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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...

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...

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...

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...

Another Artsy Girls Star – Mindy Green

During the self-intros at Monday night's Artsy Girls fest, Mindy Green used part of her 'brag' time to read us a poem she wrote honoring Jinny Avery who sadly passed away last week at the age of 99. Instead of celebrating Jinny's 100th birthday as had been...

Jinny Avery – A Role Model Passes Away

I was very fortunate to have made the acquaintance of Virginia (Jinny) Avery seven years ago at the introduction of a mutual friend. We met for lunch at a Chinese restaurant in Greenwich, CT and bonded immediately. I had read books by Jinny when I began quilting in...

My Great “Discovery” – Chip Conley

The only credit I'll take for discovering Chip Conley is that you may not yet have come across him and his brilliance in your travels. I love introducing you to the people who light me up. Yesterday, that was hearing Chip's message for the first time. He was...

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...

The Customer Experience – Hospital Style

My big sister had THR (Total Hip Replacement) surgery on Tuesday at the Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) in Manhattan. I was her driver and extra set of ears (along with my younger sister as well). I am, most fortunately, a stranger to the hospital experience so...

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