"I was really stuck getting started on my assignment to create my dream revenue vision. But, I knew we had our call today, so I pushed myself. "First, I got the white board out and cleaned it off. Then I dug out the markers. I finally started writing things down,...
I hailed a taxi on a cold and rainy Friday morning. I was leaving town for the first session of my newest Mastermind Intensive. I had a chatty cabby. "Where are you heading?" he asked when I told him to take me to Grand Central. "To Connecticut." "What do you do...
I received the most wonderful testimonial from my friend and colleague Carmen Lund. She's making a remarkable offer which evolved out of our work together. Here are Carmen's words: Several years ago, I had the good fortune to learn about Jane and her work with...
If you've ever had a massage, this is something the therapist will ask a few minutes into your treatment? Do you want her to press harder, or simply give your muscles a gentle workout? It comes up in coaching as well. I have a new client who is balancing a...
My newest mastermind group started in midtown yesterday, and I found myself with six of the most dynamic, creative and inspiring women I know. While confidentiality is key to the success of the group, I can tell you that they all nodded in hearty agreement when I...
Do you ever compare yourself with someone else? And attribute a higher grade or extra credit to those whom you perceive as better, faster, or more successful than you? I do. All the time. That's why I was so relieved when I spoke to my coach (after a long hiatus)...
Growing up, someone who 'needed help' was looked at sideways. Going to a 'shrink' was ridiculed as even the expression implies. This was all before the days of coaches, support groups, accountability partners, etc. Today, asking for help is a sign of strength....
Rosabeth Moss Kanter, a professor at Harvard Business School, once said, "My personal law of management, if not life, is that everything looks like a failure in the middle." Having experienced my own legions of failures in the middle, I've become an expert at...
Last night I dreamt that I was on my way to my memoir class and was crossing the campus (it's actually housed in a skyscraper on 8th Avenue) on a snowy afternoon. I couldn't get my footing and kept slipping backwards as I was trying to walk towards the building. I...
At my next Remarkable Women's Network event the focus will be on radical fulfillment. Sounds like a lot to accomplish in two hours, right? But it starts very simply by identifying what's really important to YOU. Easier said than done. How many times this week...
I'm in the process of applying to be a writer-in-residence for a few weeks this coming winter. The location is remote and far away. It is exclusively for women. We each get our own cabin, write all day, then gather in the evening for community and support. Meals...
When I was a kid I thought that to be a grown-up meant knowing how to drive a stick shift car, speaking French and living in a Victorian. I realize these date me, but they represented a worldview that felt like it had my name on it. So did 'sailing around the...
In a recent correspondence with a friend, after I told her about my upcoming voyage, she posed the question, "What will you do after your trip?" My resounding response was, "I don't know! That's why I'm going." Several courageous voyagers have accepted my Come Away...
I've been a fan of Heather Habelka, the owner of Red Poppy Marketing, for many years. I remember being impressed with her at the very first networking event where we met. There was a level of professionalism and enthusiasm that was inspiring. Our paths continued to...
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8_8VnfeRHE&w=560&h=315] During our recent Mastermind Intensive, Christina Frei presented to our group as an expert demonstrating how to create videos that capture your message. She told us, with nods all around when...