MORE Than Order
in business since 1994
Helping Women Solo-Business Owners
Earn More,
While Reducing Stress, Yet Simplifying Work
Unique Strategies
By Frances Strassman on October 02, 2011
Years ago I went through a major hurricane with my family when I lived in Florida. After the storm, with no electricity or running water, all the neighbors sat outsidein their sweaty clothes and unwashed bodies, shared chores, fears and good stories.
Spaciousness
By Frances Strassman on October 01, 2011
How to create more spaciousness within our lives, how to have time to smell the roses, or soak in a lavender-scented bubble bath while reading a good book, how to have time to take the kids on adventures or even just a hike…all of these things have become nearly exotic goals. And are almost “sexy” now, in the sense of being of constant high-priority interest while nearly impossible.
Having more free time is almost a mystery today. It is spoken of wistfully, as illusory—the stuff of desire rather than reality.
Organized Profit Strategies: Part 1
By Frances Strassman on October 06, 2010
As a female running a business alone, I got some of the best lessons about how to do this when I was a kid. I’ll give a few in order to make another point.
Organized Profit Strategies: Part 2
By Frances Strassman on October 06, 2010
When I was five my father, who dreamed of being a writer, moved us to Costa Rica. We got on a big steamship in New York, heading south. This was before good storm tracking. We sailed smack into a hurricane.
My mother, sister, and most of the passengers got seasick, staying below. But I had a cooperative stomach, so I stayed above with my father to watch the waves smash into the thick plate-glass windows.
Organized Profit Strategies: Part 3
By Frances Strassman on October 06, 2010
1. Our tendency is to argue with reality. We all know better; the computer WILL crash again. We can anticipate and allow for it.
Have a back-up drive? Guru on call? Allow a blank half hour in the day? We can minimize this business of getting sidetracked by glitches. Plan to support, not frustrate your self.
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