05 May Then and now – learning how to shear a sheep
When I was growing up on the farm with my mom and two sisters, if we wanted to learn
29 Apr Are you leaving money on the table?
How many times do you follow up with someone after a sales conversation if they don’t buy on the first call?
14 Apr It’s supposed to be hard.
Have you ever seen that movie A League of Their Own? The story is based on a real women’s baseball league that was created in 1943 after the men went to fight in World War II.
13 Apr The worst four-letter word
If you’ve hung around me for any length of time, you know that I am no stranger to cursing. In fact, one of my favorite stories to share about my son Julian is
31 Mar Frustrated by slow progress? Here’s what it means.
I’ve heard from three separate people this week how frustrated they are by their lack of progress in their business. One said that he felt like he had accomplishments, but nothing was “popping.”
29 Mar Please don’t do this…
Are you on Clubhouse yet? (if you’re not and you want to be, let me know and I’ll send you an invite). I’ve been enjoying getting to know people on there and have listened
09 Feb To be a winner, get good at losing
I heard a song for the first time called “Learn to Lose” by Bakermat. (Looking it up on YouTube I see it has 10 million views, so clearly I’m a bit out of the loop.) These lyrics in particular jumped out at me:
20 Jan 3 reasons your goals might fail
At the start of a new year, we all come down from our holiday sugar high and say “Ok, I'm ready to get this year on track.”
07 Jan About that to-do list…
Just about everyone I know has an ongoing and never-ending to-do list. Typically the tasks get rolled over from one day to the next, and although some completed tasks drop off, new tasks are always piling on.
08 Dec Here’s why you feel overwhelmed – and what to do about it
It’s one of the most common complaints I hear from my clients, especially at this time of year: “I’m overwhelmed. Help!”
17 Nov Stuck on sales? Go make an apple pie!
On the farm where I grew up in western PA, we had two large Macintosh apple trees just to the side of the house. Every year these trees would bloom and then produce prolific amounts of apples, which would fall and
22 Sep My biggest accomplishment this year
This week I finally stopped procrastinating, and accomplished something I've wanted to do all year.
11 Aug You don’t “deserve” anything!
Every morning, I listen to guided meditations on a meditation app. I enjoy experimenting with a variety of styles and teachers.
07 Aug What do sheep have to do with sales?
Did you know I grew up on a sheep farm? Yep, when I was 5 years old, my mother gave up her cushy life as a Pittsburgh suburban housewife
21 Jul Do you know the secret to sales success?
The number 1 frustration I hear from my clients about why their business isn’t growing is that they don’t have enough sales.
30 Jun What have you been wanting to do for a long time?
Is there something that you’ve wanted to do for a really long time, but just haven’t gotten done? For me that “something” is to write a book.
25 Jun What’s the real value of goal setting?
Recently, I attended an event for entrepreneurs where the discussion topic was SMART goals. If you’ve ever done any research on the most effective ways to
16 Jun “Inbox Zero”? Not!
Ever hear about the “Inbox Zero” email philosophy, where by the end of the day you have zero emails in your inbox? Yeah, that’s not me.
26 May That life-altering experience you’re waiting for isn’t coming
I just got back from the doctor. I had noticed swelling under my right arm, and because I had lymphoma in 2007, I take these things very seriously. The earliest appointment I could get was for this morning.
05 May Burglars don’t (usually) knock
My husband Jon and daughter Isabel spent this past weekend at our upstate house and Isabel came home with this story:
31 Mar Have you been feeling this way?
I’m hosting a free weekly group Zoom call to support our community of entrepreneurs. We meet on Wednesdays at 1:00 PM EST.
20 Mar Business in the time of coronavirus
Are these crazy times or what? In all my years of business I’ve never experienced anything like it - even having lived through events as severe as 9/11 and Hurricane Sandy.
12 Mar What the coronavirus can teach us about abundance
I don’t know about you, but I never even heard the word “coronavirus” in my entire life until this whole situation started blowing up.
15 Jan Don’t fall for that “best year ever” stuff…
In the last couple weeks, my inbox has been inundated with emails entreating me to have my Best. Year. Ever!!
12 Apr After ten years, this happened…
When my daughter Isabel was four years old, I took her with me to my hairdresser,
17 Dec 3 tips for getting everything you want this holiday season (and in life)
My mother used to tell a story about a Christmas morning early in her marriage to my father.
08 Oct Want to grow your business? Make mistakes.
My daughter came home crying last week. She recently got her first job, picking up a neighborhood boy once a week from his after school program
11 Apr Money Talks – Get in on the Conversation!
A hot topic these days is why the “1%” have accumulated so much wealth.
18 Feb Go for the bronze
Last weekend, I felt completely humiliated at church. On that Sunday, we were planning a special service honoring women.