52 Books in a Year: Week 1

I celebrated a birthday this week.  As a gift to myself, I decided to take on a yearlong reading project. During the next year, I will read 52 books.  You smarty pants’ out there know that’s a book a week. For week one of my reading project, I read a novel by Chris Cleave called […]

Increasing Facebook’s Revenue: New Micro-Fee Monetization Tactics

After much speculation and anticipation, Facebook went public in May 2012. Facebook’s IPO is one of the most infamous stock let-downs in recent history – making a huge splash and ultimately disappointing thousands with disappointing numbers. Since the public launch, Facebook has rolled out several ways to better monetize their website in creative ways and […]

Conversations That Sell

A guest-post from Anne Samoilov Today’s post comes to Thinkspace courtesy of Anne Samoilov and is republished by permission.  Anne has been helping solopreneurs become more productive, create and launch their life’s work. She teaches about topics including online launching, product launch, small business growth, productivity, self-management, motivation, business planning + goal setting. Anne’s background also includes […]

Can a woman have it all?

“You have a condition that usually only occurs in people over 60,” my doctor said as she typed in her lap top. “Have you been under a lot of stress lately?” Hmmm, does she mean balancing the needs of my family, and my growing business? Or does she mean the PTA meeting I skipped so […]

The glorification of busy.

Has anyone ever qualified a question with the following: “I know you’re busy, but…”? This happened to me the other day, and I had two immediate reactions. My first reaction—> I was glad they recognized my schedule was packed with busy and important things. (Confession: that observation made me feel important and popular). My second reaction—> I was frustrated that […]

Compartmentalization is overrated.

A while back, I learned the importance of creating boundaries between my work and personal life.  Those boundaries helped to compartmentalize my life, which had its benefits.  I kept my work life separate from my personal life.  And there wasn’t much crossover. Working at thinkspace has shown me that I actually need less compartmentalization.  A […]