By Jessica Albon
Last week, I entered the delightful Marie Forleo’s RHH Live contest with a video entry. (Warning: I’m wearing my PJs–it’s a metaphor, obviously.) For the contest, she wanted to know the biggest challenge you’re facing in your business, and, I realized that I’ve been feeling kind of worn out, creatively, lately. My clients haven’t noticed, but I just haven’t had the creative energy to tackle my own projects lately with any sense of robustness. I just wasn’t feeling my usual sense of boundless creative enthusiasm.
After making the video, I got to thinking about the tools in my toolkit for replenishing my creativity and, unsurprisingly, I’ve letting most of them collect dust. No wonder I was feeling out of sorts! So, right after recording the video, I immediately made myself a little checklist card (I *love* checklists!) of creativity treats that I can add to my day throughout the …
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By Jessica Albon
A few years ago, I decided to do something about the way I handled failure. See, my tendency was to beat myself up for even tiny mistakes, and that wasn’t actually helping me make fewer mistakes. So, it seemed sensible to try something new.
What if you aimed for a failure a day?
I decided to make a failure a day part of my to-do list. That’s right, I was now *supposed* to fail. Every day. Some days that was something tiny and other days it was something I didn’t really want a repeat of (like the day I backed my car into a bush in the landscaping).
Though it’s been awhile since I practiced the art of failing daily, I remember that it had the exact effect I was hoping it would: failure became much less worrisome. See, when you’re *required* to fail every day, you do some things …
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By Jessica Albon
The most gorgeous website in the world won’t do you much good if no one ever visits it. But website promotion can seem really complicated and frustrating. Here are 21 easy ways to promote your website.
Most likely, there will be some ideas on the list below that will be a great fit for you and others that won’t be as relevant. But, on the off chance that you love all 21 ideas, here’s my request: make a commitment to try out just two or three of the ideas here. This list isn’t here to overwhelm you or to encourage you to do tons of things in a half-hearted way. Rather, the reason the list is so long is so that you’re sure to find something you’re willing to try that you’ll get great results from.
So, take a look at these 21 ideas and decide which one (or ones) …
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