Saturday, February 4th, 2012

More from choices

  • Succeed by Closing Door on Options


    Leave one door open (Photo: Miguel Saavedra) As an entrepreneur, you are faced with numerous choices every day. In fact, many women get into running their own business to have more choices and more say – more choices about what work to do, more choices about what hours to keep, more choices about which clients to take on. But keeping all of those options open, and having so much choice, may actually be bad for you.

    People, when asked, will tell you that they prefer to keep their options open. That they would prefer to have flexibility and several different plans “just in case.” However, research tells us that this actually makes us unhappier and less successful. It turns out that if you make a commitment and stick to it, you will be happier with your choice, and that commitment will enable you to make a greater success of it.

    Why? As Heidi Grant Halvorson writes, it’s because our “psychological immune system” kicks in – we don’t want to be wrong, so we muster up all of our energies and efforts into proving that we made the right decision.

    [ Read More ] • [ 1 Comment ] • [ Filed under Business ] • [ 7/05/11 ]
  • Dietary Fat – the Good and the Bad!


    Confused about fats? Unsure which ones are good for you and which ones you should avoid? Corinne Kantor, The Food Cop, gives you the low-down on both good and bad dietary fats, a list of health benefits fats give us, as well as an example of how to figure out your personal daily recommended intake.

    [ Read More ] • [ No Comments ] • [ Filed under Health ] • [ 5/02/11 ]
  • Building a Healthy Body Image


    Image consultant, Katherine Lazaruk, gives five tips for helping you see yourself in a more positive way. If you ever look in the mirror and don’t like what you see, read this article.

    [ Read More ] • [ No Comments ] • [ Filed under Image Intensive ] • [ 7/12/10 ]
  • Connections Count!


    Do you know how important word-of-mouth marketing is? Did you know it can turn a business around from failure to success overnight? Well, that is if it’s positive word-of-mouth marketing, negative word-of-mouth marketing can have the exact opposite effect.

    [ Read More ] • [ 1 Comment ] • [ Filed under The Connected Woman ] • [ 10/26/09 ]
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