– Jane
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What Do You Notice?
A colleague of mine who'd studied journalism taught me a quote she'd learned in her school days. Their mantra was, "Notice what you notice." In fact, I call my bi-weekly newsletter The Noticer. This hit home for me yesterday in three quick observations. Yesterday I...
I Missed the Whole Thing. Or Did I?
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=jYypepBCyb4] At lunch over the weekend, my friend Carla mentioned feeling quite upset about the whole Caylee Anthony story. I innocently and naively stated, "I don't know who that is." Carla looked...
Today’s Aha Moment
On a regular basis I'm asked, "Do you miss doing your art?" The answer is "no," but today I heard a perspective that articulated perfectly why I don't. I was being interviewed by Patrick Kiger for secondact.com, a website devoted to helping people over 40 with all...
Anticipation Rewarded
An unexpected package arrived at my door today...from a floral company. The return label revealed nothing about the sender. For a few glorious minutes I wracked my brain for who might be sending me a bouquet. My birthday is next week (July 4 for anyone who wants to...
What Self-Care!
I flew out to Los Angeles yesterday for a family celebration this weekend. Across the aisle from me on my JetBlue flight was a bit of commotion. A young couple had noticed some empty seats closer to the front of the plane, which they proceeded to sit down in and...
The Letter You Dread Receiving
It still turns my stomach to read the rejection letter I received from a major bookseller when I sent them the new edition of Soul Proprietor last May. For those of you who are thinking of self-publishing, and also for those of you who have ever given up after a...
Social Media Contest – Win a Free Coaching Session
For me, the summer is a quiet time. The phone doesn’t ring as much, the speaking invitations become fewer and far between and my regular networking events are on hiatus until the fall. Over the years, I have come to enjoy and treasure this quiet time. I re-evaluate...
A Magical Evening at Drew Lamm’s
"I suck at advertising," was one of Drew Lamm's opening lines last night to the group of assembled women. I could tell this was going to be a special event by the energy outside her purple front door. Women were pulling their cars onto Drew's quaint, narrow street...
Boardroom Networking
Remember the 401 courses you took in college--the advanced seminars vs. the elementary level 101 courses? I felt like that's where I was last Thursday night when I walked into the Four Seasons Boardroom in NYC for, of all things, the Boardroom--publishers of Bottom...
The WOW Factor
Mary Ellroy, owner of Gamebird, is a game and toy inventor as well as a consultant to those wishing to bring their products to market. She's also a member of my nearly 20-year old mastermind group and a dear friend. I take what she says seriously. Slight...
They Don’t Need to Know
A strategy I learned quickly and well in my early stages of entrepreneurship was that I got to choose which 8 hours a day I work. (A snarky associate suggested it was more like which 20 hours she chose to work...) As an early riser, I often have more done by 9AM...
Getting Past the Unglamorous Aspects
Q - What do getting a massage, reading about Newt Gingrich and pottery have in common? A - A seed for a blog post planted, watered by an article in the NY Times and then fertilized by an analogy for both. I received a wonderful massage yesterday afternoon from a...
A Really Good Day
On my way home from a look-see in NJ on Monday, I experienced a profound sense of joy. It was a combination of moments that added up to a burst of feeling in my body that I wanted to embrace and explore. Here are the elements that composed that exquisite awareness:...
A Surprising Take-Away from a Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPjjZCO67WI I occasionally allow myself the joyful distraction of online videos, particularly if they're sent by one of my kids. I say occasionally because the temptation is frequent. Laura, my youngest, sent me this link to something...
Artsy Girls – 10th Anniversary
Rug by Malene Barnett Tuesday night 30 Artsy Girls gathered to celebrate our 10th Anniversary. This is a group I started out of a desire to hang out with my most creative friends all at once. Twenty of us got together ten years ago for the first time at Bloodroot...
