It still turns my stomach to read the rejection letter I received from a major bookseller when I sent them the new edition of Soul Proprietor last May. For those of you who are thinking of self-publishing, and also for those of you who have ever given up after a...
"I suck at advertising," was one of Drew Lamm's opening lines last night to the group of assembled women. I could tell this was going to be a special event by the energy outside her purple front door. Women were pulling their cars onto Drew's quaint, narrow street...
Remember the 401 courses you took in college--the advanced seminars vs. the elementary level 101 courses? I felt like that's where I was last Thursday night when I walked into the Four Seasons Boardroom in NYC for, of all things, the Boardroom--publishers of Bottom...
Mary Ellroy, owner of Gamebird, is a game and toy inventor as well as a consultant to those wishing to bring their products to market. She's also a member of my nearly 20-year old mastermind group and a dear friend. I take what she says seriously. Slight...
A strategy I learned quickly and well in my early stages of entrepreneurship was that I got to choose which 8 hours a day I work. (A snarky associate suggested it was more like which 20 hours she chose to work...) As an early riser, I often have more done by 9AM...
Q - What do getting a massage, reading about Newt Gingrich and pottery have in common? A - A seed for a blog post planted, watered by an article in the NY Times and then fertilized by an analogy for both. I received a wonderful massage yesterday afternoon from a...
On my way home from a look-see in NJ on Monday, I experienced a profound sense of joy. It was a combination of moments that added up to a burst of feeling in my body that I wanted to embrace and explore. Here are the elements that composed that exquisite awareness:...
Rug by Malene Barnett Tuesday night 30 Artsy Girls gathered to celebrate our 10th Anniversary. This is a group I started out of a desire to hang out with my most creative friends all at once. Twenty of us got together ten years ago for the first time at Bloodroot...
When we first met many years ago, Kim's children were small and in school, but even then she held a vision in her heart, and it was huge. There were a lot of nay-sayers in her midst ("You could never do that here!" types), but Kim began building her community right...
I just finished reading Onward by Howard Schultz, chairman, president and chief executive officer of Starbucks--lower case letters used by his example. The subtitle of the book is How Starbucks Fought for Its Life without Losing Its Soul. You may remember the...
At the urging of my own personal mastermind group (thank you, Mary, Brenda and Val), I began blogging three years ago this month. At the time it felt like yet another thing to do, another check box on the list. Not quite drudgery, but I couldn't see the point....
We had a wonderful turnout at my first-ever Boston area event held at the beautiful Chestnut Hill Eileen Fisher store. I love bringing together Remarkable Women, and this group was no exception. We had women in travel, communications, catering, financial education,...
Katie Settel, of Katie Settel Photography, and I spent a few hours at Calf Pasture Beach on Friday. I need to update my social media images and love the way Katie has captured shots at my Remarkable Women's Network events for me. While Katie was selecting...
My friend Doreen mentioned a sign she noticed while seated in a public space. After reading it, she did a double-take. It was a fire exit by the door whose message she immediately re-framed. As a business owner, she knows how critical it is to Keep Clear At All...
I'm excited to be hosting my 17th Remarkable Women's Network event this evening at Alfya's Skin Care Salon in New Canaan. I met Alfya when she was a Master Aesthetician at Noelle, the Day Spa in Stamford. In Alfya's trusted hands, I was transported from mom,...
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