At the age of 19 I started my first business I had an office, a phone and a typewriter (yep we are talking pre computers here). Luckily, I did realise people needed to know I was there and so I placed a 4 line ad in the local paper telling them who I was and […]
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 […]
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 […]
You’re moving along, doing your thing and BAM! something unexpected happens….your computer crashes. Everything you have is on your desktop or in a folder. But no issues, because you have a Mac…right? Here’s what happened Thursday evening. I’m on the phone with Jason, my branding guru. We are scheduling blog posts, twitter updates, etc. on […]
One of the many things on my ToDo list was to get my blog up to date…by my birthday…which is today. So let me give the Reader’s Digest condensed version of the missing weeks so we will be up to date as of October 12, 2010. I believe I am about 4 weeks behind so […]
When the meeting was over, we all headed out for the tailgate party. The rain had stopped but the wind was whipping. It was a lot of fun and I got to talk to everyone and they all wished me well in my new endeavor and said so many wonderful things to me. I was […]
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. […]
So now you see the concept and realize the grunt work in the back end is the only way to get the front to work. I had become the networking queen. I join, attend and benefit from everywhere I go. It’s not only the receiving part that is unbelievable, it is the giving part that […]
This is the winning concept. For those of you that know me, you know all the industries I have worked in…construction, home and auto glass, insurance. What do they all have in common? Male dominated industries is the common thread. Being in the minority had its own advantage-standing out in the sea of men. At […]
Ok so it isn’t the first sentence I really needed. Was it the content I was trying to figure out? Nope that wasn’t it either. Was it trying to decide on my colors, logo and design before I could get started? Nope that wasn’t it either. The winning answer….JUST DO IT! That’s right. I felt […]
Well I did go to Chicago for that final training. Here’s what I weighed: I had no new projects and all my projects were done. I got the thumbs up from everyone and if I didn’t get to be out of the office I think I would have internally combusted. I think I made the […]
