A couple of weeks ago, a friend of mine commented that she had received praise from her peers over her daily online “updates”. She had been complimented on how often she not only updated her social networking pages, but on the overall relevancy and humor of those same status updates. This friend then went on…
Easter is my favorite holiday. In fact, it’s not just my favorite holiday…it’s my Superbowl. Thanksgiving is a predictable one day affair and Christmas is a mostly shared engagement with tasks and meals appointed to family and friends. And then there’s Easter. Things officially kick off on the Saturday morning just one day prior in…
Vision: The formation of a mental image of something that is not percieved as real, is not present to the senses;direction necessary to chart your course. “Vision—it reaches beyond the thing that is, into the conception of what can be. Imagination gives you the picture. Vision gives you the impulse to make the picture your…
Manifesto, aka How You Get Where You Want to Go: A declaration of principles, intentions, and ambitions. Written commitments that demonstrate exactly how the mission/purpose/ values will be executed. “Instead of this absurd division into sexes, they ought to class people as static and dynamic.” — Evelyn Waugh Exercise: Mini-Manifesto 1. Take your core values…
She said, “It’s time to break that spell…that spell of “What If”. Yesterday I met with a woman venturing out into her first business. It’s something she’s been dreaming of doing and she is finally taking those first steps towards making it a reality. She was a little nervous as she reflected about the prospect…
Think outside the box or just change the box? Doug Burgoyne is the founder of FROGBOX, a “low environment impact alternative to traditional cardboard moving boxes.” http://www.facebook.com/l/b0c11;www.frogbox.com In an effort to minimize the environmental impact and stress of moving, FROGBOX offers a refreshing alternative in the form of reusable containers, dropped off at your home….
Why do you use Facebook? Initially, I used it to keep in touch with customers of BabyLegs and business associates. These days I also use it, as most do, to re-connect with old friends and keep track of new ones. I just read an article recently published on www.mashable.com highlighting a study by Chadwich Marin…
Some of the best parenting advice I ever received was from a friend who told me “You don’t have to pick every battle, but you have to win the ones you pick.” A couple of days ago, the battle was over my daughter Sara taking a nap before attending a friend’s birthday party. Having recently…
This story was recently shared with us by my friend: “As a philosophy major, turned last minute English major, my husband John graduated college with little to no clue as to what to do with his life. He took a job working for a high end retail chain where the pay was decent and the…
Values: A collection of guiding, usually positive principles; what one deems to be correct and desirable in life, especially regarding personal conduct. “Once your values are clear, decisions are easy.” – Walt Disney Not long ago, the creators of The Nurse Next Door took their team of employees out to dinner and asked them “Why…