Life on both a personal and professional level is going to throw you plenty of lemons. How you handle those situations will make or break your business. As we discussed earlier, if you look at each challenge you are faced with, in both your personal and professional lives, as an opportunity to grow and learn, all your lemons will become lemonade in a very short time.

Don’t give in to those challenges that can’t be solved. What does that mean? Well, have you ever heard the…

I know some of you are not going to believe this, but for the first seven years I was in business, I got up every morning and put on business attire whether I had a meeting outside the office, or not. This may seem silly, but I believe it allowed me to walk the walk. If I wanted to be a business owner, an entrepreneur, I needed to look like one.

Don’t get me wrong, I love the fact that I work from home and many times am in my jammies or just jeans and a t-shirt, but that’s…

I’ve been supporting two blogs (one for my VA practice and one for my coaching business) for well over a year and have collected and written hundreds of articles. I repurpose them in several ways. Posting them to article marketing sites, and using them when being asked to write articles for other blogs or eZines.

While I probably do get some return on their use…access to new prospective clients, it’s not like getting cash just for sharing them. When I was putting together my…

I’ve been supporting two blogs (one for my VA practice and one for my coaching business) for well over a year and have collected and written hundreds of articles. I repurpose them in several ways. Posting them to article marketing sites, and using them when being asked to write articles for other blogs or eZines.…

This to me is HUGE. So many of the VAs I work with who don’t stay in business, or whose business stagnates, are those with low self-esteem, or negative attitudes. Remember earlier when we discussed surrounding yourself with positive and supportive people? You have to be positive and supportive, too.

When I started, I didn’t have extremely low self-esteem, but I still had some issues that I needed to work on. In many ways I believe some of this is unique to women. Don’t get me…