Most of us have heard this familiar Eleanor Roosevelt quote: "With freedom comes responsibility." But many people haven’t heard the context of the quote—what Eleanor wrote just before that famous line in her book, You Learn By Living:
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Taking Care of You—Yes, You!—On Your Journey as an Entrepreneur
As entrepreneurs, we have the amazing opportunity to design our own professional lives. You run the show and make the decisions that will create and maintain the lifestyle you want. One of the most important aspects of the entrepreneurial lifestyle—one we often overlook—is how you support yourself. As you succeed in your professional life, you also want to make sure you are maintaining you—the person behind the scenes who has wants, needs and responsibilities outside of your business. Here are four tips—things I’ve learned from my own experience that I’d like to pass on to you. My hope is that […]
One Easy & Effective Facebook Ad You Should Take Advantage of Right Now
I’ll admit that it’s taken me some time to wrap my head around Facebook advertising. It can seem complicated and downright confusing. What I’ve found, though, is that the benefits of promoting your business on Facebook are so fantastic that it’s worth taking some time to learn about it. At first, I was skeptical about Facebook being a good place to advertise my product creation business to begin with. Then, in November’s Product Creator Newsletter, my friends Shane Johnston and Ryan Skelly shared these facts with me:
From My Dad to Me, to You: The Entrepreneurs’ Survival Guide
The following were written in November 1997 by my dad, William Bigler, who was a highly successful process engineer and project manager for Corning, Inc. for over 40 years. These principles are a compilation of the most important lessons he learned about product manufacturing, project management—and life. He shared them with me, and now I’m sharing them with you.