18. Falling down and getting back up
You know how everybody tells you to cheer up when your down? They say stuff like, “Everything will work out,” or “Just don’t worry about it.” Well, truth be told: I believe it’s okay to …
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17. Negotiation skills
My husband is a great negotiator. He negotiates just about everything: getting a car, getting the house, any house improvements we make, allowing me to let the dogs on the couch to snuggle with him …
16. Hustle
As you know, dear readers, my entrepreneur stuff is my side hustle. One of my teaching jobs starts up tomorrow, and the other the following week. This is my last day of summer, and I’m spending …
13. Pivoting
Planning ahead is essential, especially in business. Strategy needs to be worked out; goals need to be set; motivation to keep going when you feel burnt out needs to be in place so you have …
11. Slow times
Sometimes things are just sloooow. This is where patience comes in. This is why I have side projects going on with my main experiments. I haven’t found anything to be full steam all the time. …
10. Burnout
Something else that relaxes me is being physically active, whether running, hiking, or working in the yard. My husband went crazy last year and got all these fruit trees, and it took us a while …
9. Relaxing habit
One of the things that is relaxing to me is writing. I almost pursued a career in creative writing, and even wrote a fiction book a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away. …
7. Social Media Marketing
Did you know, in the process of Photosynthesis, that Photosystem II comes before Photosystem I? What actually happened was Photosystem I was discovered first, and people thought that was the end-all, be-all, and then someone …
6. Doing the MacGyver thing
“Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.” Thomas Edison Remember how I said I want to start out on the right foot? Let me amend that …
5. Googling for information
I love to Google the heck out of a subject and learn as much as I possibly can. I love the internet for that reason: I can get details on a subject down to the …