Smart Hustlers are constantly on the go and often invest most of their time and energy in their work. Use these pieces of tips and advice to help maintain a healthy work / life balance.

Samantha Bennett on How to Stop Procrastinating

[content field="callout1" format="true" class="calloutwide"]To become a successful entrepreneur, it's important to have self-discipline and drive along with many other things.  Without these, we often find ourselves stuck with one of our biggest enemies: procrastination.  So, this week on Ignition, Samantha Bennett, author of "Get it Done", shares how entrepreneurs who find themselves procrastinating can get can unstuck....

Shark Tank’s Robert Herjavec on Deluxe’s Small Business Revolution and What It Means to Hustle

I had a few moments to sit down with Robert Herjavec, founder of the Herjavec Group and investor on ABC's Shark Tank, to talk about the Small Business Revolution, a new program from Deluxe Corporation that is celebrating small business. Additionally, Robert shared with me how he views hustle, especially smart hustle, and why it's...

Juggler Jen Slaw on Achieving a Work Life Balance

[content field="callout1" format="true" class="calloutwide"]One of the biggest and most common challenges of entrepreneurship is finding a healthy work life balance.  Since we often wear many hats in our business, it can become overwhelming to try and juggle all of the responsibilities without getting overwhelmed.  To help with this issue, Jen Slaw, speaker and expert juggler,...

5 Tips to Become a Great Leader

[content field="callout1" format="true" class="calloutwide"] There is one thing every Fortune 500 company has in common: an effective leader at its helm. Leadership isn’t just about calling the shots and having people that do what you say. It’s so much more than that. Unfortunately, there are quite a few people that think that’s all there is...

Europeans vs. Americans: Who’s More Productive and Why?

[content field="callout1" format="true" class="calloutwide"] Last fall I had the opportunity to spend six weeks backpacking through six different countries in Europe. It was a truly amazing experience, and it was interesting to see the differences in work and lifestyles. Breakfast often consisted of as many espressos as you could handle and delicious pastries that you could only dream of....

5 Ways to Create Focus and Be More Productive in Your Business

[content field="callout1" format="true" class="calloutwide"] Spending a set amount of time focusing on one activity to see it through to completion may seem boring, but I guarantee you that the outcome is not. The outcome is progress, which is something we all strive for. This is box title Focus is a skill you have to learn. If you’re...

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Founder of FoodtoEat.com Shares Her Story of Hustle

[content field="callout1" format="true" class="calloutwide"]As entrepreneurs, we face many challenges and from these challenges learn many lessons, both life and business, along our journey. However, it's not always the challenge itself that holds the most resistance to our success, but rather the way that we handle these challenges. This holds true for Deepti Sharma Kapur, founder of...

How To Make Entrepreneurship Work For You

[content field="callout1" format="true" class="calloutwide"] Entrepreneurship is challenging but it isn’t impossible. It isn’t always the omnipresent ticket to bail you out of your problems. In fact, as a small business owner, you are asking for the impossible and the surety of drained emotional reserves, as Clate Mask wrote earlier on Smart Hustle. But, for most entrepreneurs...

Matt Gottesman on What it Takes to Become a Better a ‘Smart Hustler’

[content field="callout1" format="true" class="calloutwide"] Matt Gottesman knows a thing or two about what it takes to hustle your way to success.  As the Editor and Founder of Hustle & Deal Flow Magazine, Matt uses the magazine to tell the behind the scenes story of entrepreneurship.  Through candid interviews of entrepreneurs around the world, Matt is able to...

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31 of the Best Podcasts For Creating the Well-Rounded Entrepreneur

As small business entrepreneurs we know two things for certain: 1) If we stop learning we will stop growing and 2) Time is our enemy. For those looking for a way to utilize 'idol' time - time spent driving, trudging on the treadmill or cleaning the house (yes...that's when I listen!!) - podcasts provide the...