Common Startup Mistakes: Having a Rigid Mindset
You can have the best business idea and create award winning business plans and still lose it all because of having a rigid mindset.
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7 Self Care Tips for the Modern Woman
Most women don’t practice self care, which involves creating time for activities for yourself and putting yourself first.
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Common Startup Mistakes: Undercapitalization
Undercapitalization is a challenge for most startups, even when the founders have compelling visions and well researched plans.
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Common Startup Mistakes: Business Startup Preparation
Most people know that proper business startup preparation is important. However, this is an often overlooked area when starting a business.
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Common Business Startup Mistakes: Lack of Vision
Many people make the mistake of simply starting a business without a vision. Consequently, your business takes over your life and time.
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Common Business Startup Mistakes and How You Can Avoid Them
This is the introduction of a 5-part series that explores common business startup mistakes and gives tips on how you can avoid them.
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Celebrating the First Year of Blogging
One year ago today, I made a decision to concentrate on one blog and see where that would take me. I’d been blogging for 2 years and had already started and abandoned 3 blogs within that time. It was time to get serious. The journey to committed blogging is not an easy one and the…
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What can you do if you’re not ready to follow your dreams?
One of the blessings of being a coach is being able to help people identify and follow their dreams. And the opposite is also true because one of the major challenges of being a coach is meeting people who are so clear about what they want, but they’re afraid or unwilling to go for it….
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One tip that will move you faster into business success
I’m an information junkie and have loads of unread books and information. For a long time, I was addicted to signing up to success and business mailing lists. Anything that promised me “secret” ingredients to getting customers or making money…and I would sign up so fast that I almost gave myself whiplash a number of times. I…
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Is your fear bigger than your dreams?
“Mum, my fear is bigger than me”, declared my 12-year old son. We were exploring why he’s suddenly acquired a fear of swimming, and the fact that this fear has grown over the last couple of months. Being a regular Kenyan mum, I forgot to be a coach and tried everything to get him swimming – including…
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5 Reasons Why You Should Not Start a Business
Over the years, I’ve met very few people who don’t have the wish to start a business. It’s always interesting for me to listen to people’s comments when they get to know that a large part of my work involves helping professionals start businesses. While this is the case, the reality is that not everyone is…
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7 business startup myths that keep professionals from getting into business
I’ve been a life and business coach for some time now. Over the years, I’ve observed that there are more professionals who talk about getting into business than those who actually dive into business. Many of those who don’t start are stuck because of one or more of these common business startup myths. 7 Business…
