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I have grappled with investing in myself and my business. The underpinnings of this decision-making process go down to the bone of self-worth. The self-help book I should be reading is,  My Business, Myself , which I haven’t written. It’s set in what Faith Popcorn coined as the “atomsFear” where grown-uppery is the two sided [...]

Between social media, digital media, blogging, twitter, Linked In and networking, a small business could go crazy in the acid rain of information and options.  Just doing a task takes you to a browser that lures you into reading a story you could care less about.  Sure you’re more informed, which might come in handy,  [...]

Carving out undisturbed time for focused work is so precious to entrepreneurs, we think of it as Mecca. I would like to describe my Mecca yesterday – the utterly delicious day I blocked off for hitting goals. I arrived at the desk at 7:30 am, went directly to my task list, do-not-stop-GO at email.  For [...]

Image via Wikipedia I don’t try to act “AS IF” I am successful or happy.  When I try, it’s to act “AS IF” I’m normal.  There have been plenty of times when I thought I WAS normal only to find out that I wasn’t. I’d like to take you back to my first real business [...]

Barry Moltz sent out a dispatch about entrepreneurs from the Harvard Business Review written by Jeffrey Stibel, CEO of Dunn And Bradstreet Credibility Corporation. It was so right on, I had to share it.  If you are eating, sleeping and drinking your business, you are not alone.  Enjoy the read!  Enjoy the ride!   Here is the article Jeffrey wrote [...]

Yes, it’s going to take a village to raise happy, healthy companies, but being out there on your own isn’t the only way.  Ask yourself,  “If I don’t have to do everything myself, why would I want to?”  By putting a community behind you, you’ll have more resources, less stress, and more time to focus on [...]

If you’ve got a successful career, a family and/or a life, chances are the pace of modern existence has you spinning.  Here are some great suggestions from the ladies of the Triple W Forum on how-to stop the madness and unleash your happy by making some simple, yet important decisions.     1. Write down [...]

Have you heard of Ballet Parking? The World’s Largest Thong? Or celebrated Have a Bad Day Day?  Maybe you’ve read Harry Potter, taken a Zip Car or tried the new Fare Share taxi app in NYC. Those are all figments of some one’s imagination gone terribly real.  I have had enough experience to believe that imagination rocks.  For many of us, we also [...]

Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday.  ~Don Marquis   Here are Three Top Tips from Fran Piekarski, President of Remedease to help you overcome procrastination. 1. Forget about being perfect and 100% sure.         The paralyzed perfectionist waits until he/she gathers enough information to be sure they can accomplish a task perfectly. Since we can never be 100% sure or [...]

I’ve watched in amazement as my youngest keeps growing into achievement. One of her secrets is weightlessness. She’s a newlywed, they have a dog and an apartment in Manhattan. In the fall she will enter a Masters program at Penn. He will stay in their apartment and possibly get a roommate. She will rent a little space, [...]