How to Dress for Success on a Budget

How to Dress for Success on a Budget

 Are you interested in dressing professionally or dressing for success?  Whether you would like to make a good impression at work, at a job interview, look professional and successful for an important business meeting, or just because, you may soon start shopping for new clothes.  Unfortunately, when it comes to dressing professionally and dressing for success, it is easy to get carried away.  This can cause difficulties if you are on a budget.

If you are looking to dress for success, but you do not want to have to spend a large amount of money doing so, you will want to take the time to examine your local thrift stores.  Thrift stores often have a large selection of career clothes. These career clothes can also often double as elegant or formal wear.  When shopping for dress for success clothes at your local thrift stores, you will just want to thoroughly examine all clothing pieces before you purchase them. Be on the lookout for items that are missing buttons, or ones that have stains.  You may also want to see if your local stores have any sales, as many thrift stores are known for having heavy sale or discount days.

You can also shop for dress for success clothes by examining specialty used clothing stores. These stores are similar to thrift stores, but you are often presented with a larger product selection, as well as clothes that are in better condition.  These specialty stores are nice, but they can sometimes be difficult to come by. You can use your local phone book or the internet to come across local used clothing stores in your area. Generally speaking, those who live in or around larger cities often have the best chance of success.

Yard sales are another one of the many ways that you can find professional or elegant clothes for sale, when shopping locally. The only problem with taking this approach is that you never know exactly what you may find. If you are not careful, you can waste a lot of time searching for elegant or formal clothing at yard sales. What you may want to do is examine your local newspapers, as many people hosting yard sales will advertise their sales, as well as outline a few of the items that they have available for sale.  Another great method that I have recently discovered is finding a Facebook group that only discusses yard sale, or items for barter or sale at a fraction of the retail price.  I have yet to utilize this method but there are consistent posts daily in the several groups I am a member of and each post is someone selling absolutely anything.  This method is convenient because if you have a smartphone you can do some browsing on your breaks or downtime and also from the comfort of your own home.  It does not involve any traveling from store to store wasting time and gas and possibly building frustration.  Join several of these groups specific to your town, city or county and check them often and I believe you will be pleasantly surprised with what you will find.

If you are looking for new clothing, as opposed to used clothing, you will want to turn to the internet. The internet is a great way to shop for dress for success clothes, as you have a number of different options. For starters, you will want to focus on traditional clothing retailers or those that have a focus on clothes designed for employment and or formal events.  Be on the lookout for any sales or sections where discontinued items are listed, as many are offered at reduced prices. This approach can also be used to shop for new clothing locally.  One site that I have had a lot of success with is No More Rack.  They sell low to upper-mid range quality products of all types for pennies on the dollar.  When I was earning a substantial income I literally made dozens of purchases from this place.  Anything from a couple tablets to a few nice dress shirts, two nice watches, a pair of sunglasses, I mean I can not even list everything I bought off of that site.  But you have to be on the ball to get the best quality and selection because every morning, I believe at 8am EST they unveil their new stock for the day.  Early risers reap great benefits by scoring good quality merchandise for a fraction of the retail price.  Give it a shot.  The only downside I can see is that you might turn into a hoarder.  But, you win some you lose some you know.

In keeping with using the internet to help you dress for success, you may want to examine online auction websites, such as eBay or QuiBids.  These websites are nice, as you often have a large selection of products to choose from. You can also find dress for success clothes being sold in both new and used conditions.  If you plan to use online auction websites, it is advised that you closely read all product descriptions, examine pictures, as well as keep a close eye on shopping costs. In some instances, you may find yourself paying more for shipping than the clothes themselves.  It is also important to read up on the reviews that past customers have left regarding the merchant selling your item.  You will get a great idea of the quality of service and the reliability of shipping time from these reviews.The above mentioned ways are just a few of the many ways that you can go about dressing for success while sticking to a budget.  Although you do have a number of other options, such as borrowing clothes from friends or family members, the above mentioned approaches are a few of the most common and successful approaches taken.  To find the best deals, I would say that just like when you are car shopping, that you regularly keep your eyes and ears open.  One last piece of advice I suggest is that you set a firm budget of the total amount you can spend before you ever go shopping and then stick firm to that budget.  I know it sounds like common sense, but I also know that I very rarely actually make the effort to do it.  I hope this gave you an idea or at the very least kept you interested today.  Take care and have a great day.

