– Jane
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Your Vision Awaits You. Keep Moving Towards It.
I've been a believer in vision boards since seeing ones my friends had created come to fruition. I created my first one in 2005 and quickly brought the images to reality. A more recent rendition has taken longer to manifest. You can see some of the images on the...
Gifts for a New New Yorker
I had a great send-off by good friends in CT, and a warm welcome from family and friends in NYC. I received MetroCards, guidebooks for non-tourists, flowers and invitations for upcoming events. But this morning, I received the most creative and welcome gift I could...
Your Office Space – Don’t Despair
I just came across this photo of my first 'studio'. You've heard about businesses starting on a kitchen counter or the back of a napkin. Well, take a look here! I started my business using the edge of a counter in our kitchen. My jars of dye were located under my...
Not Doing Your Homework Can Be a Good Thing
I'd forgotten the conversation that had me connecting speaking colleague Kevin Carroll to my good friend and mastermind buddy, game inventor Mary Ellroy. But yesterday's conversation with Kevin at Fantastic Kids in NYC reminded me. Kevin was there to promote his...
I Am Moving to the Big Apple…
...TODAY! My new address will be: 400 W. 63rd Street Suite 602 NY, NY 10069 Everything else remains the same. More soon!
I Knew It Back Then
As I've accelerated my decluttering, downsizing phase, I came across a book that I was featured in published by La Leche League in 1984 entitled Of Cradles & Careers by Kaye Lowman. I was combining motherhood and career by running a community-based arts program...
Eve Ensler is Blowing My Mind
One of my homework commitments, (self-assigned) from the Omega Women & Power weekend last month, was to watch Eve Ensler's TED.com talk about the girl "cell" in each of us. I was inspired by Eve's mission in the world: to stop violence against women,...
Jane’s Tiffany and Target Mastermind Groups
My father, who was in retail for most of his career, wrote a book called the Savvy Shopper. He had been a department store executive and knew the ins and outs of how to get the best price on anything. My siblings and I still rib each other when asking how much...
You Know What They Say About Pedestals
I have, scratch that, had a big problem with idolizing and idealizing people, particularly women in business whom I envied and/or emulated. I placed them on a very high pedestal and spent a lot of time worshipping them and trying to be like them. That's a formula...
Eve Ensler and Sally Field at Omega Women and Power Weekend
I'm still basking in the afterglow of last weekend's powerful conference at Omega Institute. What matters as much as attending an event like this is what you do with the experience once you're home. I promised my goal buddy that I'd type up my notes and create...
A Quick Report on My Social Media Event Tonight
I never take pictures of what I'm eating and post them online, but watching Wendy Limauge document the goings-on this evening at my Remarkable Women's Network event, and immediately posting them out there to her minions, altered my viewpoint. Her enthusiasm for...
Omega Women & Power Weekend – A Stunning Experience
I'm still reeling from the energy, enthusiasm and sheer brilliance of the weekend I just attended in Rhinebeck, NY. As Elizabeth Lesser--the co-founder of Omega-- so eloquently asked, How can a bunch of women eating granola at the end of a dirt road solve the...
Go Big or Go Home – Said Kate White
Last night's EWN event was inspiring! Kate White was our featured speaker, and she lit a fire under the entire room. She gave three take-away pieces of advice for success from her new book. The title of this post echoed what one of the members of my upcoming...
I Won a Martha Stewart Contest
My hunch is that because of my blogging over the last three years, I've become more visible and indirectly gotten speaking engagements and clients due to my 3x a week postings. But last week I got what had to have been the first actual reward I can tie directly to...
Work/Life Balance – The Myth
"There is no work/life balance the way it's portrayed," were the opening words of relationship expert and author Dr. Patty Ann Tublin, the third speaker in the Insights from Entrepreneurs series presented at the Westport Library last night. I had arrived early to...