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Articles by Michelle Forsyth
Discover the Secrets to Crafting an Irresistible Email Newsletter
With 50%+ open rates, here's how I create a consistently opened newsletter and you can too! Writing a newsletter is fun, engaging, and challenging. It's also a fantastic way to stay connected with your audience and draw in new audience members. There are a few preliminary steps to creating and maintaining a newsletter. 1. Getting Started The first and most obvious is to pick a theme and the primary purpose of your newsletter.
Three Steps to Stop Procrastinating and Accomplish Your Dreams
"If you can dream it, you can do it."- Walt Disney - Getting past procrastination to keep momentum to accomplish your dreams As you work towards your goals and your dreams, two different things can happen after a while: You work on it regularly, then get distracted by procrastination or life stuff, and you slow down or even stop entirely OR You stop and start so often that you don't feel like you're making progress and get disheartened.
Effective Tips for Everyday Writers
Have you ever sent an email or a report and found out afterward that you had typos, spelling errors, or incorrect word usage? You know what I mean when you get your to/too/two, or they're/there/their usages mixed up. We've all done it. We're human. But there's a simple technique that you can use to reduce those errors and make your writing even better, whether it's an email, an article, or a book.
Overcoming Obstacles with Perseverance
Against the odds, find your motivation to fulfill your dreams and overcome procrastination Prepping for this piece, I searched, "Why do people give up on their dreams?" So many articles came up from various sources, including Tony Robbins, Inc.com, Entrepreneur.com, and Psychology Today. It's a real thing. Amongst other things, Tony Robbins suggests people get bored or plateau.
4 Life Lessons to Create the Life You Dream of Today
A 50-year-old breast cancer survivor fights the fight to pursue dreams no matter what gets in the way. Discover how to get what you want in life. My first chemo treatment November 2021.
Boost Productivity with Proven Methods
Get back into it; resetting and restarting after a prolonged break can be tricky. You can get back on track! We all have goals (I hope). We want to write a book, get a promotion, or start a business. But let's face it, life happens, and things get dropped. For instance, I wanted to publish my book in 2023. As the summer quickly fades into the fall right around the corner, publishing in 2023 while I'm still dealing with work, family, and my health is unrealistic and unfair to me.
Strong Women Speak Out — Top 10 Quotes From and About Women and Success
Strong Women Speak Out — Top 10 Quotes From and About Women Quotes for successful women to inspire, motivate and lead Photo by Gabrielle Henderson on Unsplash It’s early in January, and you may already be starting to feel the crunch of the New Year hitting you. Get inspired by these strong, powerful, amazing women, and keep going! “The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity.” — Amelia Earhart “I am a woman with thoughts and questions and sh*t to say.
3 Tips to Surviving Holiday Stress and Enjoy Your Time Off
By Michelle Forsyth Time off is supposed to be relaxing but how can you enjoy it? Like it or lump it, the holiday season is quickly approaching. It is less than a week until US Thanksgiving and about one and half months until Christmas. Whether you participate in those holidays, others do, affecting many things about your days and weeks.
Understanding The Fine Line of Productivity and Procrastination
By Michelle Forsyth When is writing a list productive or procrastination? Photo by Thomas Bormans on Unsplash When feeling overwhelmed with projects or too many things to do in too little time, my gut response is to make a list and prioritize. It's something I've always done and highly recommend as a fantastic way to get things...
Six Lessons on Choosing the Right CRM for Your Growing Business
By Michelle Forsyth Customer Relationship Managers - Do You Need One? Photo by Austin Distel on Unsplash Before I met my wife, I had never heard of a customer relationship manager (CRM). Of course, I knew businesses had some way of emailing newsletters and sending marketing emails, but I never thought about it. Then Dani introduced me to Infusionsoft, and I discovered there are...
A Competitive yet Simple 3-Step Strategic Business Plan in 30 minutes or less
By Michelle Forsyth It's never too late to make a plan. Plans don't need to be complicated to be effective! Photo by Med Badr Chemmaoui on Unsplash As much as I am a planner, I'll admit I haven't always been much of a planner regarding my business. It's similar to my career. I've always been open to new opportunities. However, I didn't think much about the future. I simply make the most out...
Becoming a Master in Productivity with Time Management Strategies for Self-Care
Becoming a Master in Productivity with Time Management Strategies for Self-Care. Meditation. Journaling. Exercise. So many "shoulds." What and how can you add more effective self-care into your routine?.
Getting Your Dream Projects Done While Still Managing Day-to-Day Activities
By Michelle Forsyth Stop dreaming about your big projects; create an effective strategy starting today to accomplish your goals Photo by Sam Lion We all have special projects we never seem to have time for, like writing a book, cleaning out the storage room or even a...
Procrastination Roadblocks: Setbacks, Stumbling Blocks, and Success Blockers
Procrastination Roadblocks: Setbacks, Stumbling Blocks, and Success Blockers Fighting Laziness and Procrastination:it’s easy to get complacent but there’s a difference between self-care and self-sabotage. Photo by SevenStorm JUHASZIMRUS from Pexels There’s one thing I’ve learned from living with a chronic illness that got reinforced from my cancer diagnosis: priorities…
3 Leadership Lessons from Rockstar Pink
Sitting down to watch the Pink film, All I Know So Far, featured on Amazon Prime, I expected to be entertained but didn’t expect to learn some leadership lessons too. Photo sourced from Canva.com I was introduced to Pink in the early 2000’s after she was already a pretty big name. Immediately, she hooked me with her raspy vocals, pop/rock style, and fiery nature. I haven’t looked back since. Now, I’ve always used music as a tool and distraction for living with chronic illness since I was 15.
The Open Call Podcast with Michelle Forsyth on Apple Podcasts
15 min The Open Call Podcast hosted by Anne Stagg and Laura Tanner, features conversations with contemporary artists about their work. In this episode of The Open Call Podcast, we talked with Michelle Forsyth who lives and works in Toronto, Canada. Elizabeth creates richly detailed artworks that combine a multitude of artistic practices including painting, sculpture, fabric and clothing design, printmaking and photography, as well as others.
3 Lessons I Learned by Living with Chronic Illness
How to boost your productivity, maximize your efficiency, and get more stuff done — regardless of your health. If I can do it, you can do it too! Photo by Ahmad Odeh on Unsplash As you know, our world has changed. Over a year ago, we began hearing more about COVID-19, and suddenly, we had to shift our mindsets to be more focused on our health and the health of people we interact with, whether they are strangers, family, or friends. On April 7, it is World Health Day.
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