Be Your Own Best Boss: How to manage yourself when you're the CEO

As an entrepreneur, specifically a solopreneur, you’ll have to constantly have your own back. Sure, there is tremendous freedom, but the tradeoff is having to do it alone. Allison Krawiec-Thayer of PoppyLead shares with us her top tips for how to Be Your Own Best Boss, i.e. how to manage yourself when you’re the one in charge…

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Using self-awareness to prioritize and bring your best ideas to life

For a small business owner, aligning ideas with business plans and budgets is critical. But aligning opportunities with personal values and beliefs also is a key to success. As we put our all into building our businesses, careers and pursuing professional goals – we may begin to become disconnected from what is personally important to us beyond just the metrics of success.

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Blocking and Batching - Leveling Up Your Time Management

Uncommonly More recently wrote a guest post for us in which they mention batching like-tasks (editing photos, writing copy, planning out hashtags, etc.) for saving valuable time when planning out and working on your social media. (Haven’t seen it yet? Take a look here!)

Batching and time blocking can also be used to increase efficiency in your other work and daily life too. Read on to find out more about why these methods are effective, and how you can start implementing them today.

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Summer Reading for Business

I loved the summer reading assignments we were given at school. One summer, and one book in particular, stands out above the rest. Learn what habits and practices I’ve been able to keep as part of my business and why they may help you plan ahead as well.

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