A question I often get from clients is “how do I avoid giving away the whole secret of what I do in my blogs or videos?” It’s really a critical question because who’s going to buy the cow if you already gave them the milk? (a gross thought really, who wants a cow? I’ve always… continue reading »
Sometimes when I was in a snit about an argument I had with my family, I’d slink into a corner and fantasize about just running away (not to the circus but you get the idea). I wondered if anyone would care if I disappeared and how long it would take for them to notice. Of… continue reading »
Wait—My Andy would never cheat on me. But he did cheat on his bootcamp class. Here’s the story: My darling hubby and I had been faithfully going to the same bootcamp fitness class for over 5 years. That’s when things started to go wrong. New Kid In Town One week on a break from the… continue reading »
I was exhausted. I had worked non stop talking to clients all day and still had an article to write AND a networking event that night to go to. I was also nursing a cold. At that moment I understood that I was standing at the precipice of a decision. An even bigger ‘AHA’ came… continue reading »
You are human (right?) and while as an entrepreneur you help solve your clients’ pain, sometimes you are also in pain. Sometimes, that pain that you make your living helping clients with is also, for a brief moment in time, your pain. Do you feel like a fraud every day and go on as if nothing’s happening? While… continue reading »
Have you ever solved a problem bigger than your wallet with your imagination? Well, here’s a story that I hope you will learn a lot from! The Situation My client Andrea (I have permission to use her real name) hired a young hotshot assistant for her ad agency. He was short on experience but had tons… continue reading »
I am not a Trekkie (although I’m married to one) and yet somehow I’ve coined the phrase “Say-Do Continuum” in observing my fellow humans. The Say-Do Continuum is a phenomenon when a person actually does something as he promises to (Do) and tells you (Say) what he’ll do truthfully at all times. Basically it’s someone… continue reading »
Yup, I’m an entrepreneur and for me, it’s that time of year when everything is fresh and exciting. It’s also that time where everything seems do-able and fun. So here’s my crack at a list of my 2013 resolutions. 1. Get on TV To my everlasting embarrassment, my only previous experience of being on tv… continue reading »
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