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How to Get Over the Fear Of Responsibility And Achieve More in Life | Life Hack

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At a certain point we all stop, we quit making the moves that got us ahead, we find comfort and seek not to challenge the status quo.

This is all very well and good until something strange happens, your inner drive kicks in, you recognize that you’ve stopped growing and the fear of responsibility has taken over.

It can be an unnerving experience to realize you’ve mentally given in to fear, doubt and worry that keeps you from pursuing your greatest capacity and expression of self.

In this article I’ll outline some of the most powerful action steps you can take immediately to give your life a giant boost in the right direction to choosing the hard road, overcoming challenges and expanding your capabilities; so you can start to accept responsibility.

Implementing any of these heavy duty strategies will help you get over the fear of responsibility and achieve more in life.

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Why You Should Stop Avoiding Difficult Tasks (And How to Do So) | Life Hack

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Buzzzzz! Buzzzzz! My alarm clock begins shaking on the nightstand. It’s beckoning to me as loud as it can, and I’m not ready to answer. Maybe it is because it is 5 am Monday, the time and day I dread the most. Perhaps it’s because I know I need to get up, so I’m not late to my 5:30 am CrossFit class, or I’ll hear it from my coach. Plus… I’ll have to do five burpees for each minute I’m late, and I hate burpees! Can you tell I’m only one week into my CrossFit membership, and I’m regretting my decision to sign up already?

Clearly, this is a difficult task I am trying to avoid, and rather unsuccessfully at that. I know, I know, we should challenge ourselves to do difficult things. “Doing difficult things is what will make you stronger!” I can hear my coach saying as I struggle to lift a weight over my head that a pregnant woman next to me is having no problem. I can say that the embarrassment motivates me to continue on, no matter how uncomfortable I am.

As I set my bar down to eat some humble pie and look around at all the bad-assesses in class, I pause to ask myself. “Why should I stop avoiding difficult tasks? And How can I do so?”

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Labor shortage 2021: companies tried these 6 solutions | Fast Company

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America is in the midst of a nationwide labor shortage—perhaps you’ve heard? In fact, data just released by the Department of Labor shows that the number of workers quitting their jobs hit an all-time high in August. Just as businesses are free to adopt whatever office design they believe is optimal, they’ve also been free since the pandemic began to resolve workplace shortages in whatever way strikes them as the most strategic. Many companies thought inside the box for sweetening the pot: Chipotle raised wages, Amazon is reimbursing college tuition costs, and there’s a Big Tech trend toward introducing free childcare.

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Why Hybrid Schedules Are A Win For Both Employers And Employees | Forbes

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Why are hybrid schedules a win for both employers and employees? originally appeared on Quora: the place to gain and share knowledge, empowering people to learn from others and better understand the world.

Answer by Charlene Walters, MBA, PhD, Business & Branding Mentor, Corporate Training, on Quora: 

Hybrid schedules are a win for both employers and employees- any way you slice it

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5 Strategies for Women to Manage Business Finances | AllBusiness.com

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The well-documented wage, lending, and funding gaps experienced by female entrepreneurs make an already difficult subject—business finances—even more tricky to navigate. Consider, for example, that according to survey findings from Intuit QuickBooks, during the COVID-19 pandemic women-owned businesses were more likely to report being rejected for loans or lines for credit, with a 16% rejection rate compared to an 11% rejection rate of small businesses overall. In addition, Facebook’s recent State of Small Business report shows that female-owned businesses were more likely to have closed during the pandemic compared to the global average.

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Etsy Sellers Avoiding Supply Chain Shortages, CEO Says | Small Business Trends

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As supply chain issues continue to disrupt major retailers in the US, smaller businesses, which are less reliant on complex global supply chain procedures, are less predisposed to disruption this holiday season.

An example of small businesses avoiding supply chain issues can be found at Etsy. According to Josh Silverman, CEO of the ecommerce company, the vast majority of Etsy sellers are businesses that source raw materials locally.

As such, they are not susceptible to the supply chain issues currently hobbling larger retailers.

Etsy Sellers Avoiding Supply Chain Shortages, CEO Says

Silverman’s unveilings show the resilience and agility of small businesses. They also offer confidence to small business owners as we move into the holiday season that their business won’t be adversely affected by the widely-hyped supply chain disruption.

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Blaze Pizza, Bojangles execs discuss switching from a transactional mindset to a customer mindset| Fast Casual Executive Summit | Food Truck Operator

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There’s no such thing as restaurant transactions — there are only customers. The top 5% of guests drive approximately 30% of sales, and any restaurant brand that doesn’t prioritize increasing customer lifetime value is now at risk.

Those are the big takeaways from the “Why Restaurants Are Ditching the Transactional Mindset to Focus on Customers” panel session at the recent Fast Casual Executive Summit held in Charlotte, North Carolina. The annual event was well attended, according to organizers. The summit is one of several foodservice and technology industry events run by Networld Media Group. A virtual event, #QSRNext, will take place Nov. 9.

Panelists included Todd Madlener, president and COO of Coolgreens; Aaron Noveshen, CEO of Starbird and founder and chairman of The Culinary Edge; Sergio Perez, senior director of Omnichannel, Bojangles and Vince Szwajkowski, CMO at Blaze Pizza. Mike Vichich, co-founder and CEO of sponsor Wisely moderated the panel.

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What Is a No-Reply Email? | business.com

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Digital marketing is a crucial tool for conversion, but no-reply emails hurt your messages. Find out why no-reply messages are problematic and learn alternatives in this guide.

While many companies use no-reply emails in their digital marketing campaign, doing so loses opportunities to engage with customers and can even alienate them. In the past, no-reply emails were used to discourage customers from responding to simple correspondence such as receipts. But now, no-reply emails can frustrate customers who want a personal connection, hurting your marketing. It’s better to employ other practices that will build customer databases and create more retention.

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IRS unemployment refunds: update on checks finally here | Fast Company

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It’s been a long time since we’ve heard anything from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) about those much-coveted tax refunds for people who received unemployment compensation, but that day is finally here.

After Fast Company reported on a wave of mysterious direct deposits last week, the IRS confirmed Monday that it has sent out another 430,000 unemployment-related refunds, with checks averaging $1,189. The refunds are part of an ongoing Herculean effort by the agency to review and correct millions of tax returns that needed to be adjusted after the passage of the American Rescue Plan Act in March. The act excluded up to $10,200 in 2020 taxable unemployment income, meaning millions of taxpayers were due refunds.

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