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I am scared. Yep - scared. I love the emails, cards, and phone calls from so many of you saying that you want to be fearless. You want to share your story, build the business, leave your spouse, buy the house, or leave the job. But, you're scared. I am too.

I feel like my writing muscle is broken… (Yes for me, my money making is related to my content and honey, if you are in business then so is yours!) I cannot reach the flow and stay in there… I keep starting a post, stopping a post and I cannot seem to make it flow…

Running your own restaurant can be a dream come true, but it also can be a lot of hard work and may require you to make stressful decisions. If you have decided to launch your own restaurant, you may be eager to open your doors and start turning a profit. As you prepare to launch your restaurant, there are a few steps you can take that will help to ensure that your new business is as successful as possible and that may minimize your stress level in the months to come. Hire Qu

There is no one who can give you the very clear path to online business accomplishment. If there was an easy way to succeed in online business, failure stories wouldn't exist. However, If we take a second to look at all the online businesses that had success, we will see that many of them have distinct similarities. To own your own successful online corporation you have to possess certain qualities. Those qualities are self control,patience, and realization of risks involved.

It can be challenging to integrate vision and values into strategic planning. But it's also very rewarding. In a previous article, I described an example where "Dave" started a foundation to successfully integrate his values while resolving a major financial challenge. Read on to discover the details and how exactly starting a private foundation was instrumental in providing the solution, and may provide a solution for your wealth planning challenges as well. There are severa

There comes a day in everyone’s life when they realise that learning to love yourself is pretty important. It is usually after years of living to the agenda of the masses and realising that there is no reward to be found there and then, suddenly people remember that their own opinion is important.

I'm putting out a warning call that the wise (especially wise men) will want to pay attention to: get proactive about midlife or face the consequences. For almost 20 years, author Stephen R. Covey (The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People) has been trying to convince people that taking a ...

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Advances in technology have provided businesses with the option of hiring a dedicated remote staff in place of regular ones, thus saving on their capital costs. A major advantage indeed when intense competition is making one try and save every penny. However, to enjoy maximum benefit, you need to give proper training to your remote workers. As a 2015 Flex+Strategy Group survey revealed, 52 percent of the total number of employees surveyed had never been imparted any trainin

If you find yourself missing out on potential clients, contacts falling through the cracks, or not following up in a timely manner then your problem is simply a lack of an efficient contact management system! So let me ask you: 1. Do you have a record of each of your clients/colleagues contact ...

“Mastermind” is the one of the greatest “secrets” to success. A Mastermind is a group of people who share a common vision and commit to leveraging each other’s brilliance, skills and big thinking to achieve their biggest dreams. Napoleon Hill, author of Think and Grow Rich, talked about the ...

I've realized for a while that this article (and possibly book) needed to be written - it's been percolating in my head for quite some time. Maybe the content is nothing new to you, especially if you're already making what you want out of your business, but my take on it may be. I've been told I'm too blunt, but I want you to really think about your approach to business, life, and your future. So take a few minutes and be prepared for some hard questions. 1) Do you know what

Define your fears and face them. Overcome those fears and realize your dreams. Those steps may sound easier said than done but they are true. The fearless win and that has been the case in all endeavors. Whether you are starting a business, making a sales call, deciding whether or not to make a career move; be fearless. Why do you think people climb mountains for sport? They do it because of that feeling they get after. That “feeling” is the feeling of overcoming fear. Once you start and get a sense of what I am referring to life just seems easier. The struggling starts to dissipate.

Nurse Practitioners and other clinicians can no longer continue business as usual. Our patients (clients, customers) deserve and expect much more. Gone are the days when a white coat gives one cart blanche to treat patients and staff indifferently behind the ruse of being busy. There is no doubt that you are busy. But just as you want respect from your patients, they are now expecting it from you as well. Addressing one of the most common conce s patients make about provider offices will go a long way.

