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Boundary Setting 101
"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...
The Coaches Institute Training Session
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...
Soloing and Partnering
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...
What I Learned on my Winter Vacation
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...
Manifesting Your Vision Around Self-Care
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...
How to Capture Your Customer’s Attention
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...
US Trademark Office in L.A.? Really?
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...
Charles and Ray Eames – Inspiration
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...
Facebook – I Get It.
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...
Thank God for Professionals
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...
Networking 101
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...
Is Money Affecting Your Conversations?
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...
Getting Higher Blog Rankings
I just read Suzen Petit's excellent, information packed blog post on increasing your blog rankings viw alexa.com. It was an explanation I could understand. This was the second or third time I had heard that site referred to. I checked it out and got mildly...
All New: janepollak.com – Check it Out!
After many months and many meetings and many decisions, the new janepollak.com is alive and well and hopefully worth your valuable time and attention. It feels as though my last website went up only weeks ago, but it's been six years. It was time for something new,...
A Mother’s Brag – Buy Lindsey Pollak’s Book!
You don't have to be a college student or grad to benefit from the advice in this revised edition of Lindsey's book. Lindsey, for those of you who don't know, is my daughter. She used to come to me for career advice, but the tables have turned. She's my go-to...