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6 Easy Steps To Separating Your Personal Life From Your Business

6 Easy Steps To Separating Your Personal Life From Your Business

If you work from home, chances are you already know that you’re really pulling “double duty”. You probably work on your business while doing the laundry, corralling the kids, or fixing dinner... and let’s not forget all the phone calls from family and friends expecting you to run errands or just "go out" for an afternoon of fun.

One of the hardest parts of running a home business is separating your work from your family and social life. Here are six proven ways to keep your home life running smoothly while keeping your business on track.

1. First, create a work schedule and stick with it. It may be tempting to answer personal calls during the day or take business calls after-hours, but doing this actually shows that you’re expendable – not dependable – and people will take for granted that you’ll “always be there” for any little things that come up. Even though family comes first, stay true to your business hours and resist the urge to chat with friends or pick up groceries during working hours.

2. Your friends may consider “working from home” an invitation to chat during the day or just go out for coffee or shopping for an afternoon. Make it clear that your business hours are just that – for business. Leave personal calls for after-hours, and you’ll find that your friends will gradually accept your schedule without feeling slighted.

3. Just because you have to set up a work schedule, doesn’t mean that you have to keep the same hours as everyone else. One of the benefits of working for yourself is setting your own hours to fit your most productive times. Whether you’re an early bird or a night owl, you’ll find that you’ll get much more done when you’re attuned to your body’s own natural rhythms. Some people work in the morning, take a break in the afternoon when the kids are home from school, and work again in the evening. Schedule your work time when you feel the most productive and you’ll find that things get done easier, faster and better than when you were dragging along during those same rigid work hours that everyone else has.

4. If getting after-hours business calls or work day personal calls is a problem, it helps to have a separate business phone line, or at least an answering machine or voice mail, to take the incoming calls. This also gives your business a more professional appearance to clients than if you and your family make and receive calls from the same phone line.

5. If at all possible, try to separate your “home office” from the rest of your home. If you don’t have the luxury of a separate room, a room partition or screen can be just as helpful. This also serves as a visual cue to family that you’re working and shouldn’t be bothered.

Maintain a separate office space

 

6. Dress and act professionally while working. Some people find it helpful to dress in casual business attire during their working hours. This reinforces that just because you’re working from home doesn’t make you any less of a professional. Answer the phone with your name, or business name, and keep your children off the phone during business hours. Also, spend money investing in the tools you need to do your job right. A cell phone, fax machine or even a budget computer can help turn your home office into a true workspace.

If you follow all of these tips and stick with them, chances are you’ll find a routine that not only makes you feel productive and active in your business, but also projects the message that you mean business – literally!

 

Here are a couple of positive affirmations for you:
“I am healthy in all aspects of my being.”
“I create abundance in all that I say and do.”
“I am calm and relaxed in every situation.”

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Setting Your Life Goals

If you want to live your life to the fullest potential, start setting life goals.

Buried dreams, forgotten goals, and underdeveloped potentials will be things of the past if you begin to set your life goals.

Goal setting is a powerful process that allows you to have greater control over your future. Goal setting skills can be applied to everything you do.

Setting life goals is like having a map to show you where you want to go and avoid getting lost in the process. With you goals in tact, you can drive straight to your preferred destination without any wasted time or wrong turns.

Start your goal setting with what you want to be, achieve and have in your lifetime. Then work your way through a series of lower level plans up to the things you will have to do on an everyday basis. By making this structure of your plans, you can be able to break the biggest plan you have into a number of smaller daily tasks to reach it.

If it is hard for you to set life goals, books, programs, seminars and trainings and coaches are available to help you achieve your desired plans. But it is normally easy to set life goals. It can be compared to dreaming and basically, putting it onto paper. Setting life goals is easy - making them real is the challenging part.

After setting your life goals, make a serious pact to follow it. Keep the process going with the same fervor as you had when you started it. You must refer to your life goals periodically so you can modify your short term goals according to your changing priorities and experiences, and yet continue on towards your larger plans.

                                                 Don't be afraid to set your goals high.

