I received the storyboard drawings of scenes from my memoir created by Fabricio on Monday. I feel propelled even further along my writing journey as a result of taking that step--hiring someone to listen to my story and paying him to render it for me visually. I...
Have you ever dreaded making a call to complain about a service or product and feared that not only would you not receive satisfaction, but that you'd feel you wasted your time in the effort? I forced myself to dial up the help department at SendOutCards. It's a...
Three times this week dear people in my life have shared how they got lost in a pile somewhere. These are highly accomplished professionals in their fields who chose NOT to "use" someone who might have helped them get to the top of the pile. They wanted their...
I got to watch a segment of CBS Sunday Morning featuring this Academy Award winner and television actress Helen Hunt who, before listening to her interview, I would've thought was turning down offers, working to her heart's content and completely satisfied with her...
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)...
I thought I'd open the kimono a bit today and share my own process when I'm working on a big project. What has my attention these days, well, for over a year, really, has been a memoir. It keeps shape-shifting, but it's moving forward, which is the main thing....
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....
What you focus on grows. What you measure grows. Truer words could not be spoken when it comes to the heart app on my iPhone. I didn't even know it was there until a few weeks ago when I had lunch with good friends from my Semester at Sea trip who pointed it out...
I determined to create the name tags for my upcoming retreat on this snowy day. I'm really good at work-arounds. When something doesn't come out the way I expect on the first try, I'm creative enough to figure out a different way. Today, however, I vowed to stay...
I know my style by now. I've gotten the timeline for my February retreat chunked out on an Excel spreadsheet. The next step is to convert it into notebook pages so that I'll have a script to operate by. Even though the spreadsheet is thorough, covering the agenda,...
I'm thoroughly enjoying Norman Lear's memoir (autobiography, really) and bookmarked a page on my nook that I had to share with you. The level of risk this man took puts the risks I take on a daily basis into perspective. Before he was NORMAN LEAR, he had trouble...
How busy are you these days? If you're in retail, you're crazed, I'm sure. If you're in a service business...not so much. Everyone is distracted at this time of year--either shopping, feeling guilty about not shopping, worrying about getting it all done or thinking...
You see creative types trying all sorts of ways to get attention in NYC--laying out armloads of prints on tables along Times Square, quartets of young men calling for everyone's attention on a subway car and then performing an outrageous gymnastics feat, or the...
I want to learn and grow. Still, in my seventh decade.(That sounds really old, doesn't it?!) Which means putting myself into a learning environment, like the Gotham Writers Workshop, where I am thoroughly enjoying the memoir class I'm enrolled in. This is my...
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...
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