Consultants love cliches… “Think outside the box. Get out of your comfort zone.” Sheesh! What do those things mean anyways? I catch myself almost giving advice, all the time! Before I speak, I ask myself, “Do I really do what I’m about to advise...

You may have wondered what I’ve been up to… here’s a preview of what’s coming in September 11-14, 2014. If you’ve been wanting to focus on what’s most important in your work and life, I hope you’ll consider joining me at the Ojai...

How my Network impacts my Travel: I reach out on family, friends, fans, and followers to help me out when traveling somewhere new. Jason and I are going to Bali for a business conference where Jason will be the keynote speaker. Then we’ll have a week of vacation and a few...

I’ve spent most of my adult life trying to cover up or overcome being an introvert. The people who’ve met me through the Women’s Business Socials think I’m kidding when I say that being on stage or surrounded by a room full of people wanting to talk...

I personally like business cards. They say quite a bit about the person, beyond the contact information that it lists. But I’ll tell you a secret…. You don’t have to have paper business cards, not really. You ARE your business card. What you say, do, look like and put out...

I had coffee with Max, my friend who’s a plumber here in town. We usually talk about books, weather, and gardening… you know the usual stuff. Yesterday, we talked about the “Latte Factor.” He estimated that 40% of his business comes from people seeing him...

I’m speaking on a panel in NYC next week as part of a client’s women’s leadership initiative within their company. I LOVE one of the interview questions they sent in advance: “What advice do you have on remaining creative and innovative in the day-to-day...

If you’ve ever needed convincing on the power of social media, take 4 minutes and wrap your brain around this. First 10 Stats  from the Socialnomics 2013 video: Over 1 billion users on Facebook If Facebook were a country it would be the world’s 3rd largest and 2x the size...

The 2 biggest complaints I hear about networking are: #1 I don’t have time to go to networking events. #2 I feel like the networking events are a waste of my time. In last week’s webinar, I gave 30-minutes of tested and proven strategies on building your business by...

“Ugh, networking…” Do you ever feel like that? I used to… Although many of us know we should be networking to build our business, the truth is we dread it. Read some of these confessions from my clients: “I know I should be networking but I don’t...