Just found out I was chosen as this month’s Applause Award winner at WAHM-Articles.com

The Applause Award was created in 2009 to recognize the significant contributions our wonderful authors make to the members of the online work-at-home-mom (WAHM) community. (more details here)

Denise shared some really nice comments:

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A little inspiration is always a good thing.

Check out these inspirational magnets (photo at left)!  They come in lots of different words/nature scenes, and also with inspirational phrases/colors.

I just connected with the crafter behind them on Twitter and love them. I ordered a couple sets to use in my office. They’d make great gifts for clients, colleagues, or your virtual team members.

Get your own at http://www.morethanstuff.com/zen.html (disclosure, this isn’t an affiliate link, I just really like these magnets and wanted to share)

You can achieve your goals! Here are four tips to help you set your goals, plan to reach them, and succeed.

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I’ve had a lot of emails and messages asking me how the heck I got so much implemented during the weekend I was at Attract Clients Like Crazy so I thought I’d share how I did it.

Here are five things that helped me take fast action and get things done.

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Ever need someone to just hit you with a “fairy stick”?  Apparently I did!

I had a breakthrough this week (okay, I’ve had more breakthroughs than I can count this week, but I’m focusing on a particular one right now) in my Success Circle Coaching mastermind with Richard and the wonderful businesswomen in my group.

My question for the call was focused on when/how to know it’s okay to step up and claim authority or expert status on something.  Richard asked me how long I’d been working in my business (15 years overall, 10+ years professionally), and how many happy clients I had (hundreds).  Then asked me what number I was waiting for.

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Michelle Shaeffer (Me!) with Adam Urbanski

You know how sometimes you get the feeling that a light bulb in your head just lit up and something made sense?  I had those moments constantly at ACLC last weekend and thought I’d share just a few of them.

I’ve been doing what I do for more than 10 years now.  I love what I do and I love my clients.  But my business has been more in day to day survival mode than big picture growth mode.  This was the first time I ever took time away to really focus on my own business.  What a perspective shift!

#1 My business is my playground and I get to choose who plays in the sandbox.

I’ve always allowed myself to feel guilty when saying “No” or enforcing any policies or contracts.  I realized that not only am I allowed to have rules and require people to play by them in my business, but that if I really want to have a successful business and help more people it’s necessary.  By not sticking to the rules and choosing who I’m willing to work with and how, I’m not helping those I bend my rules for, and worse yet, I’m keeping myself from being able to help more of the people who I can help.

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