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Comment on Ways to Whack Your Inner Whiner by dawnmentzer

dawnmentzer — Sun, 12 May 2013 17:44:25 +0000

Thank you for sharing what works for you, Charles. Sounds like a wonderful approach to keeping all in perspective!

Comment on Ways to Whack Your Inner Whiner by Charles Terrence Harper

Charles Terrence Harper — Sat, 11 May 2013 00:02:11 +0000

Right on. The whole “victimhood” thing can get you if you’re not careful. What helps me most is my devotional time, in which I read at least one chapter of Proverbs every day. It really keeps you grounded in reality and forces you to stop wishing for things to get better and to take wise actions instead. That said, the whiner is always there to voice their complaints about something though yes?

Comment on 4 Things Even the Thriftiest Solopreneurs Should Spend Money On by dawnmentzer

dawnmentzer — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 17:22:32 +0000

Hi Charles…not sure how your message escaped me, but I apologize for the delay in responding! Education definitely is a great addition to the list. ABSOLUTELY worth some investment!

Thanks re: the editing referral – I will connect with you on that shortly. Have a wonderful day! – Dawn

Comment on 4 Things Even the Thriftiest Solopreneurs Should Spend Money On by Charles Terrence Harper

Charles Terrence Harper — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 18:44:10 +0000

I agree with everything here Dawn. I would probably also add education in a broad sense. I do quote Ben Franklin to my girls all of the time:

“If a man empty his purse into his head, no man can take it away from him. An investment in knowledge always pays the best dividends…..Benjamin Franklin”

So I classify that as my Kindle stash, but of course most of that we can get from the library if we need to be extra frugal. And then there are courses, etc. I used to be of the mindset that, “hey man…I can find all of that stuff for free….”.

The more I do this, the more I say that when I really want to learn something, I’ll now just spend the cash on it instead of trying to hunt it all down. I have learned to set a few limits:

I follow one guru, Eben Pagan. No he isn’t perfect, and I can’t say I agree with everything, but this has eliminated much confusion. So in general, if he says read something…I read it. If he recommends something, I buy it. I don’t do this with any one else.

So he suggested reading David Ogilvy. So I’ve read everything I can by him. He’s suggested purchasing Ryan Deiss’ Authority ROI course. I don’t necessarily buy info product, but I bought it. Learned a lot of things that apply to my business.

So in essence, I would just basically add on education as long as one can set there own limits. I have found my guardrails and they work for me.

YMMV (Your mileage may vary)

PS…I would like to refer you to a book writing client of mine for an editing gig. I am finishing up a ghostwritten book.

Comment on Two C’s Every Solopreneur Needs to Consider BEFORE Accepting Projects by dawnmentzer

dawnmentzer — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 15:33:56 +0000

Hmmm. Sorry about that! Not sure what WordPress is doing! I don’t know that I’m able to do that, but I think there should be an option in the emails that allows you to stop following the conversation. I know I’ve used it myself when I was getting too many emails about comments on blog posts that I commented on.

Hope you find that option there!

Dawn

Comment on Two C’s Every Solopreneur Needs to Consider BEFORE Accepting Projects by Reynaldo

Reynaldo — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 02:28:37 +0000

When I initially commented I clicked the “Notify me when new comments are added” checkbox
and now each time a comment is added I get three emails with
the same comment. Is there any way you can remove me from that service?

Thank you!

Comment on Why Small Biz Owners Need to Make It Personal by dawnmentzer

dawnmentzer — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 21:04:57 +0000

Great point, Charles! At some point, the hard work pays off (hopefully!), so that we don’t have to work quite as hard at it.

Comment on Why Small Biz Owners Need to Make It Personal by charles terrence harper

charles terrence harper — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 12:06:07 +0000

Time is really the issue, but there is a tipping point. I think one has to keep at it before there isn’t a need to do it as much. That point is recognizable when somebody comes to say, hey…I was expecting to see your show/article/video. That means that the tribe is now following you as opposed to your seeking them out. (Not you personally..but “one”).

Comment on No Brainer Ways to Facilitate a Stellar Customer Experience by dawnmentzer

dawnmentzer — Sat, 06 Apr 2013 01:00:20 +0000

Thank you, Denise! Hope all is well with you!

Comment on No Brainer Ways to Facilitate a Stellar Customer Experience by denisegabbard

denisegabbard — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 22:54:45 +0000

As always, right on target!!