Networking Coffee Dates are a Waste of Time
“I am so frustrated! What is wrong with the people in this town? The networking coffee dates I’m doing are such a waste of time!” I can’t count the number of times I’ve heard this sentiment from clients and colleagues over the years. People have written blogs venting...
Why Your Marketing is Not Working for You
I often hear business owners exclaim that a particular marketing tactic they are using “doesn’t work.” They say this because they aren’t getting the results they’re expecting from using a particular tool or channel for creating visibility and exposure for themselves...
How to Reach your Business Goals, without Knowing ALL the Details
“You want me to do what!!!!!????” I gasped at my coach. “Do nothing.” She said with a detached, matter-of-fact tone. “What do you mean do nothing? I’m a strategist! I like to be in control. I need to know where I’m going, why I’m doing it and exactly how I’m going to...
Embracing your Hidden Gifts will Supercharge your Business Success
One of the many hidden gifts of being a highly sensitive person (HSP) is the extreme ability to sense and feel things, due to a highly permeable nervous system. “It’s like feeling something with 50 fingers as opposed to 10,” explains Judith Orloff, a psychiatrist and...
It’s Time to Stand in YOUR Spotlight
Each time we step into every communications situation it is an opportunity to inspire, influence and motivate others. Whether you are networking, delivering a presentation or workshop, in sales conversations or written proposals, on phone calls, email exchanges, or...
I’ve Been Failing Since 1984
As a recovering perfectionist, I haven’t been one to look back at my previous accomplishments to see how far I’ve come and celebrate those wins. Oh no. My modus operandi up until a few years ago had been to keep looking forward to all that I hadn’t yet accomplished...
Stop Treading Water in your Business, and Start Creating Waves
I recently re-engaged with a client who I had previously worked with. He is the CEO of a fast-growing accounting and bookkeeping practice. The first-time around we worked on refining his marketing message so that all of his marketing collateral and sales communication...
Remembering the Titans: Focus on your Strengths
Let me start by saying that I am not a football expert, so if you’re a football fan you’ll have to forgive me for potentially butchering the football lingo as I tell my story. I am; however, an athlete who ‘gets’ the team sport dynamic and what it’s like being part of...
How to Say No, Without Feeling Guilty
I am a recovering over-giver. I won’t get into the details of why and the many layers of where this came from. But what I will say is that being an “over-giver” is a very common way that someone who is Highly Sensitive (like me) uses to cope with his or her sensitive...
Success Secrets from a Cactus
She reveals herself to me a little more each day. And I find myself eagerly anticipating her next growth spurt. To bear witness to this evolution is a miracle in itself. Especially because not long ago, she was withering away and I almost left her for dead. But...