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A Simple Formula to Guarantee an Instant “Virtual Team” Return on Investment

By Melanie Benson Strick | September 10th, 2007

Recently I conducted a survey of entrepreneurs who expressed interest in virtual teams and asked, “What is your single greatest challenge with building a virtual team?Over 64% answered, “Knowing how to pay for a team.”
The funny thing is I never questioned whether or not I could afford to hire someone. That feels like a limiting [...]

 
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The Delegation Dilemma: 8 Keys to Know If It’s Time to Build a Virtual Team

By Melanie Benson Strick | August 21st, 2007

During a recent webinar I taught , one of the attendees, Steven, asked, “I’m just getting started in my business. I’ve got lots of bills, tons of work to do but not a lot of income coming in. Would I benefit from building a team?”
Last week, during an interview by my friend and client Kendall [...]

 
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The Four False Fears an Entrepreneur Must Overcome to Achieve 6 to 7 Figure Success

By Melanie Benson Strick | August 7th, 2007

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Have you ever felt paralyzed by a fear that kept you from taking action? Or maybe you have a goal, project or commitment that you somehow continue to avoid – over and over and over again? These are signs that one of the False Fears may be present.
False Fears [...]

 
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How to Transform Over-Commitment, Way-Too-Busy and Mounting Debt with a Simple Strategy to Skyrocket Your Success

By Melanie Benson Strick | July 3rd, 2007

What’s the number one difference between the hundreds of thousands of entrepreneurs barely making it and the top 10% who are wealthy, successful and living a life that they love?Knowing the right opportunities to focus on.
Last week I was talking to a new client who suggested how frustrating it was to be putting so much [...]

 
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Monkey Management: 3 Simple Solutions to Reclaim Your Time, Focus, and Sanity

By Melanie Benson Strick | June 19th, 2007

Do you ever feel like you are carrying the weight of a thousand people on your back? Somehow no matter how good you think you are at delegating it still feels like you have a thousand things to do. It’s a feeling many entrepreneurs, managers and business owners have. William Oncken, author of Management Time: [...]

 
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Six Tips to Instantly Master Your Finances by Becoming a “Millionaire-Thinker”

By Melanie Benson Strick | June 5th, 2007

What’s the fastest route from where you are today to your ideal financial status? Becoming a “millionaire-thinker”. Now you may think this means you have to be a millionaire – you don’t! The truth is many people don’t aspire to that level of financial success – and there is nothing wrong with that.
But what does [...]

 
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Do You Have A Hobby or a Real Business: 6 Key Indicators To Know the Difference

By Melanie Benson Strick | May 15th, 2007

As every business owner knows, almost every business is born from a passion for “some thing” that we think we can do better on our own. The need for freedom, independence and unlimited earning potential gets the better of us and the next thing you know, you are in business for yourself.Most of us start [...]

 
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My Ten Insights to Playing a Bigger Game (Part Two)

By Melanie Benson Strick | January 16th, 2007

6. Continually raise your standards.
I was a Toyota girl for the longest time. Finally, a wise friend of mine suggested that a high-end car would fit better with my line of work. I realized that driving a classy car like a BMW would actually be a higher standard for me. But I was conditioned to [...]

My Ten Insights to Playing a Bigger Game (Part One)

By Melanie Benson Strick | January 2nd, 2007

I was talking to a friend of mine who had invested in a very high end coaching program last year. As I was asking him about his experience and what incentivized him to invest in his growth he said, ‘I knew if I really wanted to take my game to a whole new level, I [...]

3 “Strategies” That Are Guaranteed to Sabotage your Bottom Line

By Melanie Benson Strick | December 15th, 2006

What if you knew that the very strategies you think are helping you build your business are actually sabotaging your success?
That’s what happened to Jake. Jake had been diligently studying all of the masters of passive revenue. He had heard that in order to really create more freedom, he had to build a list, create [...]