Although I am most definitely an early adopter of technology, I admit that I hesitated before buying my first iPad.  At first, my excuse was, “I already have an iPhone and a Mac…what do I need this middle-sized form factor for?” Because I travel a lot for business and need to be fully functional when [...]

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So glad that you’re still with me, and that we’ll be creating a new reality together in 2012.  This will be a very exciting year for both of us…a year crackling with change and opportunity.  Can you feel it? Are you designing something fabulous? I am!  And while I was crafting my new vision and [...]

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 I have been extraordinarily touched by the stories of my friends and strangers that are suddenly finding themselves unemployed, or who fear for their jobs in the next round of layoffs.  I have been on both sides of this fence–being laid off and having to lay people off–and neither one is a pleasant place to [...]

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It’s 2011.  You’re suffering from the symptoms of living in what used to be the world’s leading power with the world’s next-to-last amount of vacation.  You can’t imagine living through one more round of layoffs, whether you are on the giving or the possibly getting side, but you still know another round is coming.  Your [...]

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Late this morning, I was working out at the gym.  On one of the televisions played the movie “The Legend of Bagger Vance.” On another, a documentary on the Mayan calendar, and the date on which it ends (12/21/12).  The movie reminded me that there is place within me that I can go and feel [...]

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Have you ever had a time in your life when you wanted to do something you really wanted to do, but weren’t really sure what you wanted to do?  Are you sick of hearing that if you follow your passion the money will follow, because you have no idea what you’re passionate about? That’s just [...]

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My friend Rhonda Smith is one of them.  She left the corporate consulting world to start a program totally dedicated to helping breast cancer survivors recover from treatment in a more holistic and integrative way. But her note to me today reminds me that all women can benefit from her approach to recover, restore and [...]

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Some of you may not know that I had a long history in technology sales, as a retail rep, retail sales manager, outside sales manager, technical sales manager, regional sales director and national sales director for various companies. I also managed sales teams as parts of other jobs. So, when I received a request from [...]

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  Nick Smith of Clear Path Training and I are traveling paths so close together, they are almost one. in fact, you might call it The Clear Path. When I read his book, The Art of Accomplishment: 35 Surprisingly Simple Ways To Start Reaching All Of Your Goals, and compared the thought leadership in it [...]

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When was the last time you sat still for an hour and just thought about things? Not ruminated, or worried, or planned, or regretted, or wished…but actually allowed yourself a  space in which to dive deeply into some component of your life, stare out the window, and say, “Hey…Where do I want this to go?” [...]

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