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Exaggerate Much?
Getting specific around numbers is an awareness that continues to grow within me. I still remember my 10th grade math teacher, Miss Stone, who always referred to things that happened "a hundred years ago." Invariably, it meant something from two decades prior--or...
I’m a Sucker for Good Marketing Materials…and Price
My son Rob first told me about Warby Parker a couple of years ago when I admired his cool eyeglass frames. What I remembered was that they cost under $100 including the lenses. Unheard of! I also remembered that it was a by-appointment-only shop in NYC, so that was...
Set Those Limits
On a coaching call today the topic of setting limits came up, especially with children living at home. I told my client that when I began practicing Transcendental Meditation (TM) almost 20 years ago, my instructor provided me with a sign to hang on the doorknob of...
Behind the Scenes
"The marathon's the parade," my friend Doreen once said about the actual running of the 26.2 mile race. You've done all the hard work, trained, sweated, ached and pained. The day of the event is a celebration--a parade. "You don't change anything. You show up and...
I Can’t Wait to See You!
I've got three great offerings coming up this fall, and I'm really excited to share them here first. My final Remarkable Women's Network event for 2011 is Wednesday, October 5 from 5:30-7:30pm at Troy Fine Art in Southport, CT. The focus that evening is Come As...
Where I’m Hot, and Where I’m Not
I ended up in the dentist's chair at 7am this morning for a repair on a tooth that chipped. Turns out I need a crown, but hadn't scheduled enough time for the whole shebang this morning. Nonetheless, I was a quivering mass of jello in Dr. Klein's office. I said to...
Linda Urbach Takes You to Another Place
I had the pleasure of attending Linda Urbach's reading at the Westport Public Library on Thursday night. Linda is the author of a delightful new novel: Madame Bovary's Daughter, which is the adventurous tales of Berthe Bovary, daughter of the infamous Flaubert...
EWN’s Kickoff Luncheon
It'll really feel like the school year has started when I attend the EWN Luncheon tomorrow featuring Fabienne Fredrickson. Fabienne is an excellent speaker and role model for walking your talk. She is one of the most successful people I know. I hear tomorrow's...
What Are You Majoring in This Semester?
It amazes me how my energy shifts from Labor Day Monday to back-to-work/school Tuesday. The last week of August and the days before the holiday weekend crawl. And then BOOM! It's business as usual, as though nothing has ever been other than business as usual. I've...
Fancier Words, Same Message
I recently started working with a wonderful woman who came to me for life coaching, not business coaching. She is figuring out what's next for her, and it clearly isn't what she's been doing for the last several years--putting everyone else's needs first. I...
Post-Irene
I'm sure this finds many of you digging out from under, bailing out your basements or, like I was earlier today, searching for power and a shower. The Westport Public Library was closed. I got hopeful when I saw many folks spread out on the stone picnic tables with...
Steve Jobs Steps Down
This is a story we've been waiting for, but the finality of it is still sobering. I feel privileged to have lived at this time of stunning innovation and creativity. As it said in the Seattle Times-- "I sort of look at us as two of the luckiest guys on the planet,"...
My Brother/My Mother
You've got to see this! My brother Andy Goodman was invited to participate in a Rant performance in Los Angeles. He chose to talk about our mother and what her death meant to him. Hard to believe that he turned it into an hilarious 10-minute talk which I want to...
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Last night was my Office Party with over 50 women business owners in attendance. The sun peeked out long enough for us to enjoy drinks and hors d'oeuvres on the patio. There had been some question about the party being held given the seemingly endless rain we'd...
No Party Hats. I Promise!
Next Monday night I'm hosting an "office party" for all of my entrepreneurial clients who never get to go to office parties or company picnics. Depending on your point of you, this could be sad or lucky. In addition to providing a traditional get-together in a...