How to Make a Vision Board
One of my most popular past blog posts is Vision Boards: A Quick Story. I wrote it months before the DVD The Secret was released. Then John Assaraf’s story of manifesting his giant mansion by using vision boards and the law of attraction (in The […]
Making Space For Silence In A Recklessly Noisy World
I’m on another silent retreat this week. Which makes me remember my first silent retreat. The one where I went batshit crazy. I was out of my mind with rage at the people meditating around me who felt the need to swallow. Or cough. Or […]
How to Name Your Business (My No-Fail 3-Step Formula)
This time you’re determined, dammit. You grab your coffee. You sit down. And you think the same thought that’s been plaguing you for weeks now… “Okay, time to name my business. Let’s do this.” And then? Then, all the RULES rush through your head”¦ You […]
On Having the Courage to Suck at Things
I have a friend who can’t type. She gets by, yes. And she’s turned “hunting and pecking” into an art form. Personally, I think typing is the coolest skill ever. Sometimes when I’m typing away, this little character appears in my head and marvels at […]
Got lots of ideas? Here’s what to do (and NOT) with them”¦
Have you ever said something like this to a friend: “Okay – I have this idea”¦ You then spend a good three minutes explaining your idea – and you finish off by asking,] “”¦Is that a good idea? Or am I just, like, COMPLETELY freakin’ […]
A Tale of Two Calculus Students (And All The Stuff You Should Stop Doing)
I have a friend who doesn’t know how to type. She can get by, yes. And she’s turned “hunting and pecking” into an art form. But she never learned how to think in terms of “a-s-d-f.” Or “j,k,l, semicolon.” Personally, I think typing is the […]
Please, For the Love of God: Stop Making Brochures
Dinner was over. Â We were outside the restaurant. Â We were about to hug goodbye. Â And my friend Doug says, “Hey can you look something over for me?” Inside, I freeze. Occasionally, Doug asks me to “look things over.” Â That’s fine. It’s not the looking over […]
6 Irresistible Reasons to Stop Explaining Yourself
Rita’s dad didn’t approve of her choice to join a mastermind to help her grow her business. Rita said she was expecting a long email from him filled with judgments. As she waited for that email, she was figuring out what she would write back. […]
What to Do When Your Creative Spark Dies
One of my Platinum mastermind clients, a successful corporate trainer, issued a plea to her peers last week in the Facebook group. She wrote: Today I am having a tough time creating. Feeling rather overwhelmed and a bit stressed out. Does this happen to anyone […]
Train Your Brain into Your Future Business Success
Best Of Series: This is a repost of one of my most popular blog posts. Here’s how I taught my dog to catch food in mid-air: My husband and I would sit on the sofa with a bowl of popcorn. My dog would watch us. […]