Afraid for your Livelihood? Now’s not the time to hunker down.
Jul 13 Carolann Jacobs on July 13th, 2010
This could also be titled Playing to Win vs. Playing Not to Lose. What tends to happen in frightening circumstances is that we pull in, physically and mentally. We play not to lose. Making decisions out of fear is the hallmark. Many times, we know these decisions aren’t good ones, but we make and [...]
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Today, I am Puzzled.
Sep 23 Carolann Jacobs on September 23rd, 2009
Today, I’m puzzled. As I am out and about at various networking events here in the DFW metroplex, I meet a lot of struggling solopreneurs. It seems like many businesses just aren’t doing as well as they were a year or two years ago. Something about the economy? Anyway, the usual topic of conversation when [...]
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Tax Day for LLC’s
Sep 15 Carolann Jacobs on September 15th, 2009
For my Small Business Owner friends…. friendly reminder that today (not Oct 15) is tax day for certain entities. And this concludes my shortest blog post ever! Be Your Best You Today, Carolann
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Creating “Personal Curb Appeal”
May 18 Carolann Jacobs on May 18th, 2009
Creating “Personal Curb Appeal” is the most important lesson that all of us can take from the Sales body of knowledge. Whether we are job seekers, entrepreneurs, leaders, or employees, we all perform sales, every day. One of the keys to our success, whether it is landing that job, winning that sale or getting buy-in [...]
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Uncover Hidden Opportunities in Challenging Times
Apr 2 Carolann Jacobs on April 2nd, 2009
Besides keeping your winning mindset, the overriding theme in my “Replacement For Outplacement Bootcamp” is uncovering hidden opportunities and taking a systems approach to doing that. These same concepts apply to all of us, as things change. So, how do you uncover opportunities in these times? Many people would rather be right than successful. Is [...]
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My Resume/Sales Presentation is Perfect… It Must Be the Economy
Mar 24 Carolann Jacobs on March 24th, 2009
The first question I have to ask is, is it really perfect? (By the way, the answer to that is always yes. Human nature.) It’s hard not to take pride of authorship, and this somehow seems to get worse in the face of stress or insecurity, doesn’t it? We have a word for this in [...]
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Another Reason Why “Speaking Mastery” Rocked
Feb 27 Carolann Jacobs on February 27th, 2009
What I’ve noticed about attending excellent seminars is that they tend to attract excellent people. The Speaking Mastery Conference attracted exceptional people, and I am grateful for having had the opportunity to connect with them. One of the things that we did at the conference was to each give a 30 minute talk. I was [...]
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One Reason Why “Speaking Mastery” Rocked
Feb 26 Carolann Jacobs on February 26th, 2009
Many of you know that I just got back from Business Growth Solutions’ Speaking Mastery Conference in Kansas City because I was pinging about it periodically through the weekend. There was so much great information and energy, I though my cranium couldn’t hold it. For those solopreneurs and small business owners who use public speaking [...]
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Top 10 Business Tools You Can Get for FREE
Feb 3 Carolann Jacobs on February 3rd, 2009
I came across an excellent article on Entrepreneur.com about some of the best free tools to help small business owners. I had been looking for things like this for my business a few months ago, and I wish I’d found some of these. Here are my top 10 picks: Dimdim.com: Open source web conferencing applicaiton. [...]
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What are you doing differently today in your small business?
Feb 2 Carolann Jacobs on February 2nd, 2009
A funny thing is happening at some of the networking events I’ve attended recently. Many of the stock brokers and real estate agents are complaining about the market (one realtor even said she was bored). Every time I tell them that I don’t get it, they look at me like I’ve lost my mind. I [...]
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