In setting life goals, here's a guideline on how to create effective goals:

- Write it down. Putting your ideas onto paper will help you remember them. These ideas are helpful in reaching your goals.

- Not too high, not too low. It is important that you set life goals that are realistic so that you have the opportunity to achieve them. It is just as important to not set them too low. Set goals that will not make you lazy, but instead motivate you.

- Be positive. Express your goals in a positive statement. Even with this small detail help yourself to think positively about the future.

- Be specific. Set a precise plan, including dates, times, and amounts so that you will know everything needed to achieve the goal and take pride from having achieved it.

- Prioritize. Give each of your objectives priority. You will have many goals to achieve but prioritizing will help you from feeling overwhelmed by the things you must do in a period of time.

In the process of following your life goals, create a support system. This is a critical step. You will need to support yourself to keep your focus on your goals. Failing to get support may be the single reason why goals fail.  

Make sure to select goals that are really of great importance to you. Make sure to choose goals that are in agreement to your values.  Finally, give them a plan and a support system to help them become reality. You must be the one to decide what to pursue and what direction you want to aim in life. 

Goal setting techniques are commonly used by people who want to achieve success in their life or professional field.  If you want your life to be a success story, start setting life goals now.

Here are a couple of positive affirmations for you:

"My life is filled with love, fun and friendship."

"I always receive more than what I need."

"I am a real success."

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Internet Marketing the Easy Way

Just like there are no magic weight loss cures or ways to earn money from home without a great deal of effort, there is no one simple solution to guarantee Internet marketing success. However, Internet marketing is not overly complicated and many business owners can enjoy at least some degree of Internet marketing success with only limited knowledge about the industry. This article will discuss some of the simplest Internet marketing strategies business owners can implement to promote their business online.

Participation in industry related message boards is one of the easiest ways a business owner can use the Internet as a promotional tool. Message boards are websites which provide a forum for Internet users who share a common interest to share information related to this subject or just socialize. Business owners may opt to join message boards which closely relate to their industry or the products or services they offer. This is important because doing this gives the business owners access to a group of Internet users who fall into the target audience for his products or services. It also gives the business owner the opportunity to promote his own website. Many message boards allow users to place a link to their own website in their signature. Business owners who do this and also contribute useful commentary on the message boards may attract potential customers via the link they place in their signature.

Additionally, some message boards may even allow users to post links in the body of the message. This gives the business owner the opportunity to offer his link in response to questions and comments when doing so is relevant and offers something of value to the online conversation. However, care should be taken to carefully review the terms of service and all guidelines on the message board before posting links to ensure this is not a violation of the policies of the message board. Failure to adhere to message board policies may result in removal from the message board or the posts being viewed as spam by other users.

Another simple, but effective, Internet marketing strategy is to hire a consulting firm with search engine optimization (SEO) experience to assist you in achieving high search engine rankings. While the concept of SEO can be rather complex and understanding the most effective strategies and how to properly implement them may take years of experience as well as continual education, the ability to hire a qualified SEO firm is as simple as knowing how to interview candidates and select the most qualified one. Handling your own SEO efforts can be rather difficult but hiring another firm to take care of this for you is not only easy but it can have a significant impact on your website traffic because high search engine rankings typically translate to improved web traffic. This is because Internet users trust search engines to serve the most relevant websites first and typically only visit the best ranking websites when they search for a particular term.

Similarly another simple way to enjoy Internet marketing success is to hire a consulting firm to plan and execute your Internet marketing strategy. Just like SEO, Internet marketing is essentially a full time job. Business owners may have a great deal of difficulty trying to run their business and organize their Internet marketing. Outsourcing this work eases the burden on the business manager and will likely produce more favorable results.

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"I deserve to be happy and succesful."
"I have a wonderful and satisfying job."
"I have abundant energy, vitality and well being."

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The Importance of Having a Mentor

No matter how good you are at your craft, there really is nothing like being able to have a mentor.  Most business owners and successful online entrepreneurs will admit that a mentor was a big part of their success.

A lot of people feel like they can do everything on their own and this is something that can lead to a lot of problems.

If you are serious about succeeding in life, you will need to know the importance of having a mentor.  There really is nothing like having someone tell you that what you are currently doing is wrong. A lot of people go through life without having an idea as to what they are doing and this is why it's important to have someone help to guide you.

