#dealing with setbacks

I’ll admit it. I’ve been struggling lately. Being an entrepreneur, business owner, employer, and speaker is challenging. And that’s just my work life. Being an attentive and effective husband, father, friend, cat, dog, and bird servant is even more challenging. All while still not letting the dream of my next marathon die. Whew! In the past I had things pretty well in hand. I had the right…

LESSONS FROM THE GYM: Challenge vs. Injury

This post is by Luann Udell, regular contributing author for FineArtViews. She’s blogged since 2002 about the business side–and the spiritual inside–of art. She says, “I share my experiences so you won’t have to make ALL the same mistakes I did….”  For ten years, Luann also wrote a column (“Craft Matters”) for The Crafts Report magazine (a monthly business resource for the crafts professional)…

Mother-Daughter Journal: It’s Never Too Late to Start

Posted by Kathleen Pooler/@kathypooler

“Life is a series of experiences, each one of which makes us bigger,even though sometimes it is hard to realize this. For the world was built to develop character, and we must learn that the setbacks and grieves which we endure help us in our marching onward.”~ Henry Ford

Photo Credit: http://www.goodnet.org

  I’ve been dealing with another setback of late.…

Meh – Dealing with Despondency.

How you do you deal with those flat moments? Times when you’re just not feeling it, when you’ve lost or misplaced your mojo, find yourself in a rut or a creative desert, drained of energy, ideas or just dealing with extreme prolonged fatigue.

Those blank moments you find yourself struggling in, like wading through tar, can really test your mettle. Creative endeavours regardless of whether it’s…

3 Ways to Deal with Major Setback

Life will not always go as planned. You will eventually deal with a major setback and your goals will be stuck on a roadblock. You have 3 things that you can do when this happens.

Be patient. Identify the advantage of the scenario, the experiences and lessons you’ve learned along the way. Then patiently wait for a new opportunity to arise.

Reflect. Being stuck on the roadblock means you have time…