Mentors have been there, done that. Their experience can take years off your learning curve. They can teach. Point out the pitfalls. Attach you to their own network. They encourage and support you when things are tough. A mentor will not only point you in the right direction; they can help you see the light…

Whom do you most admire?  What do they have that you don’t? How did they get it? What steps did they take? Can you contact them? (You’d be surprised at how accesible many people are, and how receptive they can be).  What would you ask them if you could? If you can’t reach them, you…

The latest rage for people stuck in a rut is to hire a personal coach.  (Not a personal trainer, but a personal coach – to help them with their bottom line, not their bottoms). These trainers can help you focus your goals, shift careers, and unleash your creativity. They bring you a new perspective, a…

In order to have the freedom to create, you must build a successful business. To build a successful business, you must build some sort of buzz with your PR and promotion.  You may have to go to extreme measures to get people to pay attention to you. This is a weak area for many talented…

To focus your self promotion ideas, answer the following questions: Who is my audience? How much should I spend?  (time, money) Where do I start? If I were looking to hire me and I was new to town, where would I look first? How would I found me? Be seen, read and heard.  What sets…

I have found that having no money makes me more agressive and creative when it comes to self promotion. In fact, some of my best and most succesful self promotion stories were done on a very limited budget. Never let a lack of funds be an excuse to stop you from doing creative self promotion….

Sometimes you are your own worst enemy. Nobody can sabotage your career as well as you can. Why do creative people often become career kamikazes who crash and burn? The right brainer is more suspectible to some of the pitfalls and problems that befall many people in business for themselves. It is important to be…

There are several reasons why the right brainer is suspectible to this disease. These include fear of success, fear of failure and fear that it won’t be perfect. There are many more reasons, but the bottom line in most of them is fear. There are ways to deal with fear. You don’t always have to…

How much money would it take to make you feel as though you had enough? Five hundred thousand euro or dollar? A million? What would you do if you had that kind of money? Would you still work? Would all problems be gone? Actually, having money will not solve all your problems. It will make…

If you don feel you deserve the money you make, you will find a way to sabotage your own success. If you don’t feel as though you’re making as much as you deserve, you’re just like all the rest of us. Ask for a raise. Increase your rates. Setting a value on your work is…