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.  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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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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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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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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There was a lot of talk on the East Coast this weekend about DayLight’s Savings Time — and the resulting ONE HOUR we lost between Saturday and Sunday by “Springing Ahead.” (Having adopted a new puppy this weekend — one who CLEARLY has his days and nights mixed up — my Mister and I lost
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I used to love bowling with my kids because it gave me an excuse to use bumpers.  Those handy little tools kept me zig zagging toward the goal — all while avoiding the gutters, which (of course) can render that entire bowl completely useless… zero points. I remember the first time I signed up for
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We have this man-made lake behind our house that my kids and I used to visit frequently.  We’d pack a lunch — and our school supplies — and walk about a mile back to the lake for a day of “un”schooling. (I loved those days.) One of the things the kids would do is try
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