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Creative business owners are often celebrated for wearing multiple hats and logging numerous hours. They are seen as true work horses living the American Dream – but working without letup can be bad for you and your business. Not to mention family, friendships and marriages. Working without rest can jeopardize the business, your health and the […]
If the cold winter months are making you want to do nothing more than hide under a blanket all day, we completely understand. How can you motivate yourself to be productive when it’s so cold and dreary outside? Well, here at CreativeIncome, we are dedicated to banishing those winter blues and helping you get back […]
Running your own successful crafting business is not an easy task. It takes great skill, discipline, and dedication to manage your own business. But we don’t need to tell you that – you already know how many hours of sweat, blood, and tears that you’ve poured into your dream. We’re here to say that we […]
Being super duper focused and getting entire piles of work done in a day is not one of my strong suits. Sure, I get quite a bit accomplished each day, but I know I also squander a lot of my time. So this year, it has been a goal of mine to improve my focus […]
A Creative Income guest post by Lisa Ng from This Beautiful Day. I’ve been blogging since June 2010. I made the transition into full-time blogging and freelance writing in October of 2011. In addition to working on This Beautiful Day, a lifestyle blog for smart women, I also do a mix of consulting, digital […]
It seems like we just never have enough time to get it all done. Post office, website maintenance, sourcing materials, creating, on and on and on the list goes. When you are a creative business owner and you wear all of the hats it makes it hard. If you blog as part of your […]
When I was young I worked in a place where we often did productivity studies and speed tests. It was interesting to see how different scenarios, tools and environmental conditions affected the productivity of workers and how quickly they were able to get their work done. I often find myself making my list for the […]
With smartphones, tablets, TVs and social media, it’s so easy to get distracted. On days when you don’t feel like getting much done, it’s particularly hard to get down to business and produce quality blog content. While it’s important to take a day off every so often, you don’t want to turn it into a […]
In The Bright Side of Procrastination, I wrote that sometimes procrastination can be helpful. However, as I’m sure you know, procrastination has a dark side. People who procrastinate can miss out on going to a convention because they put off buying tickets, or pay a late fee because they didn’t write the check. They can […]
Is wasting time ALWAYS a bad thing? Have you ever tried to sit down and FORCE yourself to create a new line or project? What about a new blog post, logo or recipe? I have and it hardly ever works. I sit there looking at my sketchbook or staring at the supplies should use until […]
