If you ask Google what “Personal Power” is, you get a wide range of definitions. According to Suzie Doscher, Life Coach for Personal Development, “Personal Power in non-business language is the strength that lies within you. Personal Power is acquired while growing up, making mistakes, learning from mistakes, making better choices.”...
Read MoreMost often we tend to put our own health and well-being last as we try to help and please the people around us. In theory this might sound wonderful but in practice it simply doesn’t work. Caring for ourselves translates to caring for others, which translates to powerful inspiration and happiness. So let’s not just read it and delete it. Start today and put it into...
Read MoreToo often as a business woman and entrepreneur, you think you have to do it all yourself. With that mindset you then get stuck and overwhelmed, ready to throw in the towel. But here’s the amazing part … You don’t have to. Connecting with others can be your super power, your secret sauce. You have an entire tribe of other women who would be...
Read MoreBecoming a Thought Leader is a process that takes time and effort. Thought leaders do things that will set them apart from the crowd. Will you? In addition to being an expert in their field, thought leaders share information with the world through blogs, articles, posts, public speaking, and other platforms that can spread their message. It’s...
Read MoreOk, so we’re not going to eat a real elephant, but aren’t there tasks and projects that seem as big as an elephant? You’re not sure where to start – at the tail or the ears? If you get overwhelmed at the prospect of doing something new and big in your business, you’re not alone. Putting off or AKA procrastination, of big projects is...
Read MoreSpring has sprung! My tulips are coming up, the snowdrops and crocus have bloomed and the buds on my magnolia tree are but a couple weeks away from their magnificence! After such a long, cold winter (yes, we had snow on the west coast!) it is such a treat to feel the sun on your face and be able to open up the windows and let that fresh air in. Every year I pick a...
Read MoreYou’ve got a good lead but you’re not sure your call will be welcome. You’ve decided to sort your files, put on a pot of coffee or worst yet, clean the bathroom just to put off calling. Yup! You’ve got Call Reluctance and it’s a common affliction. Some people have a fear of using the phone. they would rather hide behind an email or...
Read MoreIf we’re going to be completely honest, standard networking events definitely have a place in business development but I need MORE. Call me impatient (it’s OK, I’ve been called worse! *smile*) but as an entrepreneur, I’m a ‘doer’. If I’m going to spend some of my precious time that only comes in 24 hour increments every day,...
Read MoreA new year is a great time for planning and putting into practice those plans that will propel us into the new year and beyond. If you want/need to grow your business, an important piece to the plan is meeting people. My friend Jacob, made a new year’s resolution in 2016 to dine/break bread/coffee/sweatwork with at least 250 different people, of which at least...
Read MoreIn the beginning … You know, when you’re starting out and trying to build your business and you can’t tell if what you’re doing is really making a difference? The you open your email … “Dear Cathy, we’ve never met but twice during this morning I was given your name as someone I had to talk to. My friend saw...
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