One of the biggest hurdles to overcome when running your own business is finding the time to do all the stuff that it takes to run your business. The day-to-day work can be overwhelming. Fortunately, there are a lot of companies that create business tools to make it easier for us small business owners to […]
How to Stay Focused When You’re Having a Distracted Work Day
A distracted work day. You know the kind of day I mean. You sit down to get some work done, but the mojo just isn’t flowing. You can’t produce whatever it is you’re supposed to be producing. (In my case, it’s writing.) It’s not that you’re blocked or you don’t know what you’re doing. You […]
Why You, as a Business Owner, Need to Take a Vacation
This is both an apology for not having a post last week and an advice post. You see, I spent most of last week running around a hotel in Bloomington, MN with 6,000 of my closest personal friends at a fan-run science fiction/fantasy convention called CONvergence. I help run the Guests of Honor department at […]
How to Manage Your Time as a Freelancer or Business Owner
One of the many joys about working for yourself is being in charge of your own schedule. Yes, you have more time to spend with your kids, friends, family, or whatever other impetus caused you to quit your “day job.” But being in charge of your own schedule means just that; you’re in charge. No […]