“It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.” - Charles DarwinnnnWe are in the midst of a major global shift and transformation in the world right now. Look around you. It is happening in our government, our economy, and corporate America. There is no question in my mind that what is going in the world today is definitely a “Wake up, Alice” moment. We have been unconscious and as

I know the biggest objectio I hear from people working with me is, "I would love to, but I don't have the money". AND I know it is the biggest struggle you have when landing clients, as well. Out of all the objections for people to get the help, support, coaching, or healing they need, money is the biggest. I have spent years working on this and finding ways to coach people into reality. The reality is two things: 1) We always have the money to do the things we REALLY want to do. 2) You always get exactly what you need when you need it.

There are so many distractions, SO VERY MANY! and it is easy to allow these distractions take you away from the path to getting the life and the business you want. Everything seems like a great idea… Everyone makes their magic bullet solution seem like the ONLY way to make it to your goal…

So, I have a love-hate relationship with my extended family… I was never quite sure why I felt out of place, thinking there was something wrong with me… Never wanting to play to the rules… Never really understanding the FUCKING RULES! I was considered selfish and rebellious…

So, you want your own business… And you want it to be successful… You have experienced success in other areas of life… But for whatever reason, this whole business thing is beyond you… And so, you get to wondering how you can be a successful entrepreneur… You get to wondering if it will ever work for you… You get to thinking that maybe it is for everyone else but it just is not for you… And I ask you this simple, simple SIMPLE question… “WHAT MAKES YOU SO SPECIAL THAT THE PRINCIPLES OF SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS WILL JUST NOT WORK FOR YOU?” Seriously! Think about it.

Do you often find it difficult to make time for your marketing activities? Or do you find that when you do market, it's not consistent enough to bring you the results you want? Marketing your business is as important as what it is that you do. If you embrace that, you will stop struggling so much and reach a whole other level of success! Before my business evolved into what it is now, I was trading my time for money. As a webmistress, I charged by the hour. As a writer/editor, I charged by the hour. As a public relations and marketing consultant, I charged by the hour.

There are several benefits associated with the growth and development of social enterprises. Besides the generation of revenue for sustainability, these enterprises also serve social and environmental objectives. Even though there are difficulties in achieving the triple bottom line of social, environmental and financial aims, the ability to bring positive changes in the society can be very rewarding. One of the most important benefits of running a social enterprise is to off

No matter how you look at it, men think about woman. From north to south, men set their brain to work about their worth. From east to west, men put on their thinking cap to form an idea of their best in the mind. Men think of women as wives and lovers and daughters and mothers. But there is a song every man must sing, a heavenly joy you must experience in marriage.

Man, one of the most freeing things that happened to me in 2016, was just releasing the need to look good, to get it right, to be perfect all the time. It held me back sooooo much and I imagine it is doing the same thing to you.

<img width="500" src="http://rosemarynonnyknight.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Why-Do-You-Persist-in-Believing-this-nonsense-48.jpg" /> You have everything you need to flourish. Do you really understand that? There is no need to wait around for any kind of saviour, do you GET THAT? I know the leaders reading this have always known that they are powerful. And yet, I think a few of you just need someone like me to remind you to stop looking outside of yourself for a saviour… And that saviour may be what you believe to be God…r

SBL Loans in Canada. How can the Canadian business owner or financial manager ' crack the code ' when it comes to the Canada small business loan. It’s of course a government program that helps businesses get the financing they might otherwise not be able to achieve. Let's examine some crucial tips, dare we say ' secrets ' around cracking the secret code known as ' approval' on a program which has helped almost 8000 different businesses annually to either launch or grow their business.

