John Fuhrman, a colleague of mine in the National Speakers Association, wrote this book in the late '90's and his speaking career took off. It seemed that everyone wanted to hear from someone who embraced rejection. God knows there's plenty of it in the business...
Cookie Russo (left) and I met at Camp Chinqueka as young girls--eight and ten. We were drawn to each other back then and re-united when Cookie found me at Mount Holyoke College where she entered a year after me. Our friendship re-ignited living in the same dorm and...
Debbie - Lena - Cathline Friday was such a rewarding day. I was on my way to spend an hour with a web/graphic designer in the city. Navigating the crowd from the train into Grand Central Terminal I recognized my client and colleague Debbie Fay of BeSpeak and joined...
Integrity - The quality or condition of being whole or undivided; completeness. That was the first word that sprang to mind when I received an email this morning from 341 Studios announcing their new logo and website. They've done a terrific job of showing off...
#1 #2 I'm very excited to share my goal with you of re-publishing Soul Proprietor myself this spring. Kim Barron of New Leaf Design is creating the design layout and cover. Which brings me to this blog entry. Knowing the old saw about not judging a book by its...
Years ago I had an intern come and work for me from my alma mater, Mount Holyoke College, during the January term when the campus shut down. Rachel Atkinson was an art major and came daily to my studio to help me with my creative projects. Because her father owned...
Because I've known about SCORE for decades I assume that everyone else knows about them, too. But I realize that this organization is still a relatively well-kept secret. SCORE stands for Service Corps of Retired Executives and offers an amazing resource to small...
There's an ages-old perception out there that what we conjure up in our imagination is reality. When I wrote my first book Decorating Eggs and flew to North Carolina to work with the editor and art director, I was sure that authors were met at airports with red...
I'm so proud of my dear friend, colleague and organizing professional Betsy Krobot. Her image is featured on the front page of the current Fairfield County Business Journal with an in-depth article about her business. Besides being headline news and having her...
One of my coaching clients, Inga Poslitur, expressed the entrepreneur's experience so well. "It's like a roller coaster ride: as you are getting to the top of the hill the train slows down and you really feel gravity. But as soon as you are rolling over, the speed...
Joan has been one of my role models since I met her at the Entrepreneurial Woman's Network nearly 20 years ago. Then, she was fresh out of having created the Children's Department at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC and had formed her own company, WJ Fantasy,...
The subject line of the email dated 1/2/10 read: OH MY GOD...I JUST GOT A LETTER THAT I THOUGHT WAS FROM YOU... and it was from Erica Green, a client who has become a dear friend. In many of my Mastermind and Transitions groups, I have the participants write a...
I know this is supposed to be the most joyful season of the year, but wherever I go, I hear supporting evidence that it can also be the most challenging. Like Thanksgiving, the perfect holiday may be elusive to many. Here's what some of my close friends and...
I knew I couldn't pack one more thing into my day Wednesday, so I pulled out a notecard to let interior designer Olga Adler know that as much as I'd love to see her holiday table arrangements at Juliska's flagship store in Stamford, I was going to have to miss it....
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