If you don’t feel like your situation is changing fast enough, it’s actually time to slow down.

What do you want?

Who do you want to be in the world?

Define who that person is (consider writing an opinion piece from another point of view, with you as a subject).

Now, what is your current situation? Does it need changing? If so, what is your timeline to change it?

Now go step by step.

Deep change happens one day at a time:

As women, sometimes we put our own roadblocks in front of us. The more we become successful, the greater the challenges that face us. And, incredibly, the larger the obstacle in our path, the more life-affirming, creative, and energizing is the solution -- if we are ready to take on that role and responsibility.

Some examples of putting obstacles in our own way include:

"If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them." - Henry David Thoreau

As you stretch into more solid, more powerful, and more certain areas of your life, you may find yourself sometimes on shaky ground, where you venture into situations, places, and opportunities where you have no prior background, experience, or training.

Now more than ever, it's important to build your foundation. When an architect designs a soaring 40-story apartment building, they don't build on a shallow foundation. They envision the end result, understand what's necessary to make that building stand, and then they design from the ground up.

The key to starting your business off on the right foot is a smart and savvy business plan, as any business-school graduate will tell you.  You’ll need it to determine your immediate and short-term course of action, decide if you need investors or partners, and secure the bank loans to get started and stay afloat.  But how do you go about creating this mystical document?  The description of a sound business plan as one that lays out not only the steps you will take to form and grow your business, but also the cost of startup and the prospects for economic viability, at least gives you an idea of where to start.  But what you really need is a list of items to include and some tips on how to go about getting the information required to write up your plan.

These days your Google search results are your resume (or so some would have you believe).

I use Gravatar to add a photo near my comments, and I keep my online profile up-to-date on most of the channels Claimid.com/monicadear.

Here are ten steps to managing your online identity and protecting your personal and professional identity, reputation, credit score, and bank account on the web. 

1) Protect your password.