Are you procrastinating because you’re tired or tired because you’re procrastinating? It happens to everyone -- not only to entrepreneurs. At least once in a while. Sometimes it creeps up on you slowly, other times it hits you over the head. Procrastination. We have something to do, big or small, and we keep putting it off. We distract ourselves, just to get away from the task that's screaming at us. We start cleaning the house or desk. Suddenly everything else seems easi

You can’t run a coaching business all by yourself. That’s what I realised in March when I started considering hiring a virtual assistant. In the first few months of this year, I became much more visible online, especially on Facebook. I started a FB group and my posts on challenges and fun of an expat mom appear regularly on my page and in several groups on FB. Also, I’ve been growing my mailing list and trying to learn about landing pages for my coaching programs. Last year,

An International Move? I Can Do That With My Eyes Closed. Just kidding. A move to a different country is always challenging, especially when it involves several people in different stages of their lives. My mother-in-law, who lives in NY and is over 80, moved 3 times in her life. So far, I moved around 20 times and at least 10 were international moves. My first move came when I went to university in Warsaw at the age of 19. And then there were several moves within the city an

During my recent trip to Philadelphia while on vacation, I lost my sunglasses case. It wasn’t very special, but it was light and soft and did a good job of protecting my sunglasses from scratches. I hate losing things. Don’t we all? So when I went to a shopping mall on the way back to NY, I decided to get a new case. I asked in one department store and they showed me heavy, big cases that would take almost all free space in my bag. They cost only $2 but I wouldn’t take them f