11.09.10
Posted in getting started, home office at 1:52 pm by LeaRae Keyes, Executive Director, Nurse Entrepreneur Network
You should not become a nurse entrepreneur if you don’t have certain characterizes that are shared by successful entrepreneurs. If you don’t have all the characteristics you will have to be willing to develop these characterizes.
Be a self-starter. If you need someone to set your schedule or tell you the next step you will not be able to be successful as a nurse entrepreneur. You need to be able to determine how you can best use your time at any given time during the day. You will be continually reassessing your priorities and deciding what is the most important thing you can do at that moment to advance your business.
Be focused. Many nurse entrepreneurs find themselves going from one activity to another frequently throughout the day, week, or month. You need to stick with an activity long enough for it to be successful. Too many nurse entrepreneurs stop just short of being successful because they didn’t stick with a plan, activity, or goal long enough.
Create a plan. You need to plan everything! Having everything planned will help you with most of the other important characterizes of being a nurse entrepreneur. You plan will assist you to remember where you left off and to get started again without losing momentum. It will also help you capture your goals for your nurse entrepreneur business and identify the action steps needed to become successful.
Be flexible. While it is important to be focused it is equally important to be flexible in your nurse entrepreneur business. When you are flexible you are better able to adapt to the needs of your customer. This is one of the greatest benefits to your customers in working with a small business. You can implement change much more quickly than large corporations so capitalize on this!
These are characteristics that will help you to be successful as a nurse entrepreneur. Work on these skills or determine how you will overcome the lack of these skills before you start your nurse entrepreneur business.
What other characteristics do you think are important to have a successful business?
LeaRae Keyes, RN
www.nurse-entrepreneur-network.com
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06.07.09
Posted in home office at 10:31 am by LeaRae Keyes, Executive Director, Nurse Entrepreneur Network
If you have funds available there are a few things you should consider buying as a nurse entrepreneur before the economy impoves. I saw this on twitter and wanted to share it with other nurse entrepreneurs. “Have we hit bottom? 10 Things to Buy Before the Economy Improves. Click to see what is NUMBER ONE! http://bit.ly/ZBRd2”
LeaRae Keyes, RN
www.nurse-entrepreneur-network.com
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04.18.09
Posted in Marketing, Networking, Sales, getting started, home office at 9:03 am by LeaRae Keyes, Executive Director, Nurse Entrepreneur Network
Have you ever struggled to motivate yourself to get something done? I think we ahve all been there at one time or another. Would you like to help yourself WANT to get the task done? Take a look at this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpS_cJP5nzs I hope that it helps you get excited about getting that task done.
LeaRae Keyes, RN
www.nurse-entrepreneur-network.com
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07.22.08
Posted in home office at 11:02 am by LeaRae Keyes, Executive Director, Nurse Entrepreneur Network
When you think about owning your own business, what benefits do you think about that cause you to want to be a business owner? Starting and owning a business is hard work. However, there are also a number of benefits and rewards. What do you think about when you think about having your own business?
For me the greatest benefit and what continued to pull me in the direction of starting my own business was flexibility. I wanted to be able to determine when I would work so I could fit other things into my life. I wanted the freedom to work really hard Mon – Thursday and then leave early on Friday to head up to the cabin and beat the traffic heading to northern MN for the weekend.
What is the benefit or reward that is worth the most to you?
LeaRae Keyes, RN
www.nurse-entreprneuer-network.com
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06.27.08
Posted in Blogging, home office at 11:47 pm by LeaRae Keyes, Executive Director, Nurse Entrepreneur Network
I absolutely love having a home office. I enjoyed having a home office before the gas prices began going through the roof! However, I love it even more now that I do not have to spend the money on gas to get to work. I also enjoy my commute to work which is down the hall. In the past, I would struggle to keep myself calm in rush hour traffic which seemed like such a waste of time.
My home office is now my sanctuary. I enjoy being able to set the lighting just the way I want it. I don’t have to worry about a “No Fragrance” policy when I want to add essential oils to the air. Playing classical music in the background is so soothing for me. Most of all, I enjoy setting my own working hours. The flexibility to set and control my working hours was the driving force for me in staring my own business over 10 years ago.
What would you most like to change about your current working situation? Could you change this is you had your own business and a home office?
LeaRae Keyes, RN
www.nurse-entrepreneur-network.com
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