http://www.jenniferherndon.com Step-by-Step Guide to Personal and Financial Freedom Mon, 08 Mar 2010 22:37:21 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en We've made it through February. Time to check up on those New Year's Resolutions you reluctantly made. Most people have long ago lost that piece of paper. I go to a fitness club.  I have for over 20 years.  So I know this little graph to the right ... http://www.jenniferherndon.com/2010/03/08/goals-check-whos-still-going-to-the-gym/ You probably know that if you write down your goals you are 1000 times more likely to reach them than if you don't.  This makes sense to me.  I imagine that most people who have no written goals have no identifiable goals at all.  Which makes it decidedly harder ... http://www.jenniferherndon.com/2010/01/31/are-your-dreams-getting-in-the-way-of-your-goals/ Usually I'm beating myself up by now.  Looking at that piece of paper that represents the new person I was going to become in the new year.  Well, maybe I'll start this plan after the weekend, when the holidays are REALLY over, I tell myself.  Yeah, whatever. But not this year!  ... http://www.jenniferherndon.com/2010/01/10/have-you-kept-any-of-your-new-years-resolutions/ My "friend" Jim Rohn died on December 5.   Of course, he had no idea who I was.  But that didn't make him any less my friend. I was introduced to Jim Rohn by my upline in my first network marketing company.  I will always consider my time with that company ... http://www.jenniferherndon.com/2009/12/31/about-my-friend-jim-rohn/ I am SO tired of hype.  I was nearly pushed over the edge the other day when four marketers in the "how to succeed in internet marketing" niche sent me emails claiming I could make thousands of dollars a week if I was simply able to type.  All I had ... http://www.jenniferherndon.com/2009/11/01/is-the-secret-to-success-knowing-how-to-type/ My 5-year-old was balancing on one foot on the edge of the bed frame last night.  She fell off and immediately said, "watch, I'll do it better next time." (And she did). Being the ever-conscious parent that I am, I tried to seize the moment for a "life lesson."  I told ... http://www.jenniferherndon.com/2009/10/26/personal-development-exercise-your-mind-for-success/ I missed my favorite class at the gym last week because I had a meeting.  When I returned to class this week, people asked me where I'd gone and assumed I'd been on vacation.  Unfortunately, it was far from vacation, but it was clear why they'd made this assumption.  I ... http://www.jenniferherndon.com/2009/08/15/be-careful-about-what-you-assuke-in-your-home-business/ I've been working hard on a new project lately.  It's left me a little overwhelmed and without much time for blogging (sadly).  But, it's going well and I should be back to "normal," if there is such a thing, within a couple of weeks. I was standing in the kitchen the ... http://www.jenniferherndon.com/2009/08/08/what-do-toddlers-know-about-self-improvement/ I love connecting with other people who are like me.  As I moved my work at home career online, I was excited about how easy it appeared to be to connect with other moms who also had an online business.  I went to places like mybloglog.com hoping to connect ... http://www.jenniferherndon.com/2009/07/26/are-work-at-home-moms-doing-it-wrong/ "The first requisite of success is the ability to apply your physical and mental energies to one problem without growing weary." - Thomas Edison. I find this to be a beautiful description of home business ownership.  The "one problem" we face as home business owners is how to reach the ... http://www.jenniferherndon.com/2009/07/21/how-to-take-your-home-business-to-the-tipping-point/