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Business Before Pleasure?

Recently, I was chatting with a few people at a conference. The debate was whether or not people who attend conferences are really there for business or if they just come to “play”—it got me to thinking of the old adage that “business should come before pleasure.” I can’t help but think it comes down to balance and that quite a bit of “business” and networking can occur in the midst of entertainment and pleasure. I don’t agree that most people attend work functions, networking events and conferences just for the “pleasure” part. I really do believe that we are … Continue reading →

Balancing Business and Pleasure

So, you have started a home-based business and it is taking up so much of your energy, focus, and creativity, it seems like there is very little left over for your family—let alone yourself. It can be so easy to let things get skewed and out of balance when you are the one starting and running your own business. It takes some direction and determination to find a way to balance business and pleasure. I’ve found that finding a way to inject a fair amount of pleasure into the business day can help. It does not all have to be … Continue reading →

We Can Only Do Our Best

I just want to go on record as sharing that I hate that saying “My best just wasn’t good enough.” I think this is self-defeating and a way of being really hard on ourselves. After all, what else can we do but our best? In reality, if we are to stay focused and energized in our home business efforts, we have to find a way to accept that our best IS good enough, and we can only do the best we can and then let the rest of it go… Wanting to do well, be successful, and striving to be … Continue reading →

Plow Through or Ease Up?

Recently, a friend of mine was trying to finish up a PhD dissertation that had been in the works for several years. As the end date neared, she was finding it harder and harder to stay focused and do brilliant work. We were chatting over how to stay motivated at the end of a long project and I suggested that at some point, a person just has to plow through, do her best, and get to the end. We can always go back and make corrections or adjustments after the fact—but sometimes, finishing is what it is all about. There … Continue reading →

Checking In At A Pod

Have you checked into a Westin Hotel lately? If you have then you may have noticed something a bit different in the lobby—gone are the traditional massive check-in counters. Out with the old and in with the new… check-in pods. What’s a pod? Hotels define them as smaller work areas that take less space and let employees provide more personable service. Basically, they look like circular stands equipped with state-of-the-art-razor-thin computer monitors. With cash transactions becoming almost obsolete hotels have designed these pods—or open desks–because security is no longer the concern it once was. Each pods is individually manned and … Continue reading →