Having a mentor will take you through the steps and let you know if you are making a mistake at the current time or if you have made some in the past.  A mentor is someone that has more experience in the particular field you are looking for help in, and they have to be someone that you can trust.

Remember it is easy to commit mistakes that without ever knowing about having committed them.  Having a mentor will pay for itself in routine fashion. For each individual’s situation, you need to find the right mentor for your current life’s ambitions or goals.

In order to succeed, in life as well as business, you will need to make sure that you find the right mentor. However, finding one can be one of the toughest things that we are ever made to do.  Though you might associate a "mentor" as someone that is older than you, a good idea is to simply just concentrate on their experience levels and knowledge of your chosen field.  The person does not need to be older but someone that can truly guide you the right way. Whether it is your boss, teacher, coach or even a family member, it is important that you choose one correctly.

If you are serious about succeeding and being able to avoid mistakes with your business or life in general, it is crucial that you find the best mentor possible.

I want to wish you all the best of luck during your own mentor searches.  I am currently on a search for a new mentor myself.  I had one for my past career pursuit and it paid off beyond enormously.  It was so useful that I was later able to open a new business in the household goods moving industry and operate successfully for almost five years. 

In my new pursuit of internet marketing and social media development I am currently searching for a mentor.  I hope to run into one soon enough though so that they can help me get my feet on the ground and really take off with tremendous effect once I have their individual experiences and strategies to help instruct me.  Take care of yourself and each other, have a great day.

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"All my relationships are loving and harmonious."

"I love and accept myself."

"The more greateful I am, the more reasons I find to be grateful."

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Work at Home as a Home-Based Business Entrepreneur

 Being an entrepreneur is very appealing but not everyone can become one. One of the quickest and easiest ways to become a successful entrepreneur is by working at home through a home-based entrepreneur business.

Firstly, you need to evaluate your strengths and weaknesses. After the evaluation, you can now determine if you can manage your own online business. Aside from the evaluation process, you must know how to plan, organize, staff, and control. These are your responsibilities as an entrepreneur. You should be able to work alone because now you're the boss and all business decisions will be made by you.

Some say that online businesses can be run without many problems. Well, they are very wrong because even with an online business, you have to deal with certain business problems and risks. You can't eliminate such risks because that goes hand in hand with any business undertaking, both for online and offline businesses. However, you can reduce the risks that you're bound to deal with in the future by choosing the best home-based entrepreneur business that will work for you.

Entrepreneurs are known to be self-starters. Organizing your time is a difficult task but if you want to run a home-based online business, you should be able to do it. Remember, you don’t have a boss that you can rely on. This is your business and you have to be responsible for it at all times.

Running your own business would also mean that you have to deal with different kinds of persons. You will surely encounter demanding customers, moody vendors, and an unreliable staff. To become a successful home-based business entrepreneur, you should know how to deal with them individually. You should know the quirks of every person that you encounter so that you can address them and the situation correctly.

Running an online business is all about your attitude and character. According to some experts who conducted researches about the characteristics of entrepreneurs, there are certain traits that an entrepreneur should possess. As mentioned earlier, entrepreneurs are risk-takers, self-starters, and know how to deal with different kinds of people.

Those traits and characteristics are not enough. You have to have more than that. Another trait that you should possess is being an excellent decision maker. Since you're the boss, you should be able to make quick yet effective decisions. Some situations are filled with pressures but despite the pressures, you still need to make an informed and wise decision. As owner of your online business, you have no one else to rely on when it comes to business related decisions.

To be an effective online business entrepreneur, you must have lots of energy and superior work ethic. Owning an online business may mean working even on late hours and on the weekends. However, you must not be pressured of your tasks. View them as challenges and strive even harder. Your efforts will be rewarded once you see the profits rolling in.  

If you already know the responsibilities of an entrepreneur, then you can assess if you can become successful in an online business. Working at home through a home-based entrepreneur business requires dedication and hard work. You must be able to monitor your finances, tasks, inventory, work schedules, and many others. Good luck and may your chosen home-based business become a success.


Here a couple of positive affirmations for you:
"I have the right to ask for what I want/need."
"I cannot satisfy all my needs, but I am responsible to see them satisfied."
"I am human. I make mistakes. I am willing to correct them."


