How To Get More Qualified Sales…It’s All About The Process

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Let’s talk about the sales process.  No matter the product, the industry, the length of time…the process is generally the process.  Where it begins and ends might be a little different for someone but again…the process is generally the process. I know many believe you are not in sales or don’t want to be considered […]

Words Matter

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Whether you are in elementary school, in business or in your real-life setting, you need to be aware of the words you use because words can be powerful and that is what we will talk about today…how words matter. “Words are singularly the most powerful force available to humanity. Words have energy and power with […]

Seeking Help Is Empowering!

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Asking for help means you aren’t smart enough to do something yourself.  Asking for help means that you are weak. Asking for help means you are in the wrong position in business.  Have you heard any of those statements before? They seem to follow us generation after generation and decade after decade. It’s time to […]

Wake Up And Smell The Coffee!

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In the early 1990s, I found myself as a single mom with two amazing children, I had just lost my mom and was recently divorced. It was a lot to handle and I had to figure out my next steps. I answered an ad in the newspaper…yes, a real newspaper with a classified section.  I […]

The Power To Change

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In 2009, I knew I wasn’t in the right place. I tried to make myself fit in. Since I’ve always felt like a square peg in a round hole for most of my life, this wasn’t a new sensation. But something was different. I was looking for a sign or an opportunity or someone to […]

Are You Hearing What I’m Saying?

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Think about this…as a speaker, you have an event coming up. You talk to the organizer or meeting planner about who the audience is, what their expectations are and what the message they want you to share and are prepared to accomplish that. You review your talking points and are excited to really offer the […]

Your Most Powerful Tool Is Your Mind…

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If you are old enough to remember floppy disks, syntax errors, bits and bytes and Dos, you will also remember thinking and wondering why you didn’t get every piece of information that you needed pouring out at your request. Unfortunately, we were reminded that what you put in, is what you get out. That is […]

Working Remotely…Are You Prepared?

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Other than 2 years of my career, I have always been an entrepreneur working from home.  Yes, I’ve gone to an office, facilitated training in an office, recruited in an office and had team meetings in an office…but the majority of my time, was working from home.  I don’t remember if anyone gave me a […]

How High Are Your Standards?

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I always have interesting conversations and incredible people watching episodes when I’m at the airport.  I listen and observe, I engage and I observe some more.  At one airport, I was waiting for a flight and we were delayed so many times that it was almost a game to see when the app and the […]

Determining Your Niche

Why is it that when someone asks who your target market is, the response many times is “everyone”?  How can that be true?  Is what you offer really good for the immediate world? The more you are able to describe and pinpoint your niche, the more profitable it will be.  Others will understand who they […]

Famous Isn’t Enough

You’ve written your book, you’ve got a marketing plan set up, it’s all good and then….life happens.  Not everyone is on the same page, things aren’t completed in the right order but guess what?  You’ve written your book and that is something to be proud of so pat yourself on the back! In the midst […]

Too Yummy To Share

Sometimes you are given the task of coming up with amazing food to serve to your amazing friends for the first time as a married couple.  That was us on New Year’s Eve.  We wanted to make it a special evening as this was the beginning of a new chapter of our lives. I immediately […]