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Smart Hustlers are constantly on the go and often invest most of their time and energy in their work. Use these pieces of tips and advice to help maintain a healthy work / life balance.

By Ramon RayLifestyle, Your Smart Hustlewomen

Women’s Equality Is More Than Equal Pay: A Discussion with Carol Sankar

Executive Leadership Consultant and Business Advisor Carol Sankar is a woman you want on your side. She is the founder of The Confidence Factor for Women in Leadership, a global executive firm helping women achieve c-level positions; and she lives this mission. She has also recently started the site I Deserve Equal Pay and devotes...

By Ramon RayLifestyle, Your Smart Hustlefamily business

Family Business: How A Daughter’s Partnership Helped Her Dad’s Plumbing Business

Everyone has an opinion about working with their relatives, and many people like to heartily declare "I could NEVER work with my family!" but Michelle Poniewozik begs to differ. Customer Experience Coordinator, marketing, admin, sales—you name it; Michelle wears many hats at her family owned and operated HVAC business, Iceberg's One Hour Heating &...

By Hugh CulverLifestylelifestyle

Four Simple Steps to Recovering from Overwhelm

The first time I competed in the Victoria Marathon I was swept away by the setting - ocean views, horse-drawn buggies clopping along Wharf Street, sailboats navigating Inner Harbour and classic west coast architecture. And then there’s the run. If you’ve ever experienced the legendary runner’s “wall” you’ll know how tough it is to keep moving when...

How Travel Can Help You Become a Better Entrepreneur

By VirTaskticLifestylemindset, Travel

How Traveling Can Help You Become a Better Entrepreneur

Travelers are usually courageous, adventurous, have impeccable social skills, and a malleable, creative mind. It just so happens that these are also a few cornerstones that build a strong entrepreneur. Did you know that many of the characteristics that make you a smarter globetrotter will help your professional life? Yes, travel is a fun pastime,...

By VirTaskticLifestylestarting a business

Want to Start a Business? 3 New Business Ideas

Many would-be entrepreneurs find it difficult to take that first step into starting their own business because they believe they need a million-dollar idea or considerable startup resources in order to succeed. However, starting your own business requires only an entrepreneurial spirit and the drive to put in the hard work. If you can’t...

By Ramon RayLifestyle, Your Smart Hustlelifestyle, Smart Hustle Interviews

NYC Lawyer Shares His Journey In Launching A Second Business

If you live in New York State and have received a traffic ticket, you may already be familiar with this next person I had the opportunity to interview: my friend and the very successful entrepreneur Matthew Weiss. For those of you who have not had the pleasure of being represented by one of the...

By Ella RuckerLifestylelifestyle

The Case For Amy Cuddy: Why Smart Hustlers Still Gain Power From The Power Pose

Power posing. Superman does it. Wonder Woman does it. Do you do it? Power posing is standing in your most confident pose for two minutes. It is said to increase testosterone, decrease cortisone and increase feelings of power and tolerance for risk. There’s more to it, but for this discussion that’s what it is; standing in place...

By VirTaskticLifestylelifestyle

Which Foreign Language Will Make You a Better Entrepreneur?

At some point in your collegiate studies, a well-meaning professor likely told you that learning a foreign language would exponentially increase your value on the job market. But have you given this advice the credence it deserves or did you hone those Spanish skills just enough to satisfy the GPA requirements? As an entrepreneur,...

By Ramon RayLifestyle, Your Smart Hustlelifestyle, Smart Hustle Interviews

Don’t Wait for Perfect and Other Advice from JJ Ramberg

JJ Ramberg imagines a world in which shopping equates to social impact, and she has planted a seed for change with her company Goodshop (which she co-founded with her brother Ken). The entrepreneur is also the host of Your Business on MSNBC and bestselling author of the book "It's Your Business: 183 Essential Tips that...

By Ramon RayLifestyle, Your Smart Hustlelifestyle

How the Founder of Viteri Style Management Took Knowledge, Experience, and Pure Grit to Succeed on Her Entrepreneurial Journey

Barbara Viteri, the CEO and founder of Viteri Style Management, a consulting firm that provides business management solutions for small interior design firms, comes from humble roots that you would not think would lead to her developing a successful business in the design industry. However, it did. I had the chance to sit with Viteri...