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Incorporating Your Intuition Into Your Business Strategy By Vanessa Abron

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When I first started my business, I must admit that I wasn’t the most confident.  I carried with me the checklist of shortcomings others passed down to me, and I often thought, “Am I really good enough to be doing this?”  I read business books and articles on how other moguls achieved their success, hoping to learn their formula and apply it to my business so I can replicate exactly what they did.  I had ideas in the back of my mind that I wanted to implement, and my intuition would tell me to do other things. I was hesitant because I was a new entrepreneur and I didn’t trust my gut.  My ideas weren’t proven, and the success of the popular business leaders seemed more effective.   To guide me with the development of my business, I enlisted a few trusted business consultants to help me along the way.  I would tell them about a few of my ideas, and they enthusiastically encouraged me to pursue them. This shocked me, but yet I decided to take baby steps in implementing some of my

New Year, New What? by Dr. Sharice Bradford

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It seems as if every time the new year rolls around people go into the frenzy of make resolutions or lifestyle changes or commitments that they follow for the first few months of the year and then by the King holiday it is back to life as usual. I know I have done that more times than I care to admit, which is why I decided that resolutions were no longer for me. I got off the resolution hamster wheel and decided that there were a few things I could do differently to ensure success in the coming year. Here are three things that I do now that have served me well and I hope they help you too. 1. Throw away the resolutions. Why do we make resolutions? Who started that trend and why have we for generations decided that that was what we needed to do to make lasting or meaningful change in our lives. Statistically, resolutions don’t work. Studies demonstrate that less than 25% of people who make resolutions stay committed to those resolutions beyond 30 days.  30 days!  While only 8%