I think we’re all guilty of overestimating what we can get done in one day, and the number of projects we can work on at any given time. Writing a book in a week sounds fine, for example, until you realize that you’ve got a million other projects on the go at the same time! On the flip side, some projects can look so huge that you just never get started. You keep putting it off and putting it off until you decide you’re just never going to get around to it. (I know I’ve done that a few times myself.)
There is one way to feel like you’re making progress even when you don’t have much time to work on a project: by dedicating just 15 minutes a day to doing something that’ll take you closer to your goals.
This is enough time to actually see some progress each day, but not too much time that you won’t be able to fit it into your already busy schedule. [Read more...]



a guest blog post by Chrissie Cole
So my February goal is to get one (or maybe even two) of my ebooks published for Kindle.
The beautiful and brilliant
We’ve been talking a bit about email marketing lately. I’m working on a short report here and I’d like a little bit of input from the group at large about your email open rate and what you think of as a successful open rate. 



