For months I tried to convince one of my children that kindergarten was going to be fun. I told her that I enjoyed school when I was her age. Telling her that she was going to make new friends didn’t seem to help either since she is most definitely an introvert. I even enrolled her [...]

A few months ago my business coach asked me to make a list of strategic business partners. I used my contact database to evaluate who I knew in my local area that could be a good referral source for my business as well as my ability to refer business back to them. The criteria I [...]

A friend of mine wrote a booked called: Everyone Wins! Playing the Game of Conflict Resolution In All Your Relationships. I’m embarrassed to say that I’ve had his book sitting on my bookshelf for a while now. I just finished reading Good to Great and was looking for another business book to read. Many times [...]

So here I sit debating whether or not I should resend my Monthly Minute newsletter after noticing 2 spelling errors. I used spell check, but missed these two words somehow. Oh well. I’m not perfect. Do I risk offending my subscribers by sending them a “corrected” version or just hope that most of them don’t [...]

Today I had lunch with a gentleman that I had met about six years ago in a professional networking group. He was shy and timid when I first met him, but very competent in his field. Today, that same man is no longer shy and timid. He is very sure of where he belongs and [...]

About nine months ago I created a Mastermind group. Even though I have a business coach, I wanted to be held accountable by someone in addition to my coach – it is too easy to tell one person you did not reach your goal, but harder to tell two or more people the same! Also, [...]

About 6 years ago I met two gentlemen at a networking event. It was one of my first events as a new business owner and I was nervous. I didn’t know what to say or even how to approach people. It was intimidating walking up to a group already in the middle of a discussion. [...]