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How to be more productive in your work

by Gwen Bortner | Jun 22, 2017 | Office Productivity

You start your day feeling excited about a project you’re going to work on for your business. You start working, and after a little while one of two things might happen: You get stuck on an idea and you’re not sure where to go with it; OR You get some sort of...

First, Lead Yourself

by Gwen Bortner | Apr 11, 2017 | Leadership, Office Productivity

Most of us have probably been in a situation where we worked with a group of people, and the project went well or terribly depending on the quality of the group leadership. In your business, whether you’ve got a company of 100, 10, or 1 – YOU are the...

The 5 Signs It Is Time to Hire a Virtual Assistant

by Gwen Bortner | Feb 23, 2016 | Tasks & Goals

One of the greatest “inventions” that came along with the internet revolution was the creations of the Virtual Assistant (VA). Even so, many business owners don’t take advantage of this resource because they don’t think they are ready. I used...

5 Tricks to Pulling It All Together

by Gwen Bortner | Dec 18, 2015 | Office Productivity, Show Your Work

Yesterday on my knitting blog I posted about having more ideas than time to get them done. It happens to creative types (including entrepreneurs) quite often. This week I have been trying to pull it all together. The sabbatical I took for re-focusing my efforts on...