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Getting Distractions Out of Your Shots

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Don’t you hate it when you think you’ve taken the best shot ever only to find that there’s a random person in the background or that there’s a plant growing out of someone’s head? It happens, but there are some simple things you can do to get the “stuff” out of your photos. The first is to be aware of the background while taking the photo. Can you wait a couple of seconds for the tourist in the background to move? Sometimes this is easier said than done, granted, but often a little patience goes a long way. Other times, … Continue reading →

Are You Getting Obsessed with Areas of Your Business?

When I wrote this morning about how important it can be to look at where a person is spending the bulk of his or her time when it comes to the home business operation, I started thinking about how many of us become more interested in one or two areas of our businesses than others. In fact, we can become downright obsessed with certain areas or elements of our home business and that can be both a good and a bad thing… Obsessions can be inspirational and can invigorate us to spend more time and energy on certain areas of … Continue reading →

You Cannot MAKE Them Work Hard

Motivation and inspiration can be tricky things when it comes to how we parents can inspire out children to do the things we think they should. I remember before I became a parent how I assumed that I would be able to mold and make my children into the people I thought they should be. I was definitely one of those people (and only childless people truly believe this) who would say things like “My children are going to…” and “I’ll make sure that my kids…” In reality, we parents do the best we can but our children do not … Continue reading →

Getting Into a Rhythm

When I think about life with my home business, it is generally about me getting into a rhythm and falling out of a rhythm! If I am lucky, I can get a few good days out of a steady working rhythm while there are plenty of days where I never quite get in the groove or I get one good hour in before succumbing to interruptions and intrusions! Is there anything a person can do to help to facilitate getting into a steady working rhythm? 1. Know Your Most Productive Time of Day—I have learned that there are times of … Continue reading →

Single Parents and Quality Time–Keep Family Time Uninterrupted

Balancing work obligations, school or other responsibilities and spending quality time with your kids is one of the biggest challenges of life as single parent. I imagine that if we got all of us together in one room, it would be a huge topic of conversation for us–how to make sure that we spend enough quality time with our kids and let them know that we really do put family first. I have learned that even if I don’t have an abundance of time to devote to my kids, making sure that the time I do set aside stays “pure” … Continue reading →

Are You Magnifying Your Child’s Faults?

There are so many different ways that we can all get trapped in errored thinking. Even those of us who have done a great deal of personal work and who are determined to be good parents, we can have thought patterns and bad habits that can influence how we interact with our kids and our effectiveness as parents. One of the problem ways of thinking can be if we look at our children and believe that their faults are bigger (or there are more of them) than there actually are. I am quite certain that you have done this with … Continue reading →

Focus on the Olympics: New Series

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With the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing just around the corner, we’re going to be spending some time over the next few days talking about the Olympic hopefuls. In an age of commercial and reality television, I feel like the Olympics have become overlooked in the United States as one of the most profound statements on physical fitness. History of the Olympics Legend states that Heracles founded the ancient Olympic Games. According to written record, the first games were held in 776 BCE (though it is commonly accepted that the Games had occurred for many years previous to that date). … Continue reading →

Are You Focusing Too Much on Yourself?

Think of your worst sales experience ever–a time when you genuinely wanted to make a purchase but had a terrible time connecting with the salesperson who also obviously wanted to make the sale. Chances are, one of the main reasons that things were not working out is that the salesperson was not listening to you–he or she may have been being too self-absorbed; too focused on his or herself. As you strive to promote and grow your business, are you committing the big crime and focusing too much on yourself instead of on what your customers or clients need and … Continue reading →

You May Still Have Bad Days

Maybe it has been a while since your divorce or separation or some other major life-altering experience? You may have spent a lot of time, effort, and personal work getting your life on track and, on the whole, you are feeling pretty darn good about where your life is as a single parent taking care of a family. Even those of us who feel basically happy and in control of our lives can still experience bad days. It can be a little scary and if you have weathered a particularly depressing or challenging time, a bad day dip might make … Continue reading →

How Deep are Your Motivation, Commitment, and Energy?

The other day I was working and singing along to that marvelous old Bee Gees song: “How Deep is Your Love?” and as I was working away, I caught myself singing a little reminder to myself. Instead of the true lyrics, I started singing, “How deep is your focus?” since I was wrestling with distractions. It hit me that it is one thing to say that one is committed and focused to one’s home business, it is quite another to try to dig down and stay focused when the times get tough. The deeper your motivation, commitment and energy for … Continue reading →