Mindset Articles

Create a Positive Shift in Your Energy by Being of Service

When you consider what's going on with the economy, it's very easy to focus on your own individual needs as you feel the stress of hard times, especially if you're not generating the income you'd like and you're in a place of fear. A positive attitude is a must, especially for women in direct sales.

Creating Authentic Online Relationships

Online social networking is a fantastic avenue - especially for business moms - to connect and form business relationships. The key to being successful is learning how to use it authentically and create relationships that are mutually beneficial.

How to be an Authentic Entrepreneur

Being authentic, doing business on your own terms...is a subject that is very important to women entrepreneurs. I am conscious about making sure that all the choices I make for my life and my business are grounded in who I am and what's important to me.

Beginner Work at Home Moms Need Your Leadership

Beginner work at home moms benefit greatly by observing and connecting with women that exhibit leadership both as moms and as entrepreneurs. Women get to know themselves and grow in relationship to others. That’s why women tend to lead—not by words alone—but through our example and by modeling what we learn.

Personal Growth Means Business Growth

The beauty of being an entrepreneur is that there is a direct connection between your personal growth and your business growth. Watch your business grow exponentially as you personally develop and grow. As an entrepreneur, if you're willing to invest in your personal growth you have the ability to shape your own destiny. That freedom is what appealed to many of us when we started our businesses.

Presenting Yourself Clearly and Authentically

You feel mounting pressure since you know this is your chance to present yourself and your business. Maybe you have a direct sales business and you've met someone who you believe will be an ideal customer and/or partner, maybe you're looking to speak with a new joint venture partner. You've made the initial connection and found a convenient time to share with them what you do.

Empower Yourself as a Resourceful Entrepreneur

Sometimes as women who want to work from home we hesitate to move forward with our business because we're afraid that we just don't have enough experience or skills to implement our ideas. Have you ever found yourself thinking I don't have enough experience to launch a website, send out a press release, set-up a joint-venture partnership or speak at a networking meeting?

Open Up to what's Possible in Business and in Life

"Open Your Eyes, Open Your Heart and Then Open Your Mouth." My mother-in-law shared this statement with me while we were together regarding some non-profit work she's doing. It immediately touched me and I knew it applied to what I'm doing with my community of work-at-home moms.

Women Entrepreneurs Overcome Limiting Beliefs

Women entrepreneurs often have the best ideas, great marketing strategies, and effective systems in place, BUT they still feel stuck. Does that sound familiar? Despite best practices, you can’t get any momentum. If this is the case, limiting beliefs may be holding you back…

Lessons Learned from a Serial Mompreneur - Part 1

My husband Allan recently asked me why I love my business so much. One thing I shared is that I love change, fluidity and flexibility. I like to have boundaries but I also like to push them (and break the rules occasionally). I also believe there's nothing quite like entrepreneurship to help you learn who you are and what's important to you.

Lessons Learned from a Serial Mompreneur - Part 2

I'm thrilled to be celebrating my one-year anniversary of the launch of Metromom – I’ve learned so many great lessons along the way. One important lesson is to maintain a circle of business supporters. I whole-heartedly believe this... yet at times I've been challenged to maintain that circle of support.

Delegate - Give Yourself More Time, Energy and Money

Delegating is one of the best ways to handle working mothers stress and give yourself more time, energy and money. It’s also a key element in getting important things done to move your business forward.

Improve Your Relationship With Money

Many of the women in business I speak with are feeling a lot of stress financially right now . The key questions become: How do you remove this stress when you're thinking about money, so you can do the work you're meant to do, especially in a time like we're in right now? How can we all replace a "lack" mentality with an "abundance" mentality?

How to Lead by Example and Model what you Learn

As women we get to know ourselves and grow in our relationship to others. That’s why women tend to lead—not by words alone—but through our example and by modeling what we learn. This is the kind of leadership that’s most impactful because it’s accomplished day in and day out.

Recognize Your Value: The Key to being Prosperous

What you do (and who you are) has huge value. To truly be prosperous in business and life, you must wholeheartedly believe this. Often, however, I see women, myself included, consistently underestimating their value.

Is Perfectionism Holding You Back?

Perfectionism can have an especially strong impact on your success when you run your own business. A really important message I want to communicate to all entrepreneurial moms is there’s really no such thing as perfect. So if you’re struggling to make it “just perfect” you’re directing your energy into something that’s impossible to achieve.

Your Best Business Investment is You

The beauty of an entrepreneurial business is that there is a direct connection between your personal growth and your business growth. Watch your business grow exponentially as you personally develop and grow. I want to share some suggestions with you on how to invest in your own personal growth so you can achieve dramatic results in your business growth.

Get It Done Lessons - Part 1

There will be things that will go awry when you are an entrepreneur, and you will learn along the way how to get it done. Entrepreneur, and business coach, Kim DeYoung, shares some lessons she has learned from her own experience as well as that of other visionary entrepreneurs on how to overcome the obstacles and keep moving forward toward your purpose.

Get It Done Lessons  - Part 2

There will be things that will go awry when you are an entrepreneur, and you will learn along the way how to get it done. Entrepreneur, and business coach, Kim DeYoung, shares more lessons she has learned from her own experience as well as that of other visionary entrepreneurs on how to overcome the obstacles and keep moving forward toward your purpose.