by Marjorie Saulson | Networking
Could your first experience at a live networking event possibly have been even more disastrous than mine was? My reaction to my first business event caught me totally by surprise. After all, I’d been meeting with people at events for years, both in my personal...
by Marjorie Saulson | Business Skills
I had really thought that I had shared all of my thoughts with you about getting back in charge of your business and your life. I wrote about what I thought were the 3 key strategies for getting out of overwhelm and into happy productivity. Do a Brain Dump by writing...
by Marjorie Saulson | Business Skills
In case you missed or forgot them, the first two steps in getting back in control of your business and your life can be summed up as follows: Brain Dump – write a list of absolutely every big (and little) thing that needs to be done in your business and personal...
by Marjorie Saulson | Business Skills
So now you’ve done a Brain Dump (Tip #1), listing all of the various tasks on your to-do list. Even though you no longer have to drive yourself crazy, trying to keep all those items in mind, just looking at that long list can be overwhelming in and of itself. So...
by Marjorie Saulson | Business Skills
Those of us who are in business talk about running our business; but sometimes it can seem like our business runs us. There is always so much to do, and seemingly so little time in which to do it. This often results in overwhelm and stress. This is especially true for...
by Marjorie Saulson | Business Skills, Communication
Among the many mottoes I have created over my lifetime, one stands out as being rather snarky: Nothing beats abject terror as a motivator. Actually abject terror as a motivator is pretty limiting. A serious health issue such as a mild heart attack or the discovery of...
by Marjorie Saulson | Communication, Public Speaking
When we talk about the fear of public speaking, the first thing the comes to mind is getting up on a stage and giving a formal speech of some kind. However, there are many other times in the course of business and in our everyday lives that we have to speak in public....
by Marjorie Saulson | Communication, Marketing
Have you ever heard a simple, yet incredibly useful piece of information and thought to yourself, Why didn’t I think of that? Sometimes the smartest things to do are the simplest; yet we rush right past them in our quest to do something complicated in order to...
by Marjorie Saulson | Business Skills, Communication
It has long been my contention that everything is based on relationship. On a personal level, we prefer to spend time with those whom we like (or love). On a professional level, we prefer to be in business, and do business, with people we know, like and trust. In...
by Marjorie Saulson | Business Skills
The busy life of an entrepreneur doesn’t leave much time for reading all of the valuable information shared on the Internet; so I don’t always get to read Seth Godin’s daily words of wisdom. (How he comes up with something new to share every day...