In my humble opinion, I wholeheartedly believe that any blogger who has the incredible honor of using an online platform to get a message out SHOULD utilized that platform to deliver that message in a way that's helpful to others. But, that's just me. The sky's the limit in the realm of how one can … Continue reading Blogging Truths Be Told: A Blog and Its Blogger Should Be Helpful
This continuation of the Goal-Setting Process for work-life balance has been a long time coming. I know. But, we're going to press on today and make some more progress in our goal planning. Step #3 of the process is what's on the agenda, and I have some more definition to add to our goal finessing. … Continue reading Conquering the Creative Work-Life Balance: Goal-Setting Step 3 (SMART Goals)
Let me start out by saying that "reading out loud" is not every person's cup of tea. In fact, there are those individuals who downright hate oral reading. And for some, it can be a real phobia. So, I'm not suggesting a one size fits all approach to incentivizing the young learner in your life. … Continue reading Incentivizing the Young Reader: Have You Tried Reading Aloud with Your Child/Student?
There are so many different strategies (offered by bloggers) on how to achieve successes in your blogging career. And, I'm not here to devalue any of them. As a matter of fact, I've offered up some suggestions myself and I stand by them. They've provided positive results in my blogging experience and so I share … Continue reading Blogging Truths Be Told: The Daily Grind Creates the Success Story
One of the things I've wanted to do with this whole "Conquering the Creative Work-Life Balance" series is to balance out all the life processes in order to simplify the motions we go through in life. My goal is to make living life less complicated and convoluted and complex, so that the barriers to accomplishing … Continue reading Conquering the Creative Work-Life Balance: Simplify Your Goal Setting
INCENTIVIZING. Such an interesting word that can mean different things to different people, or even different things to the same person. Like me. I'm of the mind that "incentives" are subjective, because something that incentivizes one person may not necessarily incentivize the next person in line. Let's face it. Cindy might really look forward to … Continue reading Incentivizing Children to Read by Identifying What Motivates Them
If you're wondering where I'm going with this one, you're probably hitting the nail right on its head. Actually, today's post is not meant to go over the top of anyone's head. No, not at all. There are no trick pony questions, rocket science riddles to solve, or mysteries of the universe to uncover. And, … Continue reading Blogging Truths Be Told: The Blogging Mindset Must Be Healthily Nourished + Announcement
Okay, so I'm totally going to get back to the whole "Conquering the Creative Work-Life Balance" process in the next week or so. I know that I know that I know that we need to move on to the next step in the process. But, I just keep thinking about these topics that seem to … Continue reading Creative Entrepreneurship Basics: Let Life Build Your Expertise
Seriously and simply. Make the reading experience as fun as you can make it. There are so many different ideas that come to mind when I think of how to make reading enjoyable for the child and adult alike. But, what it really boils down to is . . . what does "fun" look like … Continue reading Incentivizing the Reader: Make Reading Fun by Reading What You Enjoy
It's true, you know. In the blogging space in which you occupy, you have to fill that space with the most cheery, uplifting, motivational, inspirational, activational atmosphere you can muster up. It takes you being your most loyal supporter, most active backer, and loudest cheerleader to keep the blogging career on as much of a … Continue reading Blogging Truths Be Told: You Have to be Your Loudest Cheerleader
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