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Breaking Free from the Shackles of Perfectionism: A Guide to Thriving in Your Career

2 Comments / Podcast, Self Care, The Geeky Mompreneur / Naomi D Nakashima

The Perfectionism Trap: How to Overcome It Before It Hurts Your Career Despite how many people seem to be trying to figure out how to overcome perfectionism, perfectionism is a trait that many people view as a positive attribute. After all, who doesn’t want to be perfect? The problem comes when perfectionism grows into an […]

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You Don't Have to Get up Early to Get Things Done

You Don’t Have to Wake Up Early to Get Things Done

Podcast, The Geeky Mompreneur, Work From Home / Naomi D Nakashima

Why do so many people tell mothers that they need to wake up early if they want to be able to get things done? No…no you don’t. Stop depriving yourself of sleep in the name of boosting productivity and trying to get more done. It’s not necessary and, more than that, it’s probably hurting you

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How to Organize your Thoughts with a Brain Dump

Getting Organized, Motivation, Work From Home / Naomi D Nakashima

Trying to organize your thoughts when you get so many all at once can be overwhelming and stressful. How do you know where and how to get started? Start with building a website? An email list? Which comes first? What about social media channels? How do you build them all at the same time? If

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If you want to make progress, you have to track it

If You Want Make Progress Toward your Goals, You Have to Track it

Goal Setting / Naomi D Nakashima

Data is the key to understanding anything. From science to sales — data drives most company decisions. So if you want to make progress toward your business goals, you have to start by gathering data. And one of the best ways to gather data is to track and measure your progress. Reviewing the data allows

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Geeky Mompreneur - Episode 4 - Implement a new Strategy into your Business

Implementing a New Strategy into your Business

Business Strategy, Podcast, The Geeky Mompreneur / Naomi D Nakashima

How many times have you listened to a podcast, sat through a webinar, or attended a conference, learned some amazing bits of information that you couldn’t wait to start doing, only to then go about your merry-hectic way and never get around to implementing a new strategy into your business? All that knowledge isn’t going

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How to Create the Perfect Work at Home Schedule

4 Comments / Time Management, Work From Home / Naomi D Nakashima

When you work at home, anything and everything can become a distraction: dogs barking at the mailman, unexpected visitors, sudden solicitors. You don’t need the children to be home to create distractions for you because the universe does a pretty good job of wrecking your work from home routine on its own. So imagine how

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How to Get Your Site Prepared for Wordpress 5.0

How to Get your Website Prepared for Gutenberg and WordPress 5.0

Writing Blogs / Naomi D Nakashima

With almost one-third of the blogging market cornered, WordPress really is a powerhouse when it comes to setting up your corner of the cyber world. So it’s no wonder that whenever WordPress gets ready for a major update release, the blogging world starts buzzing and people scramble to get their sites ready. WordPress 5.0 is

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How can you Afford to Work from Home?

Podcast, The Geeky Mompreneur, Work From Home / Naomi D Nakashima

One of the questions I get asked all the time is “How can you afford to work from home?” In this episode, we’re going to break down the considerations to take into account when deciding whether or not working from home is for you. You might just end up asking yourself how can you not

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How to Stay Productive when you Work from Home with Kids

Freelance Writing, Writing Blogs / Naomi D Nakashima

Kids are great, aren’t they? Full of funny sayings, mismatched clothing, and attitude. And not at all a hindrance to productivity when you’re working from home. Ha! Yea, okay. So that last bit is a complete lie. Trying to stay productive when you work from home is hard. Trying to stay productive as a work at home

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Productivity Tips for Freelance Writers: The Difference between Busy Work and Productive Work

Time Management, Work From Home / Naomi D Nakashima

Do you need some productivity tips for freelance writers? Then you’ve come to the right place. Are you busy? Of course, you’re busy. You’re a freelance writer working from home: taking care of clients, answering emails, and putting together marketing campaigns. Ever since you decided to become a freelance writer, you probably don’t have much

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