Laurie Hayes

Are Your Acquaintances Helping or Hindering Your Success?

When you look at your friends, it's like looking into a mirror. Take the sum of characteristics of the five people you spend most of your time with and you will be the average of that sum. It is usually quite easy to tell where a person is going by kn... Read >

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Some of the greatest words of wisdom for any man or woman seeking change or growth are, "Surround yourself with people who will support and believe in you." Creating any kind of significant change requires determination, focus, energy, a game plan, and... Read >

Is Death Really the End or the Window to A New Beginning?

Earlier this month I learned a dear friend had been diagnosed with terminal cancer. She has been given less than six months to live as the cancer has fully permeated her liver and pancreas. Since the diagnosis, her health has rapidly declined and the ... Read >

Are You Poised for Growth as a Home-Based Business Owner?

Whether you're fairly new as a home-based business owner or if you have been one for several years, your business growth is highly dependent on your continued personal growth and industry-relevant learning. You may have your daily functions and busines... Read >

Are You Running Your Business or Is Your Business Running You?

Being a small or home-based business owner can be loads of fun and very rewarding. You may have decided to go into business because of your need for personal freedom or to fully unleash your creative genius. You may also have decided to go into busin... Read >

Being a Home-Based Business Owner … What's not to Love?

Being an entrepreneur and working from home has to be one of the most rewarding opportunities available to us. What other business or organization would allow you to work in your slippers with curlers in your hair (or whiskers on your face!) while spea... Read >

Home-Based Business Breakthroughs – 8 Powerful Strategies

Many home-based business owners go into business with the dream of creating more financial and personal freedom for themselves. Usually, quite the opposite result is produced. When running your own business, you often work harder and for longer ho... Read >

Home-Based Business Start-Up Costs – How to Keep Them Under Control

You're an entrepreneur! You've made the decision to work from home and it's time to get your office or shop set up. You have taken care of the legalities, you know who your target market is, you have an exceptional product or service and you're read... Read >

Key Secrets to Being a Great Entrepreneur

You may have an exceptional product that can improve the lives of many. You may provide a service that is second to none. BUT … if you don't have exceptional sales skills, you will lose out on many an opportunity to demonstrate or provide value... Read >

Organize Without Overwhelm

Many people have written to me about their personal goals and one I see quite often is "Get organized," specifically, "Get the house in order." When I ask what obstacles are in their way, the most common response is "procrastination." By the time it g... Read >

Success Unveiled

How do you define success? According to the Collins dictionary, success is defined as the achievement of something attempted; the attainment of fame, fortune and position. I believe this definition requires expansion … success also means being a res... Read >

Discover the Secret to Success In Your Own Back Yard

Yesterday, I went above and beyond the call of duty for community service. Thanks to me, not one black fly within a five-mile radius of my home went to bed hungry last night, and because of my loyal patronage and recurring need for calamine lotion, m... Read >

What Do Your Clients Really Think of You?

I'd like to start this article with a test … What do you get when you cross a Northern Canadian male, a 4x4 truck and heavy rain? You guessed it! … Mud Bogging!!!! That is how I spent my morning. My husband's new truck was too shinny, so h... Read >