Entrepreneur University

Owning your own business is sometimes a juggling act.

In the beginning, you are working paycheck to paycheck, giving your clients a 110% to prove yourself and busting your tail just to make ends meat.

Over time, if you decide you want your business to work it does get easier... and then you are able to do what they call "development". Reading books, taking classes, seminars, audio motivation etc.

Business owners must stay current and know their stuff. In a game that is ever changing, you have to keep your mind fresh.

With that said, Social Media Mack has taken a vow to never stop learning...

Here is a reading list we are going to start out with to broaden our horizons:

Yes! 50 Scientific Proven Ways to Be Persuasive - Noah J. Goldstein

It's Not About the Coffee: Leadership Principles from a Life at Starbucks - Howard Behar

Ten Deadly Marketing Sins - Phillip Kotler

Raving Fans - Ken Blanchard

And don't forget the audio in the car:

Why We Want You to Be Rich - Donald Trump and Robert Kiyosaki

The Difference - Jean Chatzky

Your brain is always needing some conditioner (like washing your hair) and you will NEVER know everything.

We will let you know how this reading turns out. Try it... you might like it!

Like Tim Gunn says: Make it work..

Social media and advertising has exploded in the past year. Although ways of getting the word our have changed, your business's vision has probably stayed the same.

Regina Collins; author of Optimize, focuses on your vision, goals, and celebrating success. Collins' book is an easy read and really sheds light on one of many subjects that needs to be addressed: work-life balance.

Work-life balance meaning: the balance between your personal and professional life. If you are like myself, you might find this to be a difficult thing to grasps, but Collins says it's possible.

When networking, meeting people, having a web presence, and being social in general is part of your job, work-life balance seems less and less achievable.

Collins says she "would like to see both personal and professional visions become a reality without having sacrificing one or the other". Optimize goes in depth on how to establish your personal vision and professional vision.

Looking at everything on paper is alot easier than trying to split hairs in your head.

Pick up a copy of Optimize and begin designing your success blueprints today!