Anyone with an Internet presence really wants to achieve maximum visibility within the search engine result pages, or SERPS. As the Internet has rapidly expanded over the past few years, so the major search engines have attracted the brightest brainpower to their labs, in order to come up with algorithms that work. Today, these complex pieces of computer code are indeed sophisticated. Anyone who searches for the most obscure phrase can see a mountain of results appear before

There have been lots of new business lessons that the puppy has taught me over the last week, but none as big as tenacity. What the puppy wants the puppy will get, and not because he is bossy or begging, but because he is willing to use strange strategies. Giving up is not an option- strategy change is the solution. This made me think back on the last 3 years and building my own business. I realized I had done pretty much the same thing. To win in the game of business you have to be willing to change strategies. You also must be comfortable with failing.

The success of exiting a business depends greatly upon the mental perspective of the owner during the exit process. Too often, as business owners, we tend to fixate our thoughts on the business of running our businesses. When, in fact, there is a tremendous amount of value in seeing the ‘big ...

Business Cash Flow Problems? Maybe some working capital therapy in order. Therapy - it's what they call a ' curative power ' , so let's examine some curative powers around one of the biggest challenges Canadian business financing, working capital and cash flow needs. We're all familiar with the old phrase ' you need money to make money ‘; well scratch that, we have re-written that one for today and we'll offer up ' you need working capital to make more money '!

I know that trying to manifest money can be frustrating and that sometimes you can feel like no matter how hard you wish, pray and visualize your dream life filled with abundance, nothing seems to work!!! I have been there, and for years, I was there as I tried to apply the Laws of Attraction to my life and business. It was a hot mess with a lot of hits and misses. This was why! Here are the 3 top mistakes you are probably making: 1.If your core desires are not in-line with y

A business owner asked the question, “Why is it that I have so many people expressing an interest in what I have and seemed like they genuinely interested in my products and services but then they’re just not buying?” Are they truly interested? The first reason is that, on the surface it seems like people are interested in it; however, they may not really have a deeply rooted interest until you get connected with the problem that they want to solve. People do not buy products and services but they buy our solutions to their problems.

<img src="http://rosemarynonnyknight.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Copy-of-building-a-business-155.png" width="500"/> Lets cut straight to the chase here and it may hurt and make you angry with me for stating the obvious but I have to do it because honey, surely you are tired of this merry-go-round thing you seem to be doing… You claim to want a freedom lifestyle… You claim to want to impact and change more lives… And yet, when it comes down to it, you are stuck in place, worrying, thinking, planning, hoping… BUT AIN’T NOTHING GETTING DONE!

There is so much you want to make happen… You want a business that makes you loads of money… Be honest! You are fed up of having to consider how much money you have before yuo do what you want… You want to do work that you wake up excited to do… You want to impact a whole lot of people for good…

One of the biggest and most profound shifts in my business was prompted by a book. My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientist’s Personal Journey by Jill Bolte Taylor described the shift in her world view after a stroke. While I gratefully did not have a stroke, her book affirmed a similar shift I underwent when I sold my house and most of my belongings and became an intentional nomad. That was the catalyst for my business coaching adventure. A wild and wonderful ride that I’m s

Do remember playing monopoly for the first time? You probably landed on spaces that you should have bought and others that you shouldn’t have bought. Or, maybe you just ran out of money. That all changed when you learned the rules and got some experience. Well, that is what having a real ...

An intimate connection exists between our physiology (the way we look) and our psychology (the way we think), so if you want to know whether someone is bored or exhilarated, a quick scan of their physiology will give you the answer. As a Sales Motivational Speaker when addressing an audience my job is to be led by the crowds physiology rather than some prepared script!r

Remember the story of the "Little Engine That Could"? This little train had always pulled small loads, but one day it was called upon to deliver something greater. First, it had a hard time getting the load to move at all so it cheered itself on by puffing, "I think I can, I think I can, I think ...

