Danielle Guerin

Downloading Your Brain: Mindmapping Your To-Do List

Danielle — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 13:21:44 +0000

We are trained early on to think that lists must be linear – one item after another, with cute little check boxes next to each. But what if your brain isn’t the linear type? Many people, especially creatives, have trouble thinking in a linear fashion. Forcing themselves to create To-Do lists in a traditional manner [...]

Home-Based Entrepreneurs: Just Say No

Danielle — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 00:07:08 +0000

After being a work-at-home entrepreneur for over 8 years, I can attest that the toughest thing for me, personally, was learning to say no to potential clients or customers. When you work for yourself – especially in the early days – you’re not always sure where that next paycheck is coming from. And even when [...]

Home-based Entrepreneurs: Take Care of Yourself

Danielle — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 12:41:24 +0000

Your business can be operating like a well-oiled machine, but if you’re not taking care of yourself, you’re going to be stressed out. It’s ironic that when things are going really well, we typically end up spending MORE hours on our jobs because we’re just having so much fun and we’re seeing all the fantastic [...]

Home-based Entrepreneurs: Create a Support System

Danielle — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 00:39:15 +0000

As “The Barbra” would say, “People, people who need people, are the luckiest people in the world.” The truth is, we all need people. We need at least one “safe spot” where we can let it all hang out and not worry about being judged, criticized, or taken advantage of. Just by their very existence, [...]

Delegating Will Save You Tons of Stress

Danielle — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 10:42:40 +0000

Jack Welch didn’t empty the trash cans at GE. Steve Jobs doesn’t answer all of Apple’s emails. And I bet Meg Whitman never wrote a single piece of code for eBay. Instead, these high-flying execs knew that in order to take their companies to the top, they needed to delegate and outsource. Put simply, if [...]