arts.

Need creative energy? Give it a little GAS!

We all know that it takes energy to see a creative process through, but what we might not realize is that there...

It's that time of year to start reviewing your business. What have you done for the last year? Has it been productive, challenging, financially stressful? What do you want to change? Do you have goals establised for your business? Short term and long...

If you hired a coach for personal or professional reasons, you clearly had a goal to improve in an area of your life or business. Stephanie Calahan noticed that many of her clients and others in her world were actually being torn down by coaches which is...

I've been having quite a few conversations lately with people about community, social, where they spend their time and whether or not they get paid for it. I know we all want to get paid for the things that we do, but how often do we reach back and lend...

With the rise of marketers on social media the FTC has finally stepped in and is increasing regulation on product and affiliate link marketing.

If you are marketing a product or sharing an affiliate link where you make a profit, you need to disclose...

How many free ebooks are eating up space on your hard drive? How many email mini courses are in your read later folder? More than you can count?

Blair Glaser challenges the give it away imperative and all the free reports and presentations service based...

Sometimes, if you don't know about how things should be, you're also free to develop your own way. - From the Article

Elevators didn't make stairs obsolete.

Photography didn't make paintings obsolete.

E-Books will never make printed versions...