If you’ve been here any amount of time, you’ve seen a few changes…. not the least of which is the fact that I seemed to have embraced my all-together gnarly hair texture. Previously enslaved to EITHER my straightener or curling iron, going out without man-handling my natural hair texture was unthinkable. Then, I tried
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Archives for March 2012
Southern Style $ucce$$ — Background
Really quick, just cuz you’re from the North — or out West, or even one of my “rogue” followers from Russia, Japan, or Australia– doesn’t mean you shouldn’t read this. You should. We all should. Because that GOLD you’re looking for… is here. Before I begin something I’m sure will be an ongoing — but
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[Focused] DESIRE & Success: Part FIVE
When’s the last time you wanted something so badly, it was ALL you could think about? Had a DESIRE for something so strong, it eclipsed other thoughts, your need to sleep or eat and / or your good sense? Most of the time, the conversations I hear about THIS kind of desire are of a romantic-nature…
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[Sacrificial] DESIRE & Success: Part FOUR
This weekend, I’ll head over to Maryland — with my desperate-to-travel-to-all-fifty-states-son– to speak to a group of women about POWER and CONFIDENCE. I can’t talk about this subject without thinking back to the days in which I taught parenting classes. Yep — PARENTING classes. BEFORE I was a parent, of course…. when I still knew
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[Action] DESIRE & Success: Part THREE
So, we’ve looked at the parameters we put around our own desire to succeed… we’ve questioned if WILD success and “perfect” balance can really co-exist… and now we’re going to move into the most important part of the burning desire to succeed: Desire-inspired ACTION. DESIRE for me is a really delicious part of life. TRUE
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[Balance] DESIRE & Success: Part TWO
Balance. It used to be a HOT buzz word for women, whether they worked in corporate America or for themselves. After ONE gymnastics class with my girls — focusing on the BALANCE beam — I realized that this whole balance thing wasn’t for me. And you know what? If your DESIRE to succeed is constantly
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[No Parameters] DESIRE and Success: Part ONE
If you’ve been struggling in your business — or just feel like WILD unreasonable success remains JUST OUTSIDE of your immediate grasp —this five part blog series is for you. If you’re feeling like your business is missing some secret, mysterious ingredient, this blog series is for you. If you’ve been “coasting” at the same
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One Step Ahead, One Step Behind = Is this your business “MOMENTUM”?
Sometimes music just “says it all,” right? On my ipod I have my “running” play list and one of the most inspiring songs on it is Van Halen’s Right NOW. It gives me a vivid word picture that captures the stop / start, feast / famine routine experienced by too many businesses: One step ahead,
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Lesson I Learned in Prison
I’ve had (unfortunate) “cause” to visit a variety of prisons. Mens. Womens. Medium security. Maximum security. In Virginia and North Carolina. Prison, like the battlefield of small business, is not a place you want to go without knowing the “lay of the land,” but there’s much we can learn from them. We’ll get to that.
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