Articles in the Business and Entrepreneurship Category

How to Uncover and Market Your Personal Brand
By Cynthia Lou
Posted in Business and Entrepreneurship, Marketing on 27 December 2009
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Here’s an exercise I use with my clients to help them get clear on their Personal Brand.
It started with building websites, logos, business cards, and graphically-based business pieces. I noticed that the more I got to know my clients – how they spoke, what they wore, how they interacted with others, and more deeply, what [...]

Three Signs Your Subconscious Mind Is Holding You Back…and What To Do About It
By Cynthia Lou
Posted in Business and Entrepreneurship on 7 December 2009
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1. You keep trying and trying and trying and working HARD and with determination…..yet, your goals never quite seem to materialize.
Ever see those people who seem to just “wish” things into their lives, and it happens?
They lay back, they chill, maybe they surf the net and watch TV way more than you. Why are they [...]

Don’t “Ladder Step” Your Way To Success Because You “Should” – Leapfrog, Because You CAN. Six Tips To Help You Leapfrog To Your Goals.
By Cynthia Lou
Posted in Business and Entrepreneurship on 19 June 2009
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“Well-behaved women rarely make history.” - Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
When I think back to the times in my life where I’ve grown, turned in a new direction, or met a few amazing people who changed my life, I notice it’s when I find myself where I “shouldn’t” be. Woops!
In the last few weeks I’ve found myself [...]

10 Tips To Strengthen Your Business: Lessons Learned From Bike Racing
By Cynthia Lou
Posted in Bike Racing and Training, Business and Entrepreneurship, Growth and Development, Productivity on 8 April 2009
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Don’t be afraid of the wind and resistance. If you watch the Tour de France, you’ll see whole teams working together to keep their General Classification guy/race leader out of the wind. So, yes, it’s best to stay protected and out of the wind to conserve for the end. But sometimes, it’s takes the guts [...]

Metabolic Type Update: Notes From A Balancing Fast Burner Metabolic Type
By Cynthia Lou
Posted in Health and Fitness, Nutrition, Productivity on 8 April 2009
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Here’s a quick update on my physical and mental state post-metabolic typing from Ms Erin Huggins (http://www.ErinHuggins.com)
To recap, as a fast burner metabolic type I’ve taken to eating more animal protein and healthy fats (think, beef, dark meat chicken, and coconut oil, flax seed oil, raw whole milk). The idea of fat and meat freaked [...]

Learn The System to Create Your “Vital Stats Dash”: Lessons From a Thermocouple
By Cynthia Lou
Posted in Business and Entrepreneurship, Leverage and Outsourcing on 16 March 2009
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I felt like a Rock Star this weekend when I changed the water heater’s thermocouple. Gettin’ down and dirty learning things hands on made me think of Eben Pagan’s “Get Altitude” program where he touches on the importance of getting to know your business’ vital stats.

Measuring key stats of your business may seem boring and [...]

Frank Shamrock (UFC Champion) Takes No Shortcuts - And Laughs In The Face Of Those Who Do
By Cynthia Lou
Posted in Business and Entrepreneurship, Growth and Development, Miscellaneous, Video on 11 March 2009
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Frank Shamrock was interviewed on KROQ this morning, and he spoke briefly and with-hearty-laugh about the other fighters who do steroids. He said, and I paraphrase, “Yeah, I love the guys who do steroids. They come out all angry and crazy and I love fighting them. Because here’s the thing – they took a shortcut. [...]

Seven Questions to Ask Yourself to Know You Are Making the Right Decision
By Cynthia Lou
Posted in Business and Entrepreneurship, Intuition In Business, Leverage and Outsourcing on 4 March 2009
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One of the benefits of growing more “mature” (ahem), is that I find that I can make decisions more quickly and with greater certainty.
Yes, it’s the experience.
Yes, it’s the maturity.
Yes, it’s all the personal development exploration I do.
But when I step back and observe my decision making process from above, I see there are a [...]

How to Hire the Right Web Developer: Part 2–Tools For Success
By Cynthia Lou
Posted in Business and Entrepreneurship, Leverage and Outsourcing, Web Design, Web Programming on 16 February 2009
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In the first part of this two-part article, we explore how to set yourself up to succeed when finding your ideal web solution, from defining your ideal outcomes and results to doing some competitive research and analysis.
Now in Part 2, we use the research gathered to compare what we have and where we want to [...]

How to Hire the Right Web Developer: Part 1–Defining Outcomes and Setting Boundaries
By Cynthia Lou
Posted in Business and Entrepreneurship, Leverage and Outsourcing, Web Design, Web Programming on 9 February 2009
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Finding the right web developer can mean the difference between a website that brings you results (i.e. ideal clients, money in the bank, greater worldwide reach and effect), and one that falls flat, drains your bank account, and launches in spite of months of work and revisions. In this two part series we explore 1) [...]