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Stress-Less By Setting Expectations With Customers

Posted by reallifee on Dec 1, 2010 in E Tips, Entrepreneurship, Internships & Jobs, Relationships | 0 comments

When you and your customers don’t see eye-to-eye on the timing of communications, deadlines and billing—stress happens! To help you prevent frustration and feel more in control, here’s expert advice from Elizabeth Grace Saunders, CEO of Real Life E®, a company that provides time coaching and training services that help business owners feel peaceful and accomplished, about how to set expectations with customers. So, why is setting time expectations so important? The challenge for business owners is that if you don’t set expectations, your customers will. That means you may go for months–or even years–feeling like you’re constantly being thrown for...

Top 25 Amazing Women of the Year Winner

Posted by reallifee on Jul 28, 2010 in E Press | 4 comments

Wow! It’s an honor and a privilege to have been selected as one of the Top 25 Amazing Women of the Year by Stiletto Woman Magazine. “Through Stiletto Woman hopefully women can see that anything is possible—that life has a way of twisting things upside down, but we have the opportunity to adjust, and make it work to our benefit,” says Karlena L. Wallace, founder & CEO of Stiletto Woman. For 25 Inspiring Stories of Amazing Women, check out: Stiletto Woman Magazine Summer 2010. About Real Life E® Elizabeth Grace Saunders is a time coach & professional speaker who helps men and women who are overwhelmed and frustrated because they want to achieve...

E Note-Yeah for Our Wonderful Moms!

Posted by reallifee on May 10, 2010 in E Notes, Encouragement, Entrepreneurship, Mompreneurs | 0 comments

People who sign up for my newsletter at ScheduleMakeover.com regularly receive special exercises, Real Life E® updates and exclusive offers that don’t appear on this blog. But I thought it would be nice to share these really special newsletter messages from last week… By believing in us, our moms help us to achieve our dreams… This newsletter contained a special Schedule Makeover™ Mother’s Day gift offer. Sign up at ScheduleMakeover.com so you don’t miss future opportunities! “My Mom helped me in achieving my dreams by saying ,”Mijo, You can do anything you put your mind to!”–seotips2go “My mom is...

Representing Women in Business at Grand Rapids Event

Posted by reallifee on Apr 19, 2010 in E Events, E Press, Entrepreneurship | 0 comments

I had the privilege of representing women in business and being a role model for female entrepreneurship at the Extreme Entrepreneurship Tour event on March 30, in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Thanks to the Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, the West Michigan Science & Technology Initiative, the Grand Rapids SmartZone℠, and all of the other supporters of this conference! Here’s what students had a chance to say about my speech, “The Best is Yet to Come!” on how to turn every difficulty into an opportunity to succeed: Elizabeth Grace Saunders is a time coach who empowers individuals who are overwhelmed and frustrated because they want to...

E Note-Self Discovery Exercise

Posted by reallifee on Apr 8, 2010 in E Notes, E Tips, Psychology, Resources | 0 comments

One of my FAVORITE parts of being a time coach is being able to work with Fabulous individuals such as Phil Lawler. You can check out the cool self discovery exercise he developed below. Enjoy! Elizabeth Prepare to get your introspect on. (Self discovery) Step 0: Set aside some YOU time during the day where you can be alone, and pensive. Schedule it in, so you don’t feel guilty that you aren’t working on something else, or forget to do it, or so you can just make sure your immediate to-dos are done and you won’t be interrupted. Step 1 (Time Estimate: 10-90 minutes) Think about the kind of person you would like to be: What would you like to change? What...