Vernon L. Williams, known as The Stress Prevention Strategist, helps you prevent stress and burnout. He is an author, speaker, and coach with a reputation for challenging, encouraging, and equipping clients to avoid stress and burnout. From the beginning of his entrepreneurial career, Vernon has had the reputation of exceeding client expectations and helping people […]
The SmallBizChat Podcast: Managing the Stress of Building a Business with Michelle Rosenthal
Michelle Rosenthal is a keynote speaker, author, and mental health advocate as well as the Trauma/PTSD Recovery Specialist and Program Designer at My Trauma Coach. She has written various books on trauma and recovery and is an award-winning PTSD blogger. She is a certified professional coach, board-certified hypnotist, and the Master Practitioner of NLP. As […]
The SmallBizChat Podcast: When You Hate Your Business
Starting your business can be an exciting, exhilarating adventure. In the beginning, you spend your time networking, building rapport, learning new skills, and creating your products or services that customers will love. But over time, as your business begins to evolve and grow and your responsibilities begin to increase – so does your levels of […]
11 Bible Verses Small Business Owners Need in 2011
Each year, I pick a bible verse as my theme for the year. This year I did not choose a verse, but a saying that a coaching client shared with me. “Either I win or I learn, but with God’s help I never lose”. I loved that, and I was so touched by what this […]
10 Bible Verses Every Small Business Owner Needs
As a Christian and a family focused entrepreneur, I believe that faith is a key ingredient in small business success. In this current economy, the people of God must remember that if you honor God through your business he will direct your path. Each year, I pick a bible verse as my theme for the […]
How to Handle Entrepreneurial Stress
It is common to find stories of entrepreneurs who talk about their journey through struggles and the perseverance they needed to find the success they enjoy. On the other hand, little is said about the mental health struggles that many entrepreneurs go through caused by entrepreneurial stress. The entrepreneurial battles with perfectionism, meeting targets, and […]
Five Steps to Freedom from Feeling Overwhelmed
Guest Article As a small business owner, we all feel overwhelmed at times, and it can be a debilitating. It is not only frustrating and miserable, but it keeps us from achieving our goals and delivering value to the world. My most recent experience was a couple months ago when I was trying to use social […]
6 Things Oprah Winfrey Taught Us About Business
Oprah Winfrey is my hero. I never thought about being an entrepreneur until she got on my radar when I was in college in the early 90’s. It was around that time that she opened Harpo Studios in Chicago, making her the third woman in the American entertainment industry (after Mary Pickford and Lucille Ball) […]
Dear SmallBizLady, I am working around the clock in my business. Help?
Dear SmallBizLady, I am a Mompreneur working around the clock in my business and I feel like I am getting nowhere fast. Can you help me? Many of us running our small businesses are working hard, real hard. We are doing more with less and trying to figure out how to get it done smarter, cheaper […]
Managing Stress In Your Business
If you tell yourself that you are going to have a good day, it is far more likely to happen. That said, all of us all too often have days when we feel like a one-armed wall paper hanger; there are never enough hours in the day. The key to managing our daily task list […]
