My husband is a public school teacher – one of the best – and the new school year started this week… so he’s officially back to work! We were talking about his day when he mentioned that one of the best things he does regarding classroom management is make his seating chart. Apparently, it MATTERS
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This ladder is replacing what used to be a stable, secure set of beach steps leading these home owners from their back door to the foot of the ocean.  The thing is, I passed no less than 20 of these missing steps on my morning jog this weekend.  Only this one was using a ladder.
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To succeed in business, if you’ve been heeding my advice at all =) you’re training yourself to ASK for the SALE.  You’re in those FOUR selling conversations a day.  You are no longer content to let networking relationships linger in “potential” phase… You’re no longer HOPING people buy from you.  You’re ASKING them to buy
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I know the drill.  You’re busy all week.  You’re doing a lot of stuff.  Tweeting. Facebooking.  G++-ing (Which I’ve yet to start doing, but pretty sure I will do eventually…) Linking up.  Meeting Up.  Networking.  Blogging.  Tweetchatting.  YouTubing.  Posting.  Commenting.  Planning.  Branding.  Oh – and you probably fit in some SEMBLANCE of a life as
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I get a lot of clients who come to me because they are up to something new.  Just last week, I spoke with a woman doing something insanely, beautifully new in her area and I CAN NOT wait to see how it turns out for her and what’s next.   Yesterday, someone I admire greatly
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Marketing  – contrary to what most “gurus” want you to believe – is NOT mysterious. It can be over-simplified and over-complicated, but more often than not, it’s over-complicated… by people who want you to buy some  A-Z system from them.  Masterful marketing, truthfully, is something that can be taught and learned.  By you. Make no
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Just yesterday, my daughter received the news:  She needed glasses.  Because she’s going into the 7th grade, she was a bundle of both excitement and hesitation with the announcement…. but mainly excitement… and I believe it’s because there is something in ALL of us dying to be different.  Different than who we were yesterday and
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Just yesterday, I received my always-anticipated  NO. BS Marketing letter* from Bill Glazer and Dan Kennedy, and – as always – dug in!  This month, Dan’s big lesson was about differentiating… and getting out of what he calls the SWAMP of SAMENESS. You’ve heard it before:  Differentiate or DIE. We’ve all heard it before, but
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As we slide into a (much needed) holiday weekend, I’m sure you’ll be bombarded with lots of Independence Day messages…  which is why I almost didn’t write this blog post. I get disgusted by the same old tired themes that marketers continue to try to squeeze business out of.  BUT, the truth is, being a
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