I've now clocked 6+ hours on LinkedIn and am looking for ways to challenge myself and go deeper (suggestions welcome). I created a subgroup of Connectors - 259 people from my connections (out of close to 800) who have 500+ connections themselves. I am deducing that...
A member of my Soul Proprietor Coaching Program reminded of an issue that all entrepreneurs face: keeping our pipelines flowing. That is, continuously putting in time and energy to nurture prospects while serving current clients. This is not always easy, nor top...
I take notes at most events I attend, mining for gold to pass onto you, and also because I immediately forget so much of what I hear! When I transcribe these words, I highlight what I found most important and save it in a document. Last week's Women's Summit...
I started my Soul Proprietor Coaching Program on February 1, have held two sessions with the entire community and two group coaching sessions so far. There's buzz going on in our private Facebook area and comments being posted as our members begin to take on the...
I concluded my Soul Proprietor Community call on Friday by giving the group the homework assignment to read (or listen to) the legendary Acres of Diamonds story first popularized by Russell Conwell a hundred years ago. Every time I hear that true account, I'm...
Doreen Birdsell, my good friend and mentor, was on a mission. She wanted to enter the Toastmasters International Speech Contest and needed to have three more speeches under her belt in order to qualify. Doreen had recently (within the last six months) joined a...
I've had accountability partners, aka goal buddies, for years. It's what keeps me on track on a daily basis. I also have a Mastermind group that I've been part of for a couple of decades. That's a monthly accountability structure for the bigger things I want to...
I feel so lucky to do what I do. Every day I interact with women business owners who share intimately with me and in the groups I lead. Running a business is a vulnerable and courageous commitment to self-actualization. It's a statement that you believe that...
One of the things that comes up for me and my coaching clients regularly is fear and intimidation around social media, particularly twitter. With all the hashtags and bitly url's, it can be confounding and overwhelming. What I recommend, and practice myself, is the...
What a relief to read this wonderful volume and be affirmed for behaviors that rarely get affirmed. I'm talking about the new book sensation called Quiet whose subtitle is: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking. If you've met me within the last...
Much of my journey as a Soul Proprietor has been directed by signs from the Universe that I'm going in the right direction. I believe in The Secret, the Law of Attraction and Earl Nightingale's Strangest Secret. Each of these doctrines points to becoming what you...
I received an email message from Jim Cavanaugh, my beloved theatre professor from Mount Holyoke College, who has continued to follow my career since the day I graduated. He was acknowledging my admission/declaration that I needed to rehearse my talk for this...
Reading in the Times today about the designer of Michelle Obama's inauguration gown made me want to pose this question to my entrepreneurial colleagues and clients: But dressing a first lady for the inauguration is a momentous occasion, and many designers have not...
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...
I just listened to the Judd Apatow interview on Alec Baldwin's podcast Here's the Thing. Apatow has been the writer, producer and occasionally director of, and actor in, many of the biggest movie and TV comedies of the past decade including Bridesmaids and Girls....
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