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Kay Koplovitz vs. Bowie Kuhn. Who Would You Pick?
I take notes at most events I attend, mining for gold to pass onto you, and also because I immediately forget so much of what I hear! When I transcribe these words, I highlight what I found most important and save it in a document. Last week's Women's Summit...
Inspired by Arianna Huffington
It's the day after the Women's Summit at Bryant University where I was on a panel entitled Success Strategies for Creative Entrepreneurs. As much as I wanted to give back with this presentation, I was also there to be inspired and refueled, which I was,...
Don’t Say Can’t Afford
When I run my Mastermind Groups, I have five printed tent cards on the conference room table--words or phrases I want participants to avoid saying. The words are in large black type, and I have the international NO sign overlaying them. The words are little, just,...
Inspired by Sonia Sotomayor
I've just begun listening to My Beloved World by Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor and am already enthralled. I wanted to share a quote from the preface that I believe will engage you and make you want to read this volume as well: The idea of my becoming a...
We All Need Feedback
I started my Soul Proprietor Coaching Program on February 1, have held two sessions with the entire community and two group coaching sessions so far. There's buzz going on in our private Facebook area and comments being posted as our members begin to take on the...
Sometimes You Don’t Even Have to Ask for a Sign
I concluded my Soul Proprietor Community call on Friday by giving the group the homework assignment to read (or listen to) the legendary Acres of Diamonds story first popularized by Russell Conwell a hundred years ago. Every time I hear that true account, I'm...
Need Inspiration? Watch Doreen Birdsell Speak
Doreen Birdsell, my good friend and mentor, was on a mission. She wanted to enter the Toastmasters International Speech Contest and needed to have three more speeches under her belt in order to qualify. Doreen had recently (within the last six months) joined a...
Lynn A. Robinson’s Divine Intuition blog tour continues!
I’m happy to participate in my friend, Lynn Robinson’s blog tour. You can read our interview below. For more, head to Cynthia Sue Larson's Reality Shifters blog for tomorrow’s post. Last Friday's post can be found on Elizabeth Cassidy’s blog, My Views from the...
How To Be A Good Goal Buddy
I've had accountability partners, aka goal buddies, for years. It's what keeps me on track on a daily basis. I also have a Mastermind group that I've been part of for a couple of decades. That's a monthly accountability structure for the bigger things I want to...
Want to Know How You’re Doing?
I feel so lucky to do what I do. Every day I interact with women business owners who share intimately with me and in the groups I lead. Running a business is a vulnerable and courageous commitment to self-actualization. It's a statement that you believe that...
Take Time to Improve Your Systems
I'll never forget my daughter Laura's pride in her accomplishment when she announced to our family that she had spent the afternoon getting her bookshelves organized in her room. I think she was all of 8 years old at the time. My expectation was that they would be...
I Agree With Brian Bish
Social Media Architect Brian Bish addressed my Mastermind Intensive on Friday about the why's and wherefore's of social media. It was a convincing talk, and I'm seeing a good deal of activity among our members as a result. Brian talked about the credibility of a...
When Life Intervenes
I was signed up to march across the Brooklyn Bridge yesterday morning as a sign of solidarity with the V-Day events going on around the world. I'd met the organizer of this particular project, Miranda Leigh, at the Omega Women & Power conference I attended last...
What Once Sounded Impenetrable
One of the things that comes up for me and my coaching clients regularly is fear and intimidation around social media, particularly twitter. With all the hashtags and bitly url's, it can be confounding and overwhelming. What I recommend, and practice myself, is the...
Pam Slim’s Words Hold True 4 Years Later
I was going through my 'blogworthy' file for ideas and came across a clipping from the Times--an article in the PREOCCUPATIONS column by Pam Slim, a successful business coach and author of Escape from Cubicle Nation. It's entitled Is This the Time To Follow Your...