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How To Be A Good Goal Buddy

I've had accountability partners, aka goal buddies, for years. It's what keeps me on track on a daily basis. I also have a Mastermind group that I've been part of for a couple of decades. That's a monthly accountability structure for the bigger things I want to...

Procrastination, Anyone?

I committed to my goal buddy that I would do a run-through of my 2/1 coaching lesson for my upcoming Soul Proprietor Community by tomorrow morning at 9am when we check in with each other. Since making that commitment yesterday, I have filed my tax returns, ordered...

Car-less in Manhattan

The most challenging part of my move to NYC was getting out of my three-year auto lease. My son-in-law told me about Swap-a-lease dot com which gave me a good head-start. I didn't know it was even possible to do such a thing. Registering on Swap-a-Lease and finding...

Gifts for a New New Yorker

I had a great send-off by good friends in CT, and a warm welcome from family and friends in NYC. I received MetroCards, guidebooks for non-tourists, flowers and invitations for upcoming events. But this morning, I received the most creative and welcome gift I could...

Work/Life Balance – The Myth

"There is no work/life balance the way it's portrayed," were the opening words of relationship expert and author Dr. Patty Ann Tublin, the third speaker in the Insights from Entrepreneurs series presented at the Westport Library last night. I had arrived early to...

Take Time Off, Or Else

Watch Jane on WTNH - August 11, 2012 How's this for synchronicity? I appeared on WTNH early Saturday morning proclaiming the importance of taking time off, with intention, from your business. This morning, I received this email message from my Virtual Assistant:...

Will You Still Need Me?

Remember when the George Orwell classic entitled 1984 seemed far in the future? How about 2001, the sci-fi movie that seemed forever in the distance? Good, if you said "yes," then you're old enough to appreciate the lyrics I'm referring to as I approach 64. My...

Soul Proprietor’s Pledge

As I wind down this month and look forward to taking a July sabbatical, my assistant asked if I was going to have a set of pre-written blogs and newsletters scheduled to be posted while I'm on vacation thereby giving the illusion that I was still at my desk...

A Mother’s Brag – Buy Lindsey Pollak’s Book!

You don't have to be a college student or grad to benefit from the advice in this revised edition of Lindsey's book. Lindsey, for those of you who don't know, is my daughter. She used to come to me for career advice, but the tables have turned. She's my go-to...

Set Those Limits

On a coaching call today the topic of setting limits came up, especially with children living at home. I told my client that when I began practicing Transcendental Meditation (TM) almost 20 years ago, my instructor provided me with a sign to hang on the doorknob of...

I Can’t Wait to See You!

I've got three great offerings coming up this fall, and I'm really excited to share them here first. My final Remarkable Women's Network event for 2011 is Wednesday, October 5 from 5:30-7:30pm at Troy Fine Art in Southport, CT. The focus that evening is Come As...

What Are You Majoring in This Semester?

It amazes me how my energy shifts from Labor Day Monday to back-to-work/school Tuesday. The last week of August and the days before the holiday weekend crawl. And then BOOM! It's business as usual, as though nothing has ever been other than business as usual. I've...

Fancier Words, Same Message

I recently started working with a wonderful woman who came to me for life coaching, not business coaching. She is figuring out what's next for her, and it clearly isn't what she's been doing for the last several years--putting everyone else's needs first. I...

Overheard at a Gremlin Tea Party

I invited two of my clients to let their gremlins have full rein at the beginning of our group's call. They each had a minute to let loose, and they did a beautiful job. My purpose was to allow the negativity to have its head, and then excuse it from the premises. ...

They Don’t Need to Know

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...

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