There was something about the way Carol McManus talked about her success with LinkedIn that it finally took. I'm in. Both feet. Maybe it was the $250,000 ROI she's enjoyed in '10, or the [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRBchZLkQR0] video clip which...
When Meredith Gray (not that Meredith Gray) received a diagnosis that she had breast cancer for the second time, rather than dive under the covers to hide, she mobilized into action to deal with her illness. She documented her process and progress in a brand new...
I was riveted to every word of the fast-paced and brilliant dialogue in the recently released movie about Facebook entitled The Social Network. I've been moaning and groaning about social media, but having experienced this film about the creation of thefacebook...
At the age of 11 Li Cunxin was plucked from his remote village in China to be groomed for the Beijing Dance Academy. As the 7th son in a family with minimal education and no worldly exposure, Li had no aspirations to study ballet. But after enduring grueling...
Jim Blasingame is the founder of Small Business Advocate whose mission is helping your small business. I've been a member of his Brain Trust for several years now on the generous referral of Barbara Weltman. This morning Jim and I talked on his blog radio program...
In response to my blog post on Monday, the brilliant and creative Denise DiGrigoli, owner of Troy Fine Art Services, Inc., came rushing into my Remarkable Women's Network event Tuesday evening exclaiming, "I've got something to show you!" Denise had written me a...
You can learn a lot about self-marketing from watching the video Isn't She Great? a fictionalized version of the author's life starring Bette Midler and Nathan Lane. Jacqueline Susann was the master. When her first novel Valley of the Dolls was published, she and...
A lot of people talk about wanting to move to Hawaii, but for most of them, it's simply a fantasy. When Kathryn Ryan first expressed that desire, I have to say, I thought she might be just another New Englander seeking to escape the cold and icy winters of our...
Check if this feels familiar: A company owed me a check for the books they had sold during a speaking engagement. I had anticipated receiving that money a few days after the event. Now it was closer to a few weeks and still no check. My resentment was rising. I had...
Liz Alpert Fay hired me several years ago to make her create. I say that somewhat facetiously, although there's an element of truth in it. It's the same reason I pay my coaches and service providers money--to hold me accountable to that which I have previously...
My head is still spinning from the informational overload, excitement, new relationships and possibilities opened as a result of attending this spectacular conference in NYC last week. I want to offer my own session next year called something like, "So you're...
I had the immense pleasure and privilege of sitting at the table with Missy Germain and her mother Gail at the opening breakfast session at BlogHer 2010.  I was with Sarah Youngblood, my client and friend from Georgia, when we randomly sat down and then pinched...
Dr. Debbie Danowski, a professor at Sacred Heart University, is a friend of mine and also a former client. We were in a writers group for several years and have stayed connected since. Over a year ago Debbie wanted to work with me on her vision for her dream house....
That's the title atop page 68 in The War of Art, a volume I recently listened to on CD and also own in paperback. The author, Steven Pressfield, likens being an artist to being in the Marine Corps. "The Marine Corps teaches you how to be miserable. This is...
Back-to-back coaching calls with similar themes give me ideas for my blog. Yesterday two of my creative clients reported in with extraordinary success stories. A designer client began apologetically, saying she hadn't completed her fieldwork assignments, but that...
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