While I did skip a few classes at InfusionCon, I made sure to be in a front row seat for Brian Tracy's afternoon keynote on Wednesday. He's a hero of mine. I listened to his audio programs (on tape!) repeatedly when I was sitting in my art studio for hours on end...
What kind of kid were you? How did you build the confidence to find your bliss? Are people a part of your bliss? Who were your mentors or inspirations? Do you have a guiding philosophy? These are some of the preparatory questions Lauren Agnelli, the creator and...
A colleague recently shared her young assistant's admiration. "You have it so together," the 20-something cooed. If only she knew, my friend thought to herself. Her second thought was, I'm glad I'm projecting that image. As a coach and active networker, I'm privy...
My client, Debra Hamilton who is a brilliant mediator with a special interest in animals, participated in the Annual AKC Dog Show recently held in New York City. During our call yesterday she used a phrase I'd never heard, "Oooh! Shiny!" referring to a new area of...
I have happily enrolled in a course offered by the WBDC which began this past Saturday. It's an opportunity for me to focus on my business and grow myself, a service I continually offer others without always giving myself the time and focus to stay current with my...
I got great comments on my last post when I asked readers to guess what the mission was of the company whose logo I featured. For one thing, no one got it right based on the graphics. Second, the response was that even after readers went to the website, they still...
This new business opened up near me recently. Since it's in the same complex as the gym where I go for yoga, I'd seen the signage going up and even peeked in to try to figure out what they were about. Here's an example of a logo that doesn't communicate. My...
I followed a link from my online reading of the NYTimes yesterday to a website called hippopota.com. The Home Section had featured Christian Jaillite's photo (left) of a child's stuffed hippo toy in its Kids column. It made me want to learn more. I was awed by the...
I was interviewed on Jim Blasingame's Small Business Advocate show this morning. The topic: how to stay educated as an entrepreneur. I chose that theme, because when I was in California over Christmas, my brother caught me up short with this challenge. "What new...
There's a restaurant in my hometown that has a regular menu and a "Specials" menu. Neither has varied one iota since I can remember going there. I always laugh when Lisa, the waitress, hands me the unlaminated sheet of paper with the "Specials" on it as though it...
Hilary Bunger. As I was taking a long walk this morning, I was reminiscing a distant past Thanksgiving morning and an early trip to Stew Leonard's where I had ventured to pick up a needed grocery item. Half of Fairfield County used go to Stew's on that holiday...
...appreciating people on a daily basis. I signed up with SendOutCards a few months ago. I recently heard one of the industry leaders speak and since then have been sending out two cards a day to people I want to acknowledge. Sometimes it's a birthday card, a thank...
I had the pleasure of speaking for WBDC last night to aspiring, emerging and seasoned business owners. When sharing my success with the press, which was a piece of cake during my egg decorating days, the question arose: What if you're in a service business? How do...
I work with creative, talented and successful women entrepreneurs. As a rule, the ideas come to them a mile a minute, but there's inevitably the frustration of implementation. What do you do with all those brainstorms and bright ideas? At my mastermind meeting last...
Let me count the ways. Yesterday was the WBDC (newly renamed Women's Business Development Council) AM Business Breakfast attended by over 350 men and women. I'm still basking in the glow of the positive energy and vibrancy I received from being there. First,...
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