On Monday evening, September 29, I'm inviting Remarkable Women to answer that exact question. Is it really comfortable in there, or is it a hiding place and cover story that keeps you from what you really want in life? Several years ago I was coaching a...
Where to begin?! Last night my daughter Lindsey celebrated the release of her latest book, Becoming the Boss: New Rules for the Next Generation of Leaders. I received my inscribed copy at the event and began reading it right away. It drew me right in with its...
Whatever you thought about her sense of humor, Joan Rivers was a hard-working woman entrepreneur whom I admired and learned from. I didn't realize just how hard-working she was until I saw her documentary, "Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work." This woman would...
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 first started my business, I called it, very imaginatively, AN EGG BY JANE. Gosh! How'd I think that one up? During my keynote address, I repeated a conversation I'd frequently have with new vendors. "What's the name of your company?" they'd inquire. "An Egg...
Since speaking and writing about getting picked, I've become more aware of the invitations I've received from women business owners seeking my support and endorsement. I'm always delighted when successful women like Nancy Williams find me and my blog and view it as...
I rent space from Cynthia Overgard, President and CEO of HypnoBirthing CT. She has a warm and welcoming space in an office building well-located in Westport on the Norwalk/Westport line directly across from Whole Foods and Panera Bread and equi-distant between I-95...
I gave my first public talk last night about my trip around the world to a joint audience of Living All the Way and Ladies Who Launch members and guests. The response was thrilling, and the feedback extremely helpful. An experience I shared that was particularly...
I've known Diane Ripstein since I joined the National Speakers Association in 1997. I knew that she was a communications expert par excellence. I'd seen her present to audiences and demonstrate her vast skills as a business leader and authority on the subject of...
I didn't buy a lot of stuff on my trip, but I do want to show off the few things I did purchase. Of course, my go-to professional for this assignment is always Scarlett DeBease. She was here this morning for under three hours, and we (she, really) came up with 36...
When I attended Camp Chinqueka, a sleepaway camp for girls, back in the last century, I met Cookie, aka Marisabina, Russo. We were great friends back then and re-discovered our relationship when she attended my alma mater, Mount Holyoke College. She truly is my...
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...
December 23 was a dreary, rainy day, but Carol Schneider and I had it on our calendars to take a road trip to PA. We went in spite of the downpour--over 2 hours each way. We visited the picturesque town of New Hope, PA where there's a small, but elegant shop called...
Every month I invite an expert to address my Mastermind Intensive. Yesterday, Nancy Moon of MoonPR joined us and generously filled us in on how to get press in new day and age--through traditional and new media. She took an overwhelming topic and distilled it down...
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