Farewell to a Decade

Ah, the last post of the year … heck, the decade!
Would you believe I’ve been posting to this blog for two years now? In that time, I’ve published more than 250 posts … the first post to this blog was published on Nov. 1, 2007. I began with weekly posts and now I post about [...]

New Year, New Theme

One of the ezines I receive is from ADD Management Group and the founder, Jennifer Koretsky, had a really interesting take on New Year’s resolutions I’d like to share with you.
She suggested that having a traditional, strict New Year’s Resolution just sets you up for not only failure, but beating yourself up over it as [...]

Ask the Right Questions to Qualify Your Niche

Merry Christmas 2009!

Here’s a little video I pulled together for you. I hope you enjoy it.

Vocals by Kate Rudd.

Failing Forward – A Matter of Mindset

Mary Kay Ash, the founder of Mary Kay Cosmetics, once said, “People fail forward to success.”
And it really is true. You will make mistakes along the way to your success.
And it is your attitude toward your failures that will determine your eventual success … or not. Ralph Waldo Trine had this to say on the [...]

Thought Is the Force Underlying All

In his book Character Building Thought Power, Ralph Waldo Trine had this to day about the power of thought:
“Thought is the force underlying all. And what do we mean by this? Simply this: Your every act – every conscious act – is preceded by a thought. Your dominating thoughts determine your dominating actions. In the [...]

3 Steps to a Powerful Marketing Story

Do You Enjoy What You Do? What Wham! Can Teach You About a Business Mindset

I’m probably dating myself here, but I really liked the first Wham! album. The other day, I was looking through YouTube to find the Wham! Rap so I could listen to it in the background and, as I listened, I realized that in between all the silly lyrics were some really important messages.
“Make the claims [...]

Keeping It Real: 3 Questions to Ask Yourself During the Coming Year

1. What do I really want for 2010?
You may have so many things you want to do with your business in the coming year that you are starting to feel overwhelmed. Keep asking yourself this question until you can boil it all down to just a few “big picture” desires for the new year. That [...]

Making Lemonade Out of Lemons: Turning the Negatives to Positives

Have you ever found yourself looking at yourself through the prism of a nay-sayer? It’s not a pretty picture, is it? But is it true?
The thing is a negative person will only see the bad in you … and they will, more than likely, exaggerate it. So how do you get through to the truth [...]