– Jane
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Banned Words aka Discouraging Voices
I met Nancy Williams following my heart. With my new intention to spend more time involved with 1:1 networking meetings, I was delighted to be introduced to Nancy by a mutual friend. Through that introduction, Nancy approached me via email inquiring about the use...
Ready to Start Your Networking For Fall?
Me, too! In fact, I spent a good part of this weekend getting all my gear in order for you. I got my projector working, my slides in order and my handouts printed. This is my desk in preparation mode (cleaned up for the camera, of course). I'm very excited to see...
I’ve Got A Secret
I've been wanting to offer something special to all the remarkable women I know for seven years now. I put it out to the public right before the economy took a dive in 2007. You all know what happened to hopes and dreams back then. Nada. But my desire never...
How Comfortable is Your Comfort Zone?
On Monday evening, September 29, I'm inviting Remarkable Women to answer that exact question. Is it really comfortable in there, or is it a hiding place and cover story that keeps you from what you really want in life? Several years ago I was coaching a...
My New Networking Plan
I've been reluctant to attend any of the new networks I started going to when I moved to NYC nearly two years ago. I have met a handful of wonderful women, particularly through In Good Company. But I am not feeling the love or sense of connectedness that I used to...
Lindsey Pollak’s New Book – Becoming the Boss
Where to begin?! Last night my daughter Lindsey celebrated the release of her latest book, Becoming the Boss: New Rules for the Next Generation of Leaders. I received my inscribed copy at the event and began reading it right away. It drew me right in with its...
A Place You Want to Go – Clay Art Center
My friend and mentor Terry Capuana has been telling me about the Clay Art Center in Portchester for years. "You've got to see this place," she has said over and over again. Finally, as though it were I who was doing her the favor, I agreed to schedule a Westchester...
I Feel Bad About Joan Rivers
Whatever you thought about her sense of humor, Joan Rivers was a hard-working woman entrepreneur whom I admired and learned from. I didn't realize just how hard-working she was until I saw her documentary, "Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work." This woman would...
Impressive Customer Service, No Matter How Small the Sale
My reaction to receiving two cracked ice cube trays was, at first, annoyance. I buy almost everything on the internet now. Figuring out the return policy and repackaging the product were going to be more of a nuisance than I'd take the time for. I probably would...
Do You Have a Choice?
Within 90 minutes this morning I heard the same sentence uttered by two different women I admire. In each instance, a second party had commented on a lifestyle choice my friend/client had made and remarked, somewhat snarkily, "It's so nice that you have that...
What They Don’t Tell You
I'm getting ready to re-start my Mastermind Intensive this September. I'm interviewing each of the eight women entrepreneurs who will be joining me monthly for the next year. I'm inviting the members who've participated before to recall each expert we had address...
Who Would Do This for You?
I'm in the process of applying to be a writer-in-residence for a few weeks this coming winter. The location is remote and far away. It is exclusively for women. We each get our own cabin, write all day, then gather in the evening for community and support. Meals...
Always Learning
I didn't often read Red Smith's column in the sports section of the NY Times, but on one occasion I was extremely taken by his humility. He wrote something like, "I've been writing about baseball for 30 years, and I think I'm beginning to understand it now."...
Bye-Bye Eggs. Bye-Bye Ego.
When I first started my business, I called it, very imaginatively, AN EGG BY JANE. Gosh! How'd I think that one up? During my keynote address, I repeated a conversation I'd frequently have with new vendors. "What's the name of your company?" they'd inquire. "An Egg...
Mom’s Parting Words
We didn't know that these would be the last words that my 88 year old mother would utter, but it turned out that they were. "Shut up!" she barked at me and my sisters who had congregated in the emergency room of White Plains Hospital. There were seven of us in that...