Why success flows from your Comfort Zone

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Why success flows from your Comfort Zone

Your comfort zone is your friend. It is not boring, it is not a prison, it is where you breathe most deeply, where you feel safe and secure, where you are most confident. Your stretch zone is just beyond the boundary of your comfort zone, and often eventually becomes your new comfort zone, as you grow and evolve authentically and at your own pace. What do you think your energy levels would look like if you lived by this? Read more here.

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Serve better clients, better. Mindful entrepreneurship

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Serve better clients, better. Mindful entrepreneurship

Mindful Entrepreneurship.  Serve better clients, better.  Wait.  What?  Yip.  I firmly believe we're all of equal value, here, but that we simply are not all compatible.  When I say "better clients", I'm therefore referring to clients who aren't trying to change you - personality, pricing or practice - and vice versa.  Who values you as you are?

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Social Media Following Versus Community

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Social Media Following Versus Community

As with all tools, social media works best when used as it was designed to be used. Social media was designed for community. So whether you're a business owner or a corporate professional, social media community is more valuable in the long term that a large, inactive, social media following.

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Social Media Connections: Show me your friends

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Social Media Connections: Show me your friends

This is part 1 of the "Social Media Connections" series. "Show me your friends and I'll tell you who you are" is not necessarily true in life, but in social business, it's easy to get pigeon-holed. This post discusses some of the risks involved in leveraging wide-net social media tactics that attract a large number of people, few of whom will remember you tomorrow. It encourages you to examine the long-term impacts of certain tactics as well.

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