It was driven home again to me this week that customers niche our businesses in their minds with a single word or phrase. And we can help control what that word is. Witness the magnificent catalog I just received from Mitchells--a high end retail store where I have...
I hear this a lot in different versions: "I’m good at what I do, but I don’t feel good about what I do." The bottom line here, I believe, is that the people saying these words are paid a lot of money to do something they're not particularly passionate about. When I...
My client, Jill Flynne, is a watercolor artist with a passion for animals. During the course of our coaching sessions it became clear that the positive energy she found in her work with animals needed to have its head. I encouraged her to begin a foundation, which...
I've been a fan of Denyse Schmidt's quilts, artistry and community commitment since I met her many years ago. I was sent by the WBDC (Women's Business Development Center--then AWED--American Women's Economic Development Corp.) to serve as a mentor. Within 20...
My blog expert/teacher/friend Lena West sent me a link that I wanted to share with you: The Business Traits of Successful Artist Entrepreneurs It's written by Steve King (not Stephen King, btw) and enumerates what it takes to be successful today, as an entrepreneur...
I recently gave a 20-minute sneak preview of my Create Your Own Future program. Wainwright House (a Welcome Home for Mind, Body and Spirit) had an all-day festive indoor/outdoor open house to introduce people to their wide array of offerings. They invited me to...
I spent 30 years creating intricate artwork and successfully marketing and selling it. My attention to detail was pretty intense, but I was humbled by what I witnessed during my recent stay at the Golden Door. I found their devotion to the customer's experience...
By the time this gets posted I'll have been at The Golden Door in Escondido, CA for the first of my seven day stay. I know I'll have lots to report about it when I return, but looking forward to it is almost as satisfying. For years extreme self-care has been a...
I had the pleasure last week of being invited to an authors' lunch and pool party at my friend and colleague's home in Greenwich. I've been declining most lunch invitations as they break up my work day. But I rationalized that this was work-related. Sheri is an...
I could have written the following blog (I flatter myself...) word for word, but I didn't. It was written by my daughter Lindsey who is thriving in her entrepreneurial business as an author, speaker and training consultant specializing in career development for...
I had the privilege of hearing David Briscoe speak at the Kushi Institute Summer Conference on macrobiotics last week. I didn't know when I walked into his classroom how coaching and macrobiotics might relate to each other. (Had I known, I would have taken the...
Back in the dark ages, 2002, when technology was forcing us digital immigrants to really get on board, I read a piece in the Currents section of the New York Times by David Pogue that made me laugh out loud. It was about using your computer to create digital...
During my coaching training, and when I work with my clients, I often use a couple of tools I learned: Future Self and Life Purpose. Here's a dramatically abbreviated overview: In defining one's Future Self you participate in a visualization that allows you to...
When I wrote my book, Soul Proprietor: 101 Lessons from a Lifestyle Entrepreneur in 2001, I had a sense of what it meant to be a lifestyle entrepreneur. But not a definition that rolled off my tongue. I talked about the bottom line being more than simply a dollar...
Ryan Doran, reporter for the Fairfield County Business Journal, wrote a wonderful article about my upcoming retreat. It featured on the front page of this week's edition. Click the link above to read the entire piece. Thank you,...
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