Free Articles to Help You Build Your Business and Live Your Life

Feel free to browse through the following articles written by Joan Friedlander, reprinted from her newsletters, Business Your Way and Dare to Thrive.

Articles are arranged by topic areas for easy browsing.

Got Capacity?

Breath, Assess, Modify, Execute

Busyness is Not a Long-Term Health Plan

Introducing "The Capacities"

Physical Capacity - The Foundation

What Drives Decisions – Should or Want?

Focus and Profit

100% or Nothing

Are You Making the Most of the 80/20 Rule?

Automation is Not a Four-Letter Word

Frequent e-mail Interruptions May Lower Your IQ

Have You Had it with Distractions?

Law of Diminishing Returns and Managing Expectations

Lessons from an Accidental Entrepreneur

Managing the Business Hats - One Size Does Not Fit All

Priorities Are Out!

The Three "D" Approach to Productivity

Time Off As a Productivity Enhancer

Does Your Plan Include Time Off?

It Starts with One Day a Week

Sometimes You Need a Little Purple Snow

The Vacation Challenge: Good for Business?

Who Says You Can't Play Hooky on a Monday?

Why Not 35 Hours a Week?

Growing Pains

5 Negotiating Mistakes - Stop Compromising Your Standards

Dare to Be Selective

Dare to Upgrade Your Policies

How do You Value Your Services?

Longing for the Good Old Days? Think Again

Three Simple Questions to Help You Plan

Unraveling Success

What Does it Really Mean, "Work On Your Business?"

You Can't Be All Things to All People - And Win

Let Go to Grow

Are You Confusing Perfection with Excellence?

5 Steps of Effective Delegation

Are You Prepared for Success?

Delivering Service May Limit Growth

Goals: What Are they Good For?

Let Go to Grow

Focus on Marketing

The Action in Attraction

Do You (Really) Need a Target Market?

How Do You Encourage Referrals?

How Is Marketing Like Dating?

I'm So Glad You Called

Is Your Marketing as Good as Your Service?

Marketing: Know Your Seasons

Marketing Lessons from an Amateur Gardener

Trust Comes with Time

Using Social Media to Build a Local Network

What's With the Know, Like and Trust Factors?

Blast Through Barriers to Success

Belief Management: The Missing Ingredient?

Could You Retire without Losing Customers?

Do You Dare to Make Mistakes?

Is Boredom the Gateway to Creativity?

Is Your No Button Working?

This Message Brought to you by Procrastination

The Worry Habit - Friend or Foe?

You are welcome to use articles written by Joan Friedlander in your own publication or forward it to a friend, client or colleague. We ask that you keep the article in tact, and include attribution, as follows: Reprinted with permission from the Dare to Thrive eNewsletter published by Joan Friedlander, founder of Lifework Business Partners. Joan is a personal productivity and strategic planning coach for independent professionals and parent entrepreneurs. To sign up for Dare to Thrive, and for more information about Joan's services visit http://www.lifeworkpartners.com.