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I Just Wanted to Quote George Bernard Shaw…

Before I post a quote I've heard, I check it out via google for exact wording and reference. This morning, it's been a slippery slope that I am going to shortcut for the sake of getting this online. I heard a quote, attributed to George Bernard Shaw, that hit home...

Procrastination, Anyone?

I committed to my goal buddy that I would do a run-through of my 2/1 coaching lesson for my upcoming Soul Proprietor Community by tomorrow morning at 9am when we check in with each other. Since making that commitment yesterday, I have filed my tax returns, ordered...

Wishing Vs. Doing – The Lisa Corrado Way

There are so many things I love about working with my Mastermind Intensive women business owners. We met all day last Friday, and the excitement in the room was electric. We've been together for 4 months now. Since each meeting starts off with goals met, the...

What Are You Measuring?

This will be my final post for 2012. Last week I had planned to blog about a woman business leader I'd read about and post an entry based on an obituary for the man who invented the bar code. But dealing with the overwhelming sadness and shock of the Newtown...

This Room is Full of Happy Women

Beverly Ellsley hosted our Artsy Girls holiday event at her sumptuous log cabin in Westport, CT last week. There were nearly 30 of us gathered--all creative women nationally recognized, successfully working in illustration, interior design, toy and game invention,...

I Want What She Has

Terry Scarborough has been a trusted friend and colleague since we met several years ago when I spoke at an ASID CT event. As a past president, Terry immediately embraced me and helped me to become an Industry Partner, which I remained for several years. I recently...

Staying Busy vs. Doing Nothing This Holiday Season

I know this is supposed to be the most joyful season of the year, but wherever I go I hear that it can also be the most challenging. The perfect holiday may be elusive to many. There is a constant pressure around what you’re “supposed to be” doing. Rather than...

You Can Have This Assignment Too

I had my own first November coaching session Wednesday afternoon. As a coach myself, I'm a big believer in the coaching relationship. Michele has been my coach for several years now. She's the one person in my professional life where I can let it all hang out and...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Susan Beallor-Snyder Manifests Her Vision

  Napoleon Hill, author of Think and Grow Rich, famously said, "What the mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve." This is exactly what Susan Beallor-Snyder has done--achieved her vision. Susan and I have been working together over the course of several...

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