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A Gentler Approach to Better Blogging

Written by Courtney Carver - 7 Comments
Categories: business

When I started Be More with Less almost 3 years ago, I never thought I would write about blogging, and I definitely didn’t think I’d be teaching other people how to start or grow a blog. My intention was (and is) to write and speak about simplicity in life and business and work with small [...]

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Blog Your Way to Work You Love

Written by Courtney Carver - 0 Comments
Categories: business

This post is specifically for people interested in starting a blog or becoming more intentional about their current blogging efforts. If that’s not you, here are a few things you might like instead … The Project 333 Dailies  Limits: The Key to a Thriving Life Hold a Portrait Party Food Bloggers Against Hunger Begin, Be [...]

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Spark and Tinder for Creative Flow and Fire

Written by Courtney Carver - 10 Comments
Categories: business

When I work with someone who is afraid that their idea isn’t good enough, or they are worried that they won’t know enough to move forward, it makes me smile with hope and anticipation. They have the spark and tinder, but they are missing a few ingredients to fuel their fire. They are sometimes missing [...]

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When Your Work Life is Destroying Your Good Life

Written by Courtney Carver - 20 Comments
Categories: business

Before I left a 20 year career in advertising and marketing, I had many days where I thought things like: I’m at the end of my rope. I’ll never make it through the day. This will never get done. I’m too busy to function. I have nothing left to give. Dramatic? Perhaps. Honest? Yes. So [...]

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Curb the Busyness of Business

Written by Courtney Carver - 18 Comments
Categories: business

“It may help to think of it this way. If you were meant to cure cancer or write a symphony or crack cold fusion and you don’t do it, you not only hurt yourself, even destroy yourself,. You hurt your children. You hurt me. You hurt the planet.” Steven Pressfield, The War of Art   [...]

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Create and Collaborate for Good

Written by Courtney Carver - 4 Comments
Categories: business

This is a post about a course I’m offering. If you are not interested in courses or blogging, I recommend skipping this post and instead reading some of my favorite simplicity finds this week. Living with Less an unexpected key to happiness Simple Living is about more than decluttering Go Small, Be Happy Project 333 [...]

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The Future of Us (or what’s new for Be More with Less)

Written by Courtney Carver - 4 Comments
Categories: business

Be More with Less was born on May 11th, 2010 and ironically, the very first post, Stuck in a Rut? speaks to me today.  I love the design of this site but think it’s time for a facelift. I’ve added a few other sites along the way and would love to bring them together in [...]

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The $100 Surprise

Written by Courtney Carver - 45 Comments
Categories: business

I flew home to  Salt Lake City last night thinking about my almost indescribable weekend in Portland at a little event called The World Domination Summit. I bought a ticket last September, the same week that I quit my job. I remember thinking that if my new business didn’t take off, I would have to [...]

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One Small Change

Written by Courtney Carver - 7 Comments
Categories: business

We stopped using our dishwasher last October and sometimes leave clean dishes in a drying rack overnight. My husband usually wakes up before me and on some mornings, he puts all the dishes away. Even though I have plenty of time to do it when I wake up, he does it first. It takes less [...]

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Everything You Need to Know to Start a Microbusiness

Written by Courtney Carver - 19 Comments
Categories: business

Before I start today’s very important post (and my longest post ever), I want to remind you that the Make Time Course starts on Monday. Register here and join Tammy Strobel and I for 3 weeks of discovering where your time goes and how to spend it doing things you love. You’ll enjoy articles, videos, [...]

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