Here's one I'd never heard before. As I've mentioned, I'm incredibly excited to be speaking at the Stamford TEDx event next month. I had a conference call with the organizer yesterday, and the question of attire came up. Now, I've heard of casual, black tie,...
I am not happy with priceline.com. I booked a 3-star hotel in Boston near the facility for my coach training this weekend. When I mentioned where I was headed to a good friend who used to live in Boston, her words to me were, "Be careful!" Not what you want to hear...
I'm truly looking forward to my JV (Joint Venture) call tomorrow evening with Gail Doby. I was referred to Gail by Victoria Lyon who I met at a SHE-E-O luncheon created by Carolina Fernandez, who I met as a referral through Gene D'Agostino many years ago. Have I...
"Unless you're bleeding, don't come in for the next hour," I would tell my daughter Laura back in my home office/egg decorating days. That was my inelegant way of establishing privacy and quiet time for my work. I didn't have better tools back then and blush at how...
I'm very excited to be attending a training session in Boston this weekend to update my coaching skills. We will be taught by the founders of CTI--Henry and Karen Kimsey-House--who are traveling the country and the world to instruct us in a new part of the program...
I learned during the webinar course I took last spring that to become really successful and to expand your reach in the world, creating Joint Venture (JV) relationships would be critical. To be honest, I had no idea what the instructor was talking about. But I hung...
I'm back from 7 glorious days on the MSC Poesia attending the Holistic Holiday at Sea cruise to the Caribbean. It would be hard to isolate a highlight of this experience, because it was day after day of education, meeting fascinating people, eating exquisitely...
I love watching a conversion. In the first module of my webinar series I talk about creating a vision for your business/life. I offer two methods for doing that--a vision board or a written statement. This week I had the opportunity to review visions with one of my...
I ordered a coat from Bloomingdale's last week to take advantage of their huge winter reductions (thank you, Scarlett DeBease!). When I opened the package I was delightedly surprised to see the enclosed card tucked inside my well-wrapped garment. Of course I had to...
Here's one way I can measure my growth in business. I received this IMPORTANT envelope from the United States Trademark Registration Office in Saturday's mail. Whenever I get something government related, I have to admit, I feel a bit intimidated. Did I do...
When Meredith Gray, a good friend and Artsy Girl, recommends a video I take it seriously. She's a former magazine editor and fashion stylist. I find her taste level and aesthetic impeccable. She responded to my cry for help from my sickbed last week asking for...
I know I'm late to the party, but I've arrived. In one of my webinar modules I quoted David Pogue talking about his conversion to twitter three years ago. After hearing all the fuss, he still didn't 'get' what was so great. Until he was on a selection committee for...
Please, someone, anyone, remind me that I'm a smart person. Because I'm surely not feeling it lately. There's something about tax time that raises my self-doubt to the tipping point. (Or maybe it was the addition of a rough stomach virus that had me considering...
Yesterday, I had the pleasure of meeting Geri Stengel, founder and owner of Ventureneer. Marc Halpert served as our connector. I love how these things happen. I saw Marc at the New York Times Crossword Puzzle Contest at the Westport Library on February 3. I...
I recently bumped into a friend I hadn't seen in a few years. We had a lot in common when we first met--young kids, young businesses. We were close friends during those early decades, but life, moves and different industries took us in different directions. It's...
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