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Setting Your Life Goals

 If you want to live your life to the fullest potential, start setting life goals.

Buried dreams, forgotten goals, and underdeveloped potentials will be things of the past if you begin to set your life goals.

Goal setting is a powerful process that allows you to have greater control over your future. Goal setting skills can be applied to everything you do.

Setting life goals is like having a map to show you where you want to go and avoid getting lost in the process. With you goals in tact, you can drive straight to your preferred destination without any wasted time or wrong turns.

The process of setting life goals-

Start your goal setting with what you want to be, achieve and have in your lifetime. Then work your way through a series of lower level plans up to the things you will have to do on an everyday basis. By making this structure of your plans, you can be able to break the biggest plan you have into a number of smaller daily tasks to reach it.

If it is hard for you to set life goals, books, programs, seminars and trainings and coaches are available to help you achieve your desired plans. But it is normally easy to set life goals. It can be compared to dreaming and basically, putting it into paper. Setting life goals is easy - making them real is the challenging part.

After setting your life goals, make a serious pact to follow it. Keep the process going with the same fervor when you started it. You must refer to your life goals periodically so you can modify your short term goals according to your changing priorities and experience, and yet continue on towards your larger plans.

In setting life goals, here's a guideline on how to make effective goals:

- write it down. Putting your ideas into paper will help you remember them. These ideas are helpful in reaching your goals.

- not too high, not too low. It is important that you set life goals that are realistic because you shouldn't be shooting for the moon. Just as important is not to set them too low. Set goals that will not make you lazy but motivate you.

- be positive. Express your goals in a positive statement. Even with this small detail help yourself to think positively about the future.

- be specific. Set a precise plan, including dates, times, and amounts so that you will know everything needed to achieve the goal and take pride from having achieved it.

- prioritize. Give each of your objectives priority. You will have many goals to achieve but prioritizing will help you from feeling overwhelmed by the things you must do in a period of time.

In the process of following your life goals, create a support system. This is a critical step. You will need to support yourself to keep your focus on your goals. If you fail to get support, it may probably be the single reason why goals fail.

Final pointers on setting life goals-

Make sure to select goals that are really of great importance to you; those that are in agreement to your values; and give them a plan and a support system to make them reality. You must be the one to decide what to pursue and what direction you want to aim in life.

Goal setting techniques are commonly used by people who want to achieve success in their chosen world, may it be in trade and commerce, sports, entertainment, and so on. If you want to be a success story in yours, start setting life goals now. 

Here are a couple of positive affirmations for you:

"I have a right to ask for and expect something in life."

"I may not be perfect, but parts of me are excellent."

"I accept challenges as a way to grow."

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Well as you guys no doubt know, to really succeed with our internet marketing careers, we need to have great digital products that convert all of our qualified leads into real, cash-paying customers.  For many people, coming up with products will involve them creating them on their own, or it may involve them commissioning other professionals to do the hard work for them.

Chances are though, like most smart internet marketers, you probably want to save a whole lot of time and money.  After all, if you were to create your own e-book for instance, expect to spend tens of hours doing the research you need, and then writing the book itself – and that's if you're only semi-decent at writing.  If you're a good writer, it will still take you hours and hours and if you're terrible, well, forget it, because your e-book won't sell!

Now, you certainly won't go wrong by hiring a good writer to create a really good e-book, but think about how much a good writer is going to cost you.  Wouldn't you rather spend that money on getting visitors to your site so you can make more money?

I'm pretty sure, like me, you're always looking for ways to save time and money on your internet marketing business.  I'll easily spend hours each week just reading up on the latest internet marketing happenings and news, in the endless search of improving the way I do business.  In my latest search, I came across a really unique website, that's well worth you checking out if you are serious about time and money saving:

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The really wonderful thing about this site though is that membership is free.  You can sign up as a VIP Member, which won't cost you a cent, and you can download a huge amount of PLR material for free!

You can sell that material yourself as part of your own internet marketing business, and of course, you can change any part of the product to suit your target audience. 

Don't be put off by the free part either, in terms of the quality of the material that's on offer, because I've downloaded the free PLR stuff myself and it's of a really high quality.

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"I don't compare myself to others."

"I trust my decisions."

"I am accommodating and still retain my self respect."

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