by chala | May 10, 2012 | Ezines, Inspiration, Marketing
My mom was a no-nonsense lawyer with a heart of gold. Her tongue however, was not made of silver (as they say). She told it like it is. Still does. I’m sure she’d agree with the rule that… ‘No gift until after you write the thank-you...
by chala | May 9, 2012 | Ezines, Just in case, Marketing
I don’t call them elevator pitches, I call mine bathroom lineup chat (I’m a woman). As was brought home to me at the sold out Oprah live event in Toronto where I waited with 6500 women to pee, it’s really important to have a swift way to keep people...
by chala | Apr 5, 2012 | Ezines, Marketing
“Excuse me, coming through!” I screamed at the people on the bike path as I unsteadily rolled at a fast clip on my blades. It was an uncommonly busy day at the Beach and I’m not the best rollerblader to say the least. Low and behold people were strolling on the bike...
by chala | Mar 14, 2012 | Ezines, Inspiration, Marketing
I’m re-reading Napoleon Hill’s famous book on positive thinking called ‘Think and Grow Rich’. It’s making my mind itch and stretch as it’s meant to. The story of Mr. Darby, the gold explorer who gave up on mining the ore because he unknowingly had hit a fault line—3...
by chala | Feb 15, 2012 | Ezines, Inspiration, Marketing
I have a new client, Andy. He is my ideal client because of only 1 thing–he is fearless. In our first meeting, I gave him a laundry list of a million things to do. Most of them were against his nature, uncomfortable and never before tried things. Things like...
by chala | Feb 3, 2012 | Ezines, Inspiration, Leadership, Marketing
Every Monday, I drop off my 2 year old at a nursery play program for speech delayed toddlers (which he is). He screams and cries even before we get there and it is excruciating to take him there and to let him go for 2 hours while I wait outside the door, hearing his...
