How I Started A Window Cleaning Business
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Published:06/25/2016 01:04pm
I first got into this business when the economy was bad and I couldnt find a job. I would call every place couldnt find anything. Without many options, I tried getting into a few different cleaning services to see if I could make a business out of it.A friend at the time was struggling with his carpet cleaning business, so we partnered up and I began selling carpet cleaning services door to door to help him. He would take me on the jobs with him sometimes and I learned as much as I could about cleaning carpet. Eventually, we both decided...
What You Need to Know To Start Your Own Podcast
Published:06/15/2016 02:09pm
Podcasts are a great way to reach out to your community of prospects and clients. You have so much latitude to explore the topics that both serve your audience and most interest you. You provide people with new perspectives. You introduce them to new ideas and personalities. You can even inspire . Podcasts can be a great way to ease yourself into other forms of marketing that require even more visibility, like video. Its also a chance to...
Foods to eat to love your gut
Published:05/27/2016 09:19am
In last weeks blog I talked about why you should love your gut all it does for you and how it impacts the health of your entire body. This week I want to give you some additional tips on categories of foods you can choose to help nourish your gut the best that you can. Two of the categories are foods you can add and two are foods you should avoid as much as possible. I will point out again, because I think it is so very important, that research shows within 1-3 days your diet can significantly alter the...
What’s Healthy Now?
Published:05/25/2016 04:57pm
There has been a lot of conversation lately about healthy and I must admit it made me take a minute and ask myself So what do people think is healthy? In working with clients over the years, Ive learned the definition of the word or the interpretation of healthy can mean a ton of things. Because these differences in opinion on healthy can be a challenge to staying on point in the well-being lifestyle, I hope todays post will help clear things up.I found several definitions, but the one that I think is most suitable is...
Staying in the closet: Five ways it damages mental, physical health
Published:05/18/2016 07:14am
While a major hurdle for LGBT rights in the Western Hemisphere has finally been overcome in the past few years ( legalization of gay marriage in both the United States and the United Kingdom ), it looks less and less hopeful that same tolerance can be achieved globally. In former communist bloc countries, the period for modest LGBT freedoms was brief, and homophobia is still widespread. Homosexuality is often considered an abnormality and in some cases, prosecuted under the criminal law. These countries have a vast population of LGBT members who have lived in the closet for most of their lives...
3 reasons you should love your gut
Published:05/15/2016 12:36am
You probably dont spend a lot of time thinking about your gut, unless it is causing you discomfort. I certainly wasnt thinking about my gut when I was eating fast food and drinking sugary pop. But when it started causing me problems, I started to notice. We often focus on the things we see on the outside, or think about heart health, or cancer prevention; the poor gastrointestinal tract doesnt get much attention. The gastrointestinal tract, or the gut, is tied to every aspect of your health . I hope with that in mind,...
Do I Need a Newsletter?
Published:05/12/2016 12:25am
Old school wisdom: yes, you absolutely need a newsletter to market your business!New wisdom: it depends.In the old days (5-10 years ago!), online newsletters, or e-zines as they were sometimes called, were fairly new. As so often happens in the online world, people started using them, they worked well, so pretty soon, everyone had a newsletter.Once everybody had one, newsletters were no longer as appealing. They didn't help you stand out from the pack, as they once did.Things change quickly in the online world, so keeping up with these shifts is important to marketing your business.What hasn't changed is that good...
17 Ways To Start Increasing Your Online Visibility Today
Published:05/07/2016 12:49pm
So what is online visibility and why should you care? The easier it is for people can find you online , the more visibility you have. The more online visibility you have the more sales you are likely to make . If people can't find you online , you don't exist to them.Every small business owner and entrepreneur should strive to have online visibility . Increasing your online visibility is the ticket you need to elevate your small business and obtain the success you desire. There are countless ways to get in front of your...
