Small Business Marketing and Mindset for Savvy Mompreneurs and Moms Who Want to Ditch the 9-5 and Work from Home
Quickie Happiness Workshop:
Think as much, if not MORE, about growing your income as you do of trimming your expenses.
And for extra credit, focus on:
Customers more than vendors
Smiles more than frowns
Possibilities more than risks
Options more than commitments
Vacations more than overtime
Detours more than setbacks
Opportunities more than obstacles
And Goldilocks more than the bears
End of Workshop 
Guest Post by Life Coach Sheri Kaye Hoff
“I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free.” Michelangelo
I find that I am inspired to action when I am tapping into my creativity. Creativity is often an elusive concept. It is difficult to define or teach, but we know creativity when we see it.
When you are trying to come up with new programs, new products, or new ideas, it is tempting to try to force the solution. I like Michelangelo’s quote because his creative process decreases pressure and allows free-flowing action and thoughts. He also reveals what we know to be true in our hearts – that a creative idea is often the result of uncovering and releasing something.
Some ways to tap into free flowing creative thought are to:
If you still feel blocked or uninspired, change your focus to a different project and revisit your project when you feel refreshed. Accept a creative idea as a great gift and fill your heart with appreciation. Enjoy the creative moment, act on it, and celebrate it.
As you tap into your creativity regularly, you will find that more and more of your actions are truly inspired and come from the real you- the authentic you.
For more ideas on working with inspired action- get my new eBook Living Successfully and Joyfully Everyday: 90 Days of Inspiration
Lately I feel like I’ve been pushing myself to get through the day.
Actually, I’ve been feeling like I’m trying to push a 2000-pound hippo uphill. I barely have enough energy to stick in a thimble.
Feeling sluggish and yawning all the time is so out of character for me and I’m not likin’ it!
What’s worse, the harder I try to gather up some steam, the more depleted I become.
Talk about a vicious cycle.
I’ve tried blaming it on everything – muscle weakness, old age, poor sleeping habits, slow metabolism, toxins in the environment, lack of essential nutrients, dehydration, hormones, and even a change in the weather.
You name it – I’ve blamed it.
Then it hit me! My lack of energy isn’t due to ANY of those things. [Read more...]
Notice I didn’t say, “Rolling in the dough and laughing all the way to the bank!”
NOT the same. Not even close.
I’m going to wager that my definition of “rich” may be very different than yours. And what brings happiness into each of our lives is very subjective.
Today’s post is an opportunity to shift your thinking and remove money, fame, fortune, and material possessions from the equation.
So when’s the last time you had a rich and happy minute?
If you’re not sure, here’s what personal development advocate Lyman Reed wrote in his review of “How to be Rich and Happy” by John P. Strelecky and Tim Brownson:
Here’s an example:
Sitting in front of the T.V. because you’re dead tired from working a 12 hour day at a job you hate? No Rich and Happy minutes for you (duh).
Watching Lost (R.I.P) on T.V. because you really love the drama, mystery, and intrigue – and don’t really care what your wife thinks about the fact that you’ve seen every episode at least three times? Now those are some Rich and Happy minutes!
Frivolous? I think not.
The point is that no one but you can decide what a Rich and Happy minute is. Since reading the book, I find myself asking “Is the time I’m using right now ‘Rich and Happy’ time?” If it isn’t, the awareness motivates me to find something more rich and happy to do. Or think. Or be.
When you invest your time in ways that both rack up Rich and Happy minutes and move you toward your goals … that’s a double extra win!
Read more of Lyman’s review here: How to be Rich and Happy and Help Others do the Same and get the details about an extraordinary giveaway!
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Okay, I know what you’re thinking …
“Melanie, you’re a small business owner and online marketer. Your goal is to make money! Are you crazy?!”
No, I haven’t lost my mind and I sincerely believe a lot of other people feel the same way I do.
I don’t like handling money. I don’t like talking about it. I don’t like the control it has over how some people lead their lives. And I really hate needing it.
Money doesn’t bring me any happiness at all. Zip. Zilch. Zero happiness.
I think what really makes us happy is being able to comfortably meet our living expenses, treating our family and friends to little unexpected surprises, helping a neighbor out of a financial jam, generously tipping a good waiter, and maybe even buying our favorite pair of shoes in every color they come in!
Money, just like other material possessions, can provide a dose of short-lived happiness but no amount of it will ever buy genuine contentment and joy in life.
I don’t like money. But I DO like being happy.
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