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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 Jen SlawLifestylelifestyle

5 Steps to Form & Nurture Business Relationships

Whatever big goals we are working to accomplish, we can’t do it alone. In the interactive team building sessions I facilitate, I see it repeatedly - participants quickly realize that it’s possible to reach bigger, more innovative goals faster, and have more fun, when they work together. As small business owners and entrepreneurs, forming strong relationships...

By Jennifer PeasleeLifestylemindset

How to Start Your Day as an Entrepreneur

Recently, Smart Hustle Editor Ramon Ray was interviewed by Zev Asch. Among the many questions asked about Ramon’s entrepreneurial life, Zev also asked him, “How do you start your day?” On the surface, you may think that someone’s personal routine in the morning is not relevant to business. However, there are striking similarities between how...

By VirTaskticLifestylelifestyle

10 Business Growth Tips from the Glambitious Power Circle

Created as an innovative network for female entrepreneurs to connect, empower, and educate one another, the GlambitiousIAM.com hub has grown to include a plethora of unique business resources and professional development webinars. In addition, the social media presence has evolved exponentially to have nearly 30,000 followers, and the membership platform has grown to include female...

By VirTaskticLifestyle

How Having a Business Mentor Can Change Your Business

Small business really is big business especially when you get into the numbers. Around 28 million small businesses are up and running across the country. Owning a business is no small feat. It's easy to feel overwhelmed with pressure on all fronts. But the journey can become more successful alongside a business mentor. 84% of...

By Jennifer PeasleeLifestyle, Your Smart HustleInterview, lifestyle, ramon ray, Smart Hustle Interviews, work life balance

Zev Asch Interviews Smart Hustle Magazine Editor Ramon Ray: What the Entrepreneurial Journey is Really About

Smart Hustle Editor Ramon Ray is used to being on a certain side of the interview table, picking the brains of today’s entrepreneurs and small business owners in order to learn about their journeys and to share their advice in feature stories. Today you are in for a treat because the tables have turned....

By Hugh CulverLifestyleproductivity

Why You Need to Protect Your Time with Boundaries

When I teach time management, there is one lesson that always gets my audience leaning in - how to create boundaries to protect your time and be more productive. Like a lot of lessons about productivity (see my article on creating a Stop Doing List), this one is also counter-intuitive - doing only one thing...

By Ella RuckerLifestyle

5 Smart Ways to Maximize Your Potential for a Business Mentor

Smart hustlers know that success leaves clues. My biggest source of breadcrumbs has been my mentors. I've been fortunate to be mentored by millionaires who knew and worked for billionaires, television personalities, and a host of others. What I've learned and gained from those experiences has been so invaluable that I now own three businesses which...

By Jill SchiefelbeinLifestylecommunication, lifestyle

A Two-Step Strategy for Communicating and Receiving Compliments

Receiving compliments is an important part of business. Most of us enjoy getting compliments about our work from our clients, but sometimes it’s difficult to know how to respond. Not responding, or responding poorly can actually damage your relationships with clients, employees, managers, and other business colleagues. Have you ever given someone a compliment and...

By VirTaskticLifestyle

Author and Media Pundit Gene Marks to Speak at Smart Hustle Small Business Conference

Are you a small business owner or entrepreneur? Are you worried about running your business efficiently? Well, you need to attend the 11th Annual Smart Hustle Small Business Conference on October 20th, 2016. One of the featured speakers is media pundit and author Gene Marks, an entrepreneur who understands how to manage a business and...

By Ramon RayLifestyle, Your Smart Hustlemindset

Why Being a Business Owner Isn’t Always What You Expect. Larry Kim

Larry Kim, the visionary leader and founder of WordStream, fully admits being a business owner isn't always what you expect. WordStream is one of the largest software companies in the world to focus on search engine marketing. The organization manages over a billion dollars a year in advertising, with approximately 10,000 clients worldwide. In a...