Prince Made Us Dance & It's Healthy
Published:05/04/2016 04:58pm
There has been a lot of dancing in the streets and reflections on music as a backdrop to life experiences. In musing over the changes that occur when the music from a legendary artist stops, we don't think about the importance of music in helping us stay healthy.Moving more and eating less means fitting exercise of some type into your daily routine. It is recommended that you get in at least 30 minutes of physical activity a day. Can you imagine the challenge of fitting exercise into your schedule sans the music? Some of my clients choose stepping out to walk...
Authenticity: Just Another Item for Your To-Do List?
Published:04/27/2016 05:44pm
There's so much talk about authenticity. It's becoming one of those overused words that people roll their eyes at.It's easy to talk about authenticity. But actually being authentic? Not so much.All this pressure to be authentic can start to feel like yet another dang thing that you have to do in order to be successful in your business. One more add-on to an already burgeoning to-do list.The thing is, authenticity isn't really about adding anything on.It's about letting the artifice, the mask, the act fall away.When you're authentic in your business, in your marketing, you allow the essence of you to...
How I Barely Escaped My Family Legacy of Obesity
Published:04/27/2016 03:37pm
Without a doubt, the cards were stacked against me growing up. My mother and grandmother were morbidly obese, other relatives were overweight, and our eating environment was not what I would call healthy. Meals mostly revolved around white bread with margarine, jelly sandwiches on white bread, bologna sandwiches with mayo on white bread, hotdogs and hamburgers on white bread, cookies and ice cream. There was the occasional canned fruit cocktail and canned corn, but other than that vegetables and fruit were rarities. Drinking water was never encouraged and it didn't occur to me that I needed it. I'm quite certain I...
Job Hoppers: How To Avoid Leaving Bonuses, Matches And Other Cash Behind
Published:04/27/2016 06:54am
This article appeared in Forbes on March 3, 2016 David Shi walked away from his job at American Express with 7,000 more in his 401(k) account than he would have had if he resigned even a day earlier.After graduating from the University of Pennsylvania in 2013, David started working in the companys Strategic Planning Group (Disclosure: I also worked in this group in 2011-13). While he enjoyed the breadth of projects and exposure, he realized his passion was more narrowly focused on mergers and acquisitions and started looking for external roles. Shi received the incremental cash by researching Amexs policies...
Travel Is A Trip-Take Health Goals on the Road
Published:04/14/2016 03:23pm
Travel is a tremendous experience which can be exciting, enriching, and exasperating. And sometimes the challenge of getting to the destination can totally blow your efforts to focus on a healthy lifestyle. As my clients share their travel plans with me, we talk about eating well wherever they are going. However getting there can be a route filled with detours from the wholesome lifestyle plan when you find yourself delayed due to transportation challenges beyond your control.Once you've selected a destination and decided how you're traveling think about your eating plan. Are you hitting the road pre-dawn, midday or evening? Your...
What is Homonormativity? – a rebuttal
Published:04/14/2016 01:50pm
In the last few days I have read a couple of articles in relation to Homonormativity including one by Jayson Flores in Pride online (see link below), both articles in effect indicating that Homonormativity is a conspiracy pushing people in the queer/gay community to conform to norms and standards which are generally found within the Heterosexual community, therefore arguing that Homonormativity is a conspiracy against those in the queer community setting their own norms and standards and being who they want to be.The thing I want to say right from the off is that I truly admire Jayson and his view...
The Perfect Food to End the Post-Vacation Bloat
Published:04/13/2016 05:36pm
Post-Vacation Bloat We took a short vacation this spring and with travel comes lots of eating out. It is a pleasure - not having to cook or clean it up, finding restaurant gems in an unfamiliar city. In many ways it is simpler than at home - meal planning, shopping and cooking. I do enjoy those things when I am not feeling time pressured, but it does get tiresome - 3 meals/day, 7 days/week. Vacation is a time to relax, and being more relaxed about eating naturally happens too. What happens when you get home? How do you feel? ...
