by chala | Jan 21, 2015 | Ezines, Inspiration, Leadership, Marketing, Small business growth
A few weeks ago, I got a shocking email: a friend’s young son was diagnosed with leukemia. He now needs a bone marrow transplant. The odds of a match are 1 out of 30 000. The donor can’t be anyone (I really thought hard about doing it myself!). It has to...
by chala | Jan 14, 2015 | Ezines, Inspiration, Leadership, Marketing, Small business growth
So said my new coach in an intensely emotional stand-off with a participant at this weekend’s event. The unfortunate woman was emotionally and financially bankrupt. She had lost a lawsuit, owing over 6 figures in damages. She had to shatter her daughter’s...
by chala | Jan 7, 2015 | Ezines, Inspiration, Leadership, Marketing, Small business growth
Happy New Year everyone! I wanted to greet you with a scary statistic..call me strange…Only 19% of people who make new year’s resolutions keep them for one whole year. Here are the other numbers according to the Toronto Star article: 19%: Less than 24...
by chala | Dec 16, 2014 | Ezines, Inspiration, Leadership, Marketing, Small business growth
I had one of the most interesting confrontations of my life at last week’s Canadian Association of Professional Speaker’s Conference. It was really illuminating and I’d like to share it with my fellow business owners who dare to blog, speak and in...
by chala | Dec 10, 2014 | Ezines, Inspiration, Leadership, Marketing, Small business growth
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtPv8SASWSU I may be over 40 but my parents and I still talk about my business. Occasionally they do give me advice, but that’s not what I’m talking about when I say that my childhood was running my business and it very well...
by chala | Dec 3, 2014 | Ezines, Inspiration, Leadership, Marketing, Small business growth
Why do 80% of businesses fail in 5 years? What makes the difference between struggling and thriving in a business? I ask myself these questions as I stroll from one networking event to another while I meet hundreds of businesses a year. Here is my answer as the 5...
