Are There Shortcuts in Life?

  I had a great conversation with my client today about people who sign up for programs expecting the "get rich quick" schemes. We were dismayed at the number of people who won't take any action when they realize they've found a program that takes effort and time, even though it will likely create lasting wealth when [...]

Clutter, Clutter Everywhere? Try This!

  I recently had an excellent session with a client. No, she didn't have clutter in the regular sense, but we had some great discussions around mental clutter, digital clutter and those piles that do inevitably accumulate around the house. As we were talking about each item in turn, I realized something that had never occurred to me [...]

Oh, Time – What an Amazing Thing

I have to tell you - I have been stinkin' busy for the last two months! I am so grateful for my wonderful clients and the new opportunities I've been a part of, but I'm tired! I know you get it. So, why am I telling you this? Because I wanted to ruminate on [...]

Lessons Learned on the Road to Virtual Group Training

Today I want to share with you how long it has taken to get my virtual Group Training program off the ground. I want to be honest about this because hopefully you'll see that whatever project or dream you've had simmering for years can still become a reality. I have been in business since 2011, [...]

Seize the Opportunity

One of the main pieces of advice I give when mentoring is to be open to opportunities, no matter how off-the-wall or alarmingly huge they may seem. I've been presented with opportunities ranging from speaking for free at networking events and doing a podcast interview to speaking at a national conference and creating a partnership. Every [...]

Dream Big

I was doing a little professional development and started a course by Tony Robbins. It's called "The Time of Your Life." Literally 5 minutes in, I had a mind-blowing moment. Tony talked about making sure that no matter what we do, we should know what we want. It's the next thing he said that [...]

10 Tips to Defeat the Avoidance Monster

Have you had the experience of avoiding a project over and over and having no idea why? Me, too. Avoidance is a common behavior when we feel overwhelmed or anxious about a project. Here are 5 tips to help you stop avoiding:   Break it down Sometimes a project can feel overwhelming when viewed as [...]

16 Ways to be Kind to Yourself as a Business Owner

This year has been all about health for me: Reducing the hours I work, joining a gym with my husband and finding a therapist are some of the big changes I've made. However, I don't always remember that adding new things, healthy things, to my daily and weekly routines means that I don't have [...]

5 Ways Productivity and Rest Are Intertwined

It may seem counterintuitive that rest is so important to productivity. But if you really think about it, you get more done when you feel better rested, right? What if you put the priority on feeling rested so that you could be more productive each day? Not meaning that you get more rest in order [...]

Use Folder Set Templates to Save Time

Imagine that next month you suddenly get an unexpected huge inflow of clients from a marketing piece you created. Will you be overwhelmed by the number of new folders and documents you need to create to service those clients? Did you know that you can create sets of folders and documents as templates so that it's [...]

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