Before opening a local restaurant, there are many things to think about and decisions to make. You need to do your research to know the best, quality equipment to choose. You want it to be long-lasting, so you can recoup your investment and start making a profit as soon as possible. Operational Equipment You need to choose equipment most suitable to help you with billing, inventory, customer relations, etc. Some of those specific types of equipment include: • Restaurant man

Many business are struggling to adapt to the digital age, adjusting their strategies in fits and starts without much success in the long-term. When it comes to formulating a digital marketing strategy or building a positive reputation for themselves online, countless entrepreneurs and small business owners simply don’t know where to begin when it comes to leveraging the power of social media for success in the market. There’s one easy way to jumpstart your digital strategy –

I bet just the very title of this article is enough to make you run for cover! Along with paper piles, budget and Cashflow is another area that can drive solo business owners over the edge! In your corporate days you would have had a bookkeeping/accounting department that took care of all of ...

As a startup, there is nothing more exciting than being able to invest in your own commercial property lease. Whether this is an office, storefront or something else entirely - having a space dedicated to your business, outside of your living room, can be invigorating. However, before signing a commercial lease there are a few things you should take into consideration about renting as a business. 1) Can You Break a Commercial Lease One of the big questions when renting a comm

About fifteen years ago, I was unemployed for about six months. To be honest, it wasn't exactly my finest hour. I had plenty of speaking and counseling experience (from my time in the ministry), but I had no 'official' training nor a license to practice. I had experience in tech writing and ...

In business, there needs to be a systematic way to grow your income and your money mountain. It is easy to "chase the paper" in the words of Jay-Z, but it can be exhausting. There are so many things being thrown at us today as money-makers, such as audio, video, teleclasses, podcasting, social media--I could go on and on. We become excited and obsessed with the latest "gadget" to market and we lose site of our own mission to the latest marketing trick. Money and clients are ready, willing and waiting for you now. You don't need to put on fancy bells or ad whistles to make more money.

The SR&ED bridge loan in Canada. Did it almost become a hushed secret at a timer when the very existence of the SRED tax credit seemed in doubt? The real secret of SRED loans in Canada is that they were available for your tax credit prior to the current budget, and, guess what. ? .... They remain in place today for your tax credit financing strategy! Most Canadian business owners who utilize the SR&ED program in Canada were keenly aware that the very existence of the tax credit seemed in doubt in 2012.

I am listening, you know… Listening hard to all that you say you want… And I am watching you - yes, I know it sounds a little creepy but, keep reading, you will hear my heart… I watch you, wait, wait and wait some more for things to come to you, instead of you taking courage in both hands and go and get it.

Fearless entrepreneurs are rare and they are assets to the business world. They do things in their own ways. These are the ways that ordinary people don’t even think of doing. Well, that is what makes them extraordinary now, isn’t it? They don’t let anything stand in their way and that is what sets them apart. Here are a few qualities that only the fearless entrepreneurs possess proudly: They are Very Confidentr Fearless entrepreneurs have an excellent quality of confidence.

When you go to bed tonight Imagine that you died to day ! R U Satisfied ? Did you call the person you love the most to tell them ? Did you complete the Business deal that you have been meaning to complete ? Have you taken that trip you always talked about ? Did you have the courage to stand up to your boss at work ? what about the banker that keeps denying your loan ? Have you stopped hitting the Snooze button every morning ? Do your kids know that you are proud of them ? What about your spouse ? RU proud of yourself ? Have you learned to forgive yourself for the mistakes you have made ?

As the weather warms up and the earth wakes up, our thoughts naturally turn to spring. It’s the season of new growth; a time when we clear away and clean up old things to make way for new beginnings.nnMost people have some sort of spring cleaning ritual for their homes. Planting gardens, washing windows and bundling away heavy winter clothes are some of the ways we get ready for a new season.nnBut maybe your home is not the only place that could use a little freshening up.

Everyone wants to be a part of cryptocurrency race these days. Investors wish to buy it; on the other hand, brands and companies are looking forward to launching their digital currency. Now, after the former digital camera giant Kodak, Uber’s co-founder Garrett Camp is all set to start his cryptocurrency. As per reports, the product will be known as Eco, and its creator wishes to make it a currency that the common man would be able to use it to make day-to-day purchases. Ec