Are you a list person? Do you like to plan everything in minute detail? Do you want everything in just the right order before you begin? Has planning ever kept you from completing a project? I can honestly say that I have suffered from “overplanning syndrome” in the past, and I finally realized that sometimesContinueContinue reading “Keys to Success: Just Get Started”
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Research Skills 101: Don’t Get Captured by the Algorithm
Ah, the word haunting all of us: algorithm. What exactly is it? How does it work? When does it help? When does it become a problem? I’m going to do a “flyover” explanation of these ideas, but I’ll put links below so you can study them in more detail. What is an algorithm? A simpleContinueContinue reading “Research Skills 101: Don’t Get Captured by the Algorithm”
Keys to Success: Create a Business Plan
Wait! Don’t run! We can do this! The first time I thought about creating a business plan, I could not get my creative brain to admit this was a step I needed to take. I put it off as long as I could. Then I picked up a book on starting a small hobby business,ContinueContinue reading “Keys to Success: Create a Business Plan”
Keys to Success: Controlled Growth
There are times when plans just come to us at lightning speed. We fill notebooks or note apps with ideas for what we want to do. Our creativity is functioning at peak levels. Then we start trying to do it all. Alas, crash and burn follow. We take on too much, and we fail. ButContinueContinue reading “Keys to Success: Controlled Growth”
Keys to Success: Don’t Overthink What Doesn’t Need to Be Overplanned
Why is it so easy to overthink an idea until we make it too complicated to accomplish? I don’t know about you, but I am repeatedly guilty of overthinking and overplanning. The worst part is that overthinking and overplanning wind up preventing me from doing the very thing I wanted to do. When I startedContinueContinue reading “Keys to Success: Don’t Overthink What Doesn’t Need to Be Overplanned”
All Things Subject to Change 