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 […]
“They” say that everyday you should learn something. Who are “They” anyway?? In any case, I do agree and I do try and follow that rule in my life whether personally or professionally. Do you know how many people come into your life? How many of them have made an impact on your life? Everyone […]
Recently I was told that I have done more networking in the past 60 days than others have done in 6 months. How else do you get yourself out there? Yes it is based on who you know not what you know…isn’t everything? But, you have to get some skin in the game and that […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
Of course, wouldn’t you know that my plane was delayed? I was working with a very small window in order to see my daughter and it didn’t look like it was going to happen. Our pilot made up some major time and from the moment I landed, we had about 10 minutes to spend with […]
It was April 10th when something was gnawing at me. Things were changing in my professional world. Health Care Reform was going to hit the industry and it was time for the focus of our Company to change gears. I was all prepared for that…and not really sure what being prepared really meant. We were […]
