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  Managing your personal finances doesn’t have to be a burden, nor take a ton of time. image source -   Mason Miranda A. Use technology to your advantage. There are many budgeting apps, such as Mint or Simple, that can automatically update your budget when linked to your financial accounts. Use these apps to lessen the time you take to manually update your budget. Most banks, credit unions, and credit card issuers have apps that can help you track your spending, manage where your money is, and even help you limit your spending on cards. Contactless forms of payment, such as mobile and digital wallets, can help manage the security part of your personal finances. These payment methods offer improved security that can help keep your personal finances safe from scammers. B. Use credit cards responsibly and manage your debt well. Mortgages, student loans, car loans, and credit cards are major parts of personal finances that CANNOT be overlooked. Debt can have a large impact on your personal

  Where would you see yourself in the next ten years? Is your dream of being the CEO of your Empire? If yes, then scroll down, because this article will shed light on how successful entrepreneurs start their morning? What positive things entrepreneurs do to keep them fit and all-rounding the entire day? How Successful Entrepreneurs Start Their Morning? Do you know what’s common in most of the successful entrepreneurs? They understand the value of time and maintain a fixed schedule for doing things.  Small changes, bring more prominent results The business owners know – “they can’t add hours to the day, but knowing the best ways to make the most out of those hours by being more productive.” For many business founders, their most limiting resource is time.  So, if you aim to be one of like successful entrepreneurs, the following are the things you need to do every day: boost your energy and productivity level.  What Does Your Alarm Tell You Every Day?  Your bleary eyes note that your pho

  The answer is yes if your primary goal is to create a business that allows you to earn enough money to sustain your desired lifestyle. Perhaps you’ll be able to earn a bit more or even scale it to great heights, but that’s not the primary goal. Image source-  Linda Mueller Before you start dreaming of days on the beach with your toes in the sand, you need to be confident that you can build a sustainable business primarily based on your own skills, experience, effort, network, and style. We are becoming   an increasingly transient society. According to the 2007 US Census data, the average American moves 11.7 times over the course of their life. In 2009, I left my corporate job to create a portable lifestyle business. Smart move! We ended up moving six times in 14 years, and I also had a baby along the way. I leveraged my corporate experience to begin marketing strategy consulting, and that evolved into life coaching ex-pat spouses. The flexibility and experiences my coaching business

  Collaboration is essentially the practice of sharing knowledge and ideas to achieve a common goal. Companies are now embracing it to leverage the experience and maximize resources in a fast-paced business world.  According to Harvard Business Review, over the past two decades, collaborative work activities have increased by fifty percent or more. That’s great if your group works well together and shares a loyalty to the company.  What if they don’t? How do you build a collaborative team? Start by focusing on the individuals. A well-run, performing team is comprised of engaged, happy people. And you can create happy employees by encouraging and supporting personal fulfillment. You may have seen Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs, a theory of human motivation, in your college psychology course. Every person has five levels of human needs that determine how fulfilled he or she feels.  How is this relevant to building productive, motivated workgroups? Understanding this hierarchy can help you e

  To say these are trying times is an understatement, you are not alone in struggling to manage your life in a crisis. As I advocate in Best Life-ing (and try to live up to, especially right now), you can change a negative situation into a positive one. Where there is a will, there is always a way! Image source -  Julia Brodska If you are not working, you might allow yourself more “me” time or more family time. Turn the hard times into an opportunity to pursue those dreams and investigate those notions you have left simmering on the back burner. Challenge yourself in some manner. It is empowering to set a goal and then reach it.  Below are empowering activities for you to toss around and see what fits.  1. Meditation  Meditation enhances your mental, physical, and spiritual health. The way you meditate is an individual choice, so you might experiment with several techniques and figure out what works for you.  Breathing meditation, focus meditation, and mindful walking meditation might

Meredith is an entrepreneur, community leader, and outdoor adventure. She is part of Geeks in the Woods, a new wave of pioneers building technology companies from remote, yet connected Valdez, Alaska. Meredith is modernizing how grant writing is taught. Her expertise has been featured in Fast Company, and her book,   How to Write a Grant: Become a Grant Writing Unicorn,   is a #1 bestseller for nonprofit fundraising and grants on Amazon. Meredith has secured over $42 million in grant funding, and her students have secured over $250 million – a number that grows daily. (I am about to really launch my personal YouTube channel with more videos targeted at women entrepreneurs – so bare with me as it isn’t much now!) Can you give me an overview of learngrantwriting.org? Hi there!   Learngrantwriting.org   teaches movers and shakers how to write winning grant applications. It is an online experience to learn wherever you are, whenever you want.  Continue reading  Self-made successful Founder

  Have you ever wondered why some people seem to not only survive but thrive during challenging times while others seem to drown in despair? These same people stick to their goals and keep pushing forward despite setbacks and failures. They see every challenge or setback as a lesson. This outlook has a dramatic impact on their ability to stick to their goals and to perform to the best of their abilities.  The TWO Key Ingredients to Becoming Unstoppable and Overcoming Obstacles that Are Holding You Back I believe that it all comes down to two things: (1) having well-anchored  why   (2) having a  growth mindset.  Having a Well-Anchored, Why? “He who has a why to live can bear almost any how” – Friedrich Nietzsche. According to Simon Sinek, author of the book  Find Your Why,  then  why  is the purpose, cause, or belief that drives every one of us.    Our why is that compelling reason that gives us the grit to keep going even when things are hard. When we have clarity about why we live an