Tweet Sometimes I’m amazed at the number of people who express dreams of working for themselves, but look at me like I’m crazy when I ask them who is doing what they want to do and how are they supporting them? I have found, and strongly believe, that the best way to support your own…
Tag Archive: Entrepreneurship
20 Keys to Successful Self-Employment
Tweet Believe in your ability to accomplish what you have set out to do. Believe that you have something of value to offer. Believe in your ability to present your expertise in ways that will benefit others. Believe in yourself and your dreams even when no one else does. Seek out inspiration on a daily…
Chasing a Niche, or Not
Tweet Pick a niche. Settle down. Choose a specialty. Build your brand. You’ve heard the advice and so have I. The ‘experts’ claim that choosing a singular focus is the path to success and wealth, that it allows you to target your audience and build a brand. It’s less confusing if you only focus on…
Raising Entrepreneurial Children
Tweet Cameron Herold: Let’s raise kids to be entrepreneurs on TedTalks. Are your children natural entrepreneurs? What are you doing to support them? Cameron Herold talks about the lessons he learned as an entrepreneurial kid and the many ways he earned his own money. He also talks about what he is teaching his own kids…
30 Taglines from around the web
Tweet I’m always thinking about my tagline… “Does it convey who I am and what I am about?” “Is it memorable?” “Will people ‘get it’?” “Is it too long?” Is it to short?” “Does it say too much?” “Does it say too little?” I’ve changed my tagline three times in the past year. Each one…
3 Must Read Articles for Entrepreneurs
Tweet In between writing and studying on Monday I was hanging out on Twitter, as usual, when I came across these three articles. Just in case you were not on Twitter and didn’t see me Tweeting them I had to share them with you here. They are exceptionally well written, entertaining and informative and are…
Eight Rules for Working From a Home Office
Tweet 1. Dress for work. Causal is okay, but no sweats or pj’s. You are a professional and this is a professional work environment. 2. Connect with others. Take time everyday to engage with people on social networking sites like Twitter and Facebook. Read and comment on other people’s blogs. Send and answer a few…
Happy Birthday
Tweet Today The Dreaming Cafe is one-year-old. The Dreaming Cafe started out as a free WordPress.com blog on Monday, February 23, 2009. My first post was called “What is The Dreaming Cafe?” If you are curious, it is still a public post and you can read it here: http://thedreamingcafe.wordpress.com/2009/02/23/what-is-the-dreaming-cafe/ A year later and my vision…
Commitments
Tweet When I joined Derek Sivers email list last year he sent me a personal note. “Wow!” I thought. “This is real!! And, way cool.” I thought about what it meant to me to be contacted personally, not just with an autoresponder, by the man behind the blog/website. I realized I wanted to do that….
Winners-Making a Living Without a Job
Tweet Hi Everyone. First, thank you to all my wonderful subscribers who forwarded a copy of The Dreaming Cafe’s newsletter over the last few weeks to be entered to win a copy of “Making a Living Without a Job, revised edition: Winning Ways for Creating Work That You Love” by Barbara J. Winter. (For more…
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