When you want to become a girlboss, you have to immerse yourself in the habits of other successful people. Which is what this week’s guest blogger wants to share with us. Emma, with Invaluable, has a list of 12 creative people who overcame great failure in order to become successful. Here she is to tell you more below! 12 Creatives Who Overcame Great Failure to Succeed: If you google the definition of failure, you’ll find “lack of success” or “the omission of expected or required action” at the top of the Search Engine Results Page (SERP). Both those definitions yield a negative connotation and suggest that failure has little to…

Now that I’m working from home, I’m responsible for my daily actions. This means if I take a nap or spend an hour on social media, instead of writing like I should, then the only one that’s mad is myself. When I made the decision to leave my job, I had to learn how to increase my productivity. We are all responsible for how we choose to spend each day. And it SUCKS when we have a long to do list, but barely scratch the surface. However, if we’re being honest, the list wasn’t too long, we just weren’t disciplined. Am I right? The #1 Thing I Did to Increase…

On days that I have off, I prefer to sleep in–Just a teensy bit past 6AM. However, whenever I do that, I ALWAYS feel like I don’t get as much accomplished as I need to or I end up wasting my day. Research on how to win your morning has taught me where I was going wrong. I recently learned that choosing to sleep-in and be flexible with our morning routines DOES actually affect our productivity. This means our discipline in the morning will set the tone for how productive we are each day. If you want to win your morning, make sure you set a morning routine. The Morning…

I’m a notorious snooze button person. No matter what I tell myself the night before, when the alarm goes off in the morning, I will roll over and immediately tap the snooze. It started out as a conscious decision, but now it’s become more of a reflex. Until this week, when I learned about the 5 second rule. At first glance, I thought the rule was about quickly eating something I dropped on the floor. It’s not. The 5 second rule is a simple countdown in order for you to take action. And apparently, it’s a major factor of how our day will turn out. How to Use the 5…

I’ve been going deep in the study of the law of attraction of late. And everything says that we need to take action, visualize, then be thankful. So there HAS to be benefits of gratitude or everyone wouldn’t be talking about it. If you’ve been reading the gratitude series, you know why practicing gratitude is important and how to make it a habit. However, if you needed more convincing, I’ve also found amazing benefits of gratitude that you’ll want to learn about. 10 Amazing Benefits of Gratitude You Need Today: 1. Optimism When you find things to be thankful for, it will make you happier. Focusing on the positive will…

I’ve been working on a lot of self improvement lately and learning what I do every day shapes the way my life will go. This may seem like a ton of pressure but when you think about everything as smaller steps, it gets easier. My latest challenge is how to make gratitude important every day. If you read about the importance of gratitude, you know how impactful being grateful every day is. And knowing that will make you want to do it habitually. So we need to learn how to make gratitude apart of our daily routine. How to Make Gratitude a Daily Habit: Choose to be mindful throughout the…

I have been researching the law of attraction a TON over the past year to learn how to attract what I want in life. Through all my readings, there has been one thing that has always come up: gratitude. Practicing gratitude is important to bring the things we want in life. Whenever I think about gratitude, I’m reminded of a quote by Oprah: “Focus on what you have and you’ll end up having more. When you focus on what you don’t have, you’ll never have enough.” What’s good enough for Oprah is good enough for me! So I’ve started researching more into how being grateful changes your life and shapes…

During one of the podcasts I’ve been listening to, the speaker mentioned five routine habits wealthy people do versus poor people. She said that Entrepreneur magazine ran a survey using people that made over $150k with over a million in assets against people that made less than $30k with less than $5,000 in assets. Based on their survey, Entrepreneur was able to see where the values of wealthy people lies and how it’s in direct contrast to poorer people. Well that had me thinking about my own routine. Based off of these finding there are five things that I MUST add to my daily routine habits in order to be…

My position has been eliminated again! I’m not sure how many signs from the universe I need before I realize I need to finally GO for my dreams. If you’ve ever read any of my posts, you know that I want to be a full-time writer. And after reading so many books and listening to podcasts, I’ve decided to OFFICIALLY go for it! Like they say, you have to do it scared. Are there any signs from the universe you’ve been missing? Or worse, IGNORING? Today, we’re going to set out to change that. But we can’t go for our dreams if we don’t have a plan. Below is how…

I have felt like this month has taken FOREVER to get through. Not that I’m wishing my life away, but I’ve been feeling quite unmotivated to do much of anything. Including basic things, like exercise and shave my legs! Which is why I’ve started thinking, “Girl, you really need to motivate yourself and stop being a piece”. Can I get an AMEN! If you have been feeling seriously lazy AF lately, then fear not. I am here to motivate you and me. Here are 6 easy ways to motivate yourself so you can stop feeling lazy. 6 Ways to Motivate Yourself when You Feel Lazy AF: 1. Give yourself a…