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Small
Business Success Day
Kick Start Your Success With
Romanus Wolter (9-10 am)
Learn a simple, 4-step process for
achieving important goals in your
life and work.
Online Business Success Strategies
With Stephanie Chandler (10-10:45
am) Is your business website as effective
as you want it to be? Learn how can
design and manage a website without
blowing your budget and turn your
online business card into a revenue
generating machine.
Drum Up New Business Through
Networking & Free Publicity With
Jill Lublin (11-11:45 am)
Is your company as profitable as
it could be? Instantly turn every
business relationship into a mega
profit center using simple yet powerful
networking and publicity techniques.
The Sweet Success Of Shari's
Berries With Shari Fitzpatrick (1-2
pm) Shari shares her inspiring story
of how she turned her hobby of dipping
strawberries into a thriving business.
Panel Discussions: 2:15 - 3:00 pm
Autograph session: 3:00 - 4:00 pm
Event Details
Saturday, January 20, 2007
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Cost $89
Hosted by: Stephanie Chandler
Location: Sacramento - Learning
Exchange
Featured
Article: 5 Tips to Help Hardworking
Women Give Themselves a Break
By Mary Lou Quinlan
Ever start a new year saying "someday"? "Someday,
I'll take some time off to make some
changes in my life?" "Someday
I'll pursue the passion I've always
had." "Someday, I'll just
get some time to myself...to
slow down and just breathe."
You're not alone. According to a
national poll, almost 7 out of 10 people
who make $40,000 or more a year fantasize
about taking at least several months
off. One in five 35-49-year olds fantasizes
about it daily. And still, our daily
pace keeps speeding up and we don't
give ourselves permission to stop and
take a look at our lives. Yet taking
a break can actually energize and focus
your life going forward. Start with
small steps.
1. Consider how you got
to be so "type A" in the
first place. The pattern
of saying "yes" started
long ago. If you cut back your 24/7
accessibility, you'll get back time
in your life...so you can have
one. Try to let go of the constant
stream of "have-to-dos" and
start to incorporate some of the "want-to-dos." Your
cell phone has an off button for
a reason.
2. Extend a business trip
by a day. You've already
packed, flown and finished your assignment.
Add on a day at the hotel and lose
the nametag. Book a massage. Take
a nap. Read fun magazines, not work
files. Be taken care of for a change.
Put together a 'want ad' for
your job...would you answer
it? What would you change?
3. Choose a weekend as your
Recharge Weekend. Change
the scenery, sweep the agenda clean,
rest and reflect. Meet with your
personal board of directors, the
friends you know and trust for advice,
rather than colleagues who are on
the same treadmill. Write down what's
working and what's not. Make a plan
for real time off if needed.
4. Take all your vacation. $21
billion of untaken vacation time is
returned to employers each year. Rather
than bragging that you never take all
your time, be embarrassed. You are
not that indispensable. Leave your
computer home and save a day at the
end to go through the email pile. Reserve
some time that's yours alone.
5. Ask for the time off
you need. If you're a strong
employee, your company should want
to keep you. Be ready to negotiate.
Propose how to handle your workload,
recommend scheduling your time off
during a slower season. Real time
off helps you recover your perspective
and your priorities.
Mary Lou Quinlan is the author of Time
Off for Good Behavior, How Hardworking
Women Can Take a Break and Change
Their Lives from Broadway Books,
2005. Check out more ideas on her
website, http://www.timeoff4goodbehavior.com
Reprinted with
permission
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The
Power of PDA Productivity Teleclass
(Complimentary!)
Want to learn
how to increase your productivity
with a PDA? If so, then join us for
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you can leverage your time and increase
your productivity. I'll give
you my perspective on how you can
boost your productivity using your
PDA or smartphone.
How you'll
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- Learn how
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Determine goals you can achieve
with help from your PDA Gain time
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