Motivation & Inspiration for mums in business
So, as we find ourselves in the 3rd week of January, how is everybody doing with their resolutions? January can be bad time to make personal resolutions – its cold, its dark, the post-Christmas blues hit and so keeping your resolve can be harder than ever – especially as most resolutions are negative and mean [...]
A national Charity is warning that a generation of children may be at risk, as 72% of Brits take on more work to make ends meet during the current recession. And here at Mum’s the Boss, we would like to know if this is affecting you and your family? The recession has forced almost three quarters [...]
If there’s one thing mums in business struggle with most it’s time management. When you have so many demands on your time, only one of which is your business, you have to so disciplined when it comes to making the most of the time you have available. This is certainly an area I have struggled [...]
In this guest post, business coach and university lecturer Patricia Wilson from Frozen Ps explains how important it is to implement systems in order to grow your business. Many experts will tell you that there are 3 ways to grow a business: increase the numbers of customers you have increase the number of times they [...]
Sometimes it can feel like you’re rushing around with such a huge to-do list you never actually accomplish anything. As a parent, that feeling is often magnified by having to manage everyone else’s to do lists as well! Here are five tips to help you get on the right track to actually getting things done: [...]
“Summer time, and the living in easy….” Well maybe for some, but summer time for mumpreneurs is often a complicated mix of childcare arrangements, snatched hours at the computer, all washed down with a massive amount of guilt. Why guilt you may ask? Well, I’m assuming many of you, decided to set up your own [...]
Today’s guest blog is by Virtual Assistant Rebekah Harriman, of R&R VA Services, who is also leader of MTB Leicestershire. Rebekah is paid to be organised every day – and here she shares her top tips to help you stay on top of your admin. It can be easy to get a bit out of control [...]
I currently find myself in the enviable position of having both my children at school, and having gone through a period of ‘mourning’ at losing my babies, the day is my own to fill as I wish. When I was a stay at home mum most days had a vague routine of naps and feeds interspersed with activities - staying [...]
Having been inspired by Sam and her no-jeans challenge and her success, I am going to do my own challenge. This one is ‘work based’ rather than ‘me’ based….and contrary to most work challenges involves doing something less, rather than more…..intrigued? The idea came about last Thursday. It was the first day of term and [...]
It’s holiday time again and already you may be beginning to wonder ‘How am I ever going to fit in any work?’. Most of us are self-employed because of the flexibility this affords us to be able to be with the children during their holidays. But how do you keep everything ticking along? Nobody said it [...]
