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60-Day Challenge Wk 9: Intuition Has Led Me Where I Can’t Come Back

This entry is part 6 of 5 in the series 60-Day Challenge: Intuitive EntrepreneurshipHowdy folks!  It was weird not to blog for a whole month — and once I turned off the switch, it’s been hard to turn it back on. Much has happened in March.
Recap of My Month without Blogging
1st week: worked on one [...]

60-Day Challenge Wk 4: Shedding More Than What I Imagined

This entry is part 5 of 5 in the series 60-Day Challenge: Intuitive Entrepreneurship60 Day Challenge: Intuitive Entrepreneur
Goal: To create and execute a new business vision by following my intuition in 60 days.  And do so without neglecting my family’s needs.
The week 4 of this challenge was even more cathartic than the previous weeks.
It’s because [...]

60-Day Challenge: Intuitive Entrepreneurship — Will Power of Love Be Enough?

This entry is part 1 of 5 in the series 60-Day Challenge: Intuitive Entrepreneurship“The ‘how’ comes after you get moving, rarely before. Not knowing how is one of the lamest excuses ever invented. Figure it out as you go.”– Steve Pavlina
Many of us dream of doing what we love more fully. I am no exception.
Yet, [...]

Holiday Wish (a Quick Personal Update)

Happy Holidays to all the readers of OBV!
I am sorry I’ve been posting less frequently and slow to respond.  As I said in my previous post, all of December we’ve been dealing with sick family — all four of us got sick at once, and some of us are still dragging our feet in recovering.  [...]

The Power of Peer-Mentoring

Mentoring/coaching doesn’t just happen when you pay someone who’s more experienced than you.  It can also happen among your very peers — and such a partnership can have bond and strength that few other relationships can.  Let me tell you about my peer-mentoring partner, and invite you to join me in forming a new peer-mentoring [...]

What Can I Achieve If I Blogged Full Time for a Year?

Help!
I’m doing a research for my business plan. And I need to make a projection (a very educated guess ;-)) of what I can realistically achieve if I blogged full-time for a year.
Let’s just say that I’m going to do most of things “right” (I plan to work with blog consultants/coaches to make sure [...]

Miscellany: OBV’s Communities

Recently, I’ve encountered multiple attempts to form communities on the blogosphere.  Here are some of them:
My business coach, Tom Volkar of Delightful Work, had an impromptu little community in which bloggers visited each other and shared their business challenges.
Chuck Westbrook had started a massive community that’s designed to help under-appreciated blogs.
In addition, I’ve been recognized [...]

Because We Can’t Grow Alone

I promise to get back to the regular programming with the next post, but after releasing my business/career vision, I felt that this was the time to give thanks.
So, below are some of people who helped me in the first four months or so of this blog.

My Vision for Our Best Version

Oddly enough, this is one post that is the scariest to write.
I am a big-picture person, and my imagination seems to see no ends. I can see one and imagine 100, or 1000. I can envision futures that are vastly different from what I see in here and now.
Until very recently, I couldn’t [...]

OBV Is the New Blog of the Week @ Blogging without a Blog

This is one of the nicest things that happened to my still-toddler blog: Barbara at Blogging without a Blog chose OBV as the New Blog of the Week, thanks to recommendations from both Al @ 7p Productions and Bamboo Forest of Pun Intended.
It’s very special to be recognized by fellow bloggers.  I feel very grateful [...]