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Coping With Shyness

Not all of us home business owners are outgoing extroverts. Shyness and social insecurities can be a bit of an albatross when it comes to networking and marketing. BUT, there are plenty of successful business people who don’t necessarily consider themselves social butterflies or even strong leaders. There are ways to accommodate and cope and still stay focused on marketing and promotions—even if you consider yourself to be quite shy. In this day and age, a great deal of marketing and promotions can be done without ever having to meet with people face to face. You can create a strong … Continue reading →

5 Tips for Combating Loneliness

If you’re struggling with loneliness what can you do about it? Here are 5 tips for combating loneliness. Join a church if you don’t already belong to one. If you do and you’re not making good friends there, then maybe you ought to start looking for another spiritual home where people are actively trying to live out the Christian life and that means connecting with others and putting ourselves out for others. Don’t just go along to church on Sundays but become involved – join a bible study group? There you will get to know people in a more relaxed … Continue reading →

Preparing the Very Shy Child for School

The last thing you may want to do here in the middle of summer is think about school, but if you have a child who is very shy and/or timid, you might be worrying a bit about how to introduce him or her to another school year. If this will be your child’s first foray into the world of school, it can be tough knowing how he or she will react and knowing what you can do to make the transition smoother. Even if your child has been in a school for a while, if he or she is very … Continue reading →

Do You Talk Too Much?

I have written quite a bit about business communication and how to make the most of sales pitches and networking opportunities—but one thing I haven’t really written about is the tendency some of us have to talk TOO much when we are interacting with prospects and customers. If shyness is a problem for some small business owners, than talking too much and be too dominant in interactions is a problem for others. Do you say a dozen things when you really only need to say one? Do you feel uncomfortable with silence and feel like you need to keep talking … Continue reading →

Taming Instinctual Responses

I wrote earlier today about accepting and keeping criticism in perspective. My confession that criticism is NOT something I naturally take well got me to thinking about other “instinctual responses.” While we do need to be able to tap into our instincts when it comes to running a small business, we also need to keep them in check. I do not think there are “good” and “bad” instinctual responses, but I do think there is a time and a place for everything! As an entrepreneur and a sole-proprietor—as many of us are—we ARE our businesses. Whatever we do is a … Continue reading →