Hint: IT MAY BE THE VERY STORY THAT WILL FINALLY REACH YOUR PEOPLE. It’s funny… I’m a pretty transparent girl. I talk about a lot. FAIRLY OPENLY. Most of my public career, I’d cheerfully tell you ANYTHING that happened.. but what I’d ALWAYS — without exception — conveniently leave out is how I FELT
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Momentum has an insanely short shelf life. Bottom line: You’re either building it … or losing it. It doesn’t — and never will — hang around until you get your second wind. This isn’t something I learned from reading a book or article that went viral, by the way. The nature of momentum in business
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**this picture is me, coming to you bare faced this Sunday morning, and yes… I’m talking to YOU!** =) =) Before you open your proverbial doors, because you don’t know what you don’t know, it can feel as if deciding whether or not to START a business is the biggest, ultimate decision. But as soon
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They say that a breakdown is a set up for a breakthrough. That may be true, but I’ve noticed in my own work — and my work with clients — that there are other, more specific telltale signs that you are getting ready to breakthrough… And by breakthrough, even that’s not what you think. I
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Answer: MORE than enough time. See my list below. One of my pet peeves is a woman (with kids, with one kid, with NO kids… with a job, without a job, single, married, dating, WHATEVER) who constantly belabors how little time she has to get stuff done. I particularly resented that little conversation when I
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My mom had a saying that went something like this: “You’ve been on that fence so long you’re getting splinters.” it was NOT a saying of endearment. The phrase “sitting on the fence” is one that SHOULD evoke an unpleasant mental image. Sitting on the fence. No cushion. No pleasantries. Not here, yet not there
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  Another title: 5 Ways Women Entrepreneurs Hold Themselves Back from Achieving All They KNOW They COULD Achieve, If Only… Bottom line: This post may be confronting to read. But don’t get mad… It was confronting to write. Tears in the writer, tears in the reader, right? Let’s get …started. Women are smart creatures. We
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Most People Give up Too Easily. This is true for business, for marriage, for diets, for friendships… for everything. I read a post this morning from @Christian Mickelson. It was a great post, revealing, authentic and raw. In it, he spoke about his wife kicking him out, his employee stealing from him, being sued by
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Last week, I did a shameful thing. I made reservations using booking.com. Saved $1200 for the exact same stay, on the exact same block, with my PREFERRED hotel brand. As a consumer, you can give me a proverbial high five. As the co-host of an event at the hotel that REFUSED to come down on
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