I would bet that at some point in your life, someone told you a secret and told you not to tell anyone. Would you tell? Even your best friend? Or your spouse? Or perhaps a total stranger just to say it out loud? Maybe your pet, or stuffed animal or even your pillow…. Really, would […]
… That’s how my strategy session began. Not very comforting I would say. In truth, I trusted this friend and if I wasn’t ready to hear the harsh truth, I wouldn’t have asked for his help. So we began by defining a few categories, those that brought in money and those that didn’t, what absolutely […]
So you are considering starting a new business, or perhaps adding a new program or maybe bringing someone in to work with you. You have a “plan” and on paper it is perfect….then reality sets in. Am I talking to you or has that just happened to me? For the past 9 months I have been working […]
According to dictionary.com, transition is “movement, passage, or change from one position, state,stage, subject, concept, etc., to another; change: the transition from adolescence to adulthood.” It seems there is an awful lot of people in transition these days. The most common form seem to be those in a career transition. Either they have been promoted right out of […]
How many times have you said to yourself…”I need to have balance in my life”? I believe it is a mantra that we all own, but the question is, can you have it? Is there really such a thing as balance? What would it look like? And most importantly, would you be happier if […]
The following is a guest post by Shelly Kulesza, CEO of IgniteITgroup.com. As a guest blogger, Judy has asked me to share a little about my organization and the path I took to get here – the good, the bad, and the ugly. I am blessed that, for the most part, my path to entrepreneurism […]
My name is Barbara Doweidt, I was simply a stay at home mom. You know the type, your day starts at 6:00 AM getting kids up and ready for school. Spending your day making appointments, arranging schedules, grocery shopping, cooking, cleaning, gardening, then chauffeuring your children to their after school activities. My children are now […]
How many of you have an idea in your head that you just know should be a book? I bet everyone reading this is nodding their head. I love to write and have always written in a journal or back then it was a diary. It was someplace to share your thoughts and dreams and it was for […]
This past year has been the year of the unknown. What was I going to do? Where was I going to do it? How would I get this idea off the ground? Why would anyone listen? What did I want to be when I grew up? Have you been there? Are you there now? I thought so […]
The definition of being vulnerable is: Susceptible to physical or emotional injury; Susceptible to attack; Open to censure or criticism. These are certainly not positive thoughts that you want to have to start your day. However, I was just sent a video by one of my closest girlfriends that put a new spin on a not so […]
While this blog is about my journey, and I do want it to be in the correct sequence, the next blog or two are a little out of order, but they are too important to hold on to. If you go back and read the post on South Bend, the Final Frontier, you will remember […]
I’m up at bat-Will you be speaking anywhere locally….Strike One How about a website?…Strike Two Ok then send me a brochure…not even a full count. This was a fly ball right into the outfielder’s mitt. YOU’RE OUT!!! I couldn’t even breathe. I just wanted to curl up under my blankies and call it a day. […]