Goodnight 2016!

Why am I up blogging on New Years Eve night? Because I wanted to tell you goodnight! Tomorrow is a new day & a new year and I can’t wait to start 2017. The beginning of a new year is always like taking a deep breath and inhaling good vibes and exhaling all the bad energy from the previous year. This is the time to reevaluate everything and start over fresh. I challenge you to set a big goal for the year and GET IT DONE! “A goal without a plan is just a wish”- Antoin e de Saint-Exupery.

3 Ways to Jump Start 2017:

1.      Set Goals! Start off with smaller goals that you know you will be able to complete within a month or two just to experience the feeling of accomplishment. Once you complete a few of them you’ll have no trouble completing the big goals. While setting that goal you should also think about how you are going to execute that goal.

2.      Get a planner. Having a planner (AKA a busy person’s bible) will make life easier. I love getting a new pretty planner at the beginning of each year; getting a planner with something inspirational on the cover or that is fun and festive is always great, but you don’t have to go all out, a small pocket planner will work just the same. Planners don’t always have to be a physical book either, if you are more of a techy, grab your electronic companion and fill it up with all of your appointments and reminders.

3.      Find your happy work place. Most people find that Starbucks is that place for them or it may just be the free Wi-Fi and coffee that pulls them in. Find a place where you can go and you are inspired to really get things done and go there as often as possible.

Ok, I won’t keep you long...I know you are just as excited as I am to go to bed so that you can wake up and hit the restart button, its 2017 honey!!

#NoMediocre

Good Morning and #HappySaturday!

This morning I woke up with a quote by Josie Spinardi on my mind that states, "Create a life you can't wait to wake up to". 

I woke up with a million things on my agenda for today and yet I still had a smile on my face and I was ready to get started. I honestly felt like I couldn't wait to wake up and go!! Now this is not the case every morning, trust me on most days I catch myself in a daze (noun. a state of stunned confusion or bewilderment :).) just thinking of all the things that I haven't done that need to be done and wonder where I am going to get the time to get to it. And with that being said, I am still in the creating phase of having that life, but today was a start.

So starting today let us all make a promise to ourselves that we won't stop going after what we want, we won't stop hustling until we have that life that we can not wait to wake up to. Team #NoMediocre? I think we should make that a thing! LOL

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Make Your Passion Your Paycheck

I am a strong believer in "loving what you do". I know first hand what it's like to work somewhere only to get a paycheck. I understand that sometimes responsibilities may come up and you may need that job to keep a float, but it's all about time management. Find a balance between the time you spend at work and use any extra time you have to think of a master escape plan! I remember looking at the Instagram pages of my cohorts who had started a successful business and thinking "if only I had started on my plan I could have been there by now" until one day I looked around and decided a change had to come and soon. I quit my retail job and started working toward bigger and better things, including Novateur Brand Architecture. Don't get me wrong, things didn't happen over night and there were times that I thought I had made a big mistake by quitting on a whim like that but I also knew that God had never steered me wrong before and knew he wouldn't start now. 

I now get to hear the dreams and schemes of others and help them mold that dream into something real and I love every second. If you have dreams and aspirations, go for them and put your all into it. I promise the outcome will be soooo worth it. Don't just sit around and hope for a better day, start planning and building for that day TODAY! 

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Starting a Business with Your Best Friend.

In honor of #BFFDay, I decided that it would be a great time to discuss a few pros and cons of starting a business with your best friend. Of course you start to think about how long you have been friends and you both love the same things, it'll be great, right? Well it could be the best thing ever or it could be one of the worst. 

Forbes.com has an article about this very subject and list the following points as pros and cons at the same time. 

1. They will already know your strengths, but they will also know your weaknesses. They best thing to do is play on those strengths and weaknesses, were your partner is weak you can be the strength.
2. Communication could be a lot easier, but, if handled the wrong way, could make things very awkward between the two of you.
3. They will appreciate your input and most of all your honesty. When working with your bestie it will be much easier to give your honest opinion being that their reaction will be pretty predictable.
4. Lastly, you and your BFF will get to spend a lot of time together. Just make sure that time is spent productively and not playfully. Work has to be done! 

Sometimes not having an extensive history with your business partner is the best way to go. Shay and I didn't know each other at all and I couldn't imagine having a better business partner. We have grown to be great friends and still keep a great business relationship. Knowing the difference between personal and business is the key to success when working with a friend. If you to can grasp that concept, you and your BFF could have a very successful and prosperous business together.