Today is going to be one of those days: when my BNI networking meeting mixes with kids. I’m the President of our Mission Possible BNI chapter, here in Southern California. We meet for lunch every Wednesday - and it just so happens to be the day our eldest son gets out of school early - and we only have one car. So, how do I manage to be in two places at the same time? (more…)

Do entrepreneurs have to choose between family life and their business? (more…)

We all need a good vacation - but as an entrepreneur - or a solo-preneur, how do you prepare for it? How do you stop feeling guilty, or stop feeling worried that your business will slack-off while you’re sunning-up?

First, you need to (more…)

A couple of days ago, GENI sent me a message that it was my Father’s birthday on Saturday. Yesterday, my Mom sent me a message through her Facebook profile, and two of my cousins from England just added me as their ‘Friend’. Staying in-touch has gone high-tech, and easy. (more…)

Have you been trying to juggle your schedule, you children’s schedule, you husband’s schedule, the business schedule…and it seems that no one is on the same page? (more…)

We are all just one big happy family. Yep. Perhaps you’ve heard of ‘6 degrees of separation’ - well Geni is a whole new ball game. What if you were 6 degrees of being related to someone? Well, Geni is out there to see if that’s true. (more…)

He stopped in mid-stride, turned around and picked up the little snail he almost stepped on and placed him in the muddy grass. ‘There,’ my husband said, ‘he may have been spending his whole life crossing that sidewalk - but at least now he’s safe.’ I thought that was so funny (more…)

Some women love flowers from their spouse, but give me gas any day!

Today I woke-up thinking it was 5am, and started getting ready for the busy day ahead: take kids to school, drive 2 hours to San Diego for a Networking event, drive back, pick-up kids, email, phone calls, etc. I had about 1 1/2 hours before the kids needed to get up and so I took my time. And then my husband comes in and states there isn’t anything for the kids lunches. “That’s fine,” I say, “I’ll run out now and be back before 6:30.” He looked at me oddly and said, “But, it’s 6:45 now.” (more…)

Yesterday, both of our boys woke-up with the stomach bug. This was not the most convenient time to have to take time-off to take care of them both:
-Nirzhar was trying to finish several websites
-I had a class to teach, meet a potential client, and return phone calls/emails
And to top it off, (more…)

Yes! It’s Friday, the last day of Winter Vacation for our kids! Having your children home from school for long periods of time can be stressful for the entrepreneur parent and boring for the vacationers. Here’s how we recently handled the 2 week vacation:
-First, relax…I thought of these past two weeks as a mini vacation in which I took some days off to be with my children fully. Anxiety levels can raise as emails and voice mails start to pile-up as work days are shorter, so to calm these feelings I let our clients know that we would be having shortened work days and certain days off to spend with family.
-Second, there’s still work to be done! One of my favorite rituals (more…)