Being a business owner demands a diversity of different responsibilities. You’ll wear an HR hat when hiring and managing employees. Then, you’ll don a financial hat when projecting revenue. After that, you’ll put on other hats for working with clients, generating new ideas, and navigating legal issues. But, there’s one important quality that underlies all […]
After avoiding it for as long as I could, I finally upgraded my phone. You see, my business is to a point where I need several apps to help me run it. In my case, it’s mostly social media apps because I’m a blogger. However, there are also plenty of productivity apps I use to […]
At calendar, we like to teach others how to be more productive at work. Productivity is hard to measure. Just because you work a ton of hours, doesn’t mean you’re working efficiently. You see, it’s not about working hard – it’s about working smart. Below we’ve put together a list of items, along with an […]
As a business owner, you run into one of two issues. The first is procrastinating because you think you have more time than you actually do. The second is thinking projects will take less time than they actually do. The struggle is real, which is why business owners need to learn how to allow enough […]
It often feels like there aren’t enough hours in the day to get everything done. And on top of work, there’s also family time that needs your full attention. So, how do you strike a balance? It’s not easy, but it’s important and completely doable to find time for both work and play. For starters, […]
I am currently onboarding new students into my group coaching program. During my initial conversation with them, they all mentioned how they want one thing: to build leverage. As much as they love their work (ex. writing), they feel like they need to start scaling. They also feel like they need to build other streams […]
Perhaps Michael Jordan said it best when he said, “Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence win championships.” Certainly a business can have all the talent in the world and still not be successful. Therefore, staff must communicate and cooperate in order to be successful and achieve business goals. For example, if increased productivity is […]
I’m at a Starbucks with a colleague as I write this piece. As we’re sitting here working, she’s telling me about how she just went into business for herself full-time. She knows that networking is a part of a successful business, but she’s wondering how much time she should invest in networking. This is a […]
If you’re like most entrepreneurs or business professionals, you probably have a million things going on. Whether you’re balancing multiple gigs or multiple positions within the same job, it can be difficult to stay organized. When I launched my first company, me and my co-founders were as fresh as they come. That said, we had […]
After many years of doing weekly team meetings in my business, I’m deciding to stop them. I already barely take meetings for clients (unless it’s business coaching), so it only makes sense to move this over for my internal team. Granted, I still have meetings. I have meetings with my agent and my PR people. […]
