How to Master Networking Events

How to Master Networking Events

Do you avoid networking events like the plague? Do you go to networking events only to eat more cheese than you should and come home with no new leads or opportunities? Do you hide in your room during breaks at conferences and events to avoid the whole thing?   As professionals (whether you are in
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3 Strategies to Go From Employed to Self-Employed

3 Strategies to Go From Employed to Self-Employed

Are you facing the rest of your life? Have you recently been laid off, retired, or maybe even fired? The employment market has drastically changed in the last 10 years, especially for high level executives over 50 years old. Companies are hiring on a budget, and they are contracting out expertise. That means, that an
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Why Doing Laundry Is Good for Business

Why Doing Laundry Is Good for Business…

  Productivity is CRUCIAL for business. But productivity doesn’t mean that if we work more efficiently, if we make the most of every minute of our day, then we can pack even more into each day. We suffer when we focus ONLY on productivity and we forget to make space for being. Space for recharging,
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What The Fortresses of Old San Juan, Puerto Rico Made Me Realize

What The Fortresses of Old San Juan, Puerto Rico Made Me Realize…

Many times we are not even aware that we are living in a fortress… actually, we masquerade our fear so well that it looks like a castle. Our conversations are full of compliments, niceties, side conversation, even chit chat… we think we are being polite, but what we are actually doing is avoiding an honest,
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Secrets to Making Decisions Without all the Answers

Secrets to Making Decisions Without all the Answers

So, as an entrepreneur or a professional for that matter, how do you navigate uneven ground? Every single day, we are making decisions with only half of the information. Like a car driving through the night, we can only see as far as the headlights will show and the rest we are trusting maps (GPS),
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The domino effect to growing your business

The domino effect… to growing your business

I’m not recording a video right now… because I’m sitting under a hair dryer at the salon. Yes, I take my work wherever I go and where better to do some creative writing than while my head is getting pampered 😉 But that’s not the point of this email. This week, as I ease my way
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Stop being everything for everyone

Stop being everything for everyone

Just as an inside note, my father was soooo embarrassed to appear on my video 😉 and I almost did get run over so don’t try that at home! But, let’s get back in topic. Are you playing SMALL enough? Are you CLEAR on your niche and who you want to work with? The larger
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Are you sharing your song?

Are you sharing your song?

So, what song do you carry inside? At every moment, every day, we are having an impact on the people around us, what do you want this impact to be? Let’s design it: ANCHOR IN POSSIBILITY: Every day we have a choice, we can focus on what’s possible or we can focus on what’s wrong. Each one of us can find
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Are you engaging with your audiences at every opportunity?

Are you engaging with your audiences at every opportunity?

TURN UP THE VOLUME AS I’M WHISPERING So, are you being a flight attendant? Are there areas, in your business, where you are “delivering” information in a dry, unengaged way? Here are three things to consider: ACKNOWLEDGE: Always acknowledge your audience. Make them feel that you are seeing them, that you are talking to them. As
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Where do you begin?

Where do you begin?

Where do YOU begin? How do we break down that overwhelming goal? “The Journey of 1,000 miles begins with one step.” Lao Tzu Here’s how you,  can take that first step, that MVA (Minimum Viable Action/Decision/Step/Project): VISION: Define the outcome. When you succeed, when you accomplish the goal, what does that look like? Describe it
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