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Are You Purposefully Prolonging Transition?

Maybe you call it “getting stuck” or maybe it is really just trying to avoid change or hold back the tide—but sometimes we purposefully hold ourselves back to keep from moving all the way through a period of transition. It can be because we are afraid of the unknown or because we have been through so much change already that we want to stay still for a while. Other times, we may just get into a “comfort zone” and not be ready to push through to the other side. The thing is, change comes along anyway and resisting can just … Continue reading →

Is This an Interest or an Obsession?

Interests and passions drive our home businesses—if it is not something we can get excited about, then it is usually tough to stay motivated and involved. However, there are those times when something that interests us or something for which we hold a healthy passion—can cross over and become a stressful obsession… Who among us hasn’t heard of those stories of stalkers and “follies”—those projects that were ill-fated but the passionate individual just couldn’t let go until he or she was ruined? It can be hard to draw the line and figure out if you are really just passionately involved … Continue reading →

Sometimes You May Have to be Dragged Kicking and Screaming

We talk a lot about motivation and growth here in the home business blog. For many of us, getting our home businesses off the ground is only the first major hurdle—staying involved, motivated, and focused on building our businesses is a challenging, full-time focus for us too. Keeping track of the daily details may be the forest that keeps us from seeing the trees that are change and progress. It may take something drastic to drag us into the future with our businesses—whether we want to or not! Growing pains are hard! Even if we have put a lot of … Continue reading →