A recent blog post published in The Huffington Post attempts to explain why (most) successful women in the USA are childless. While the author, Kristen Houghton doesn’t cover all the reasons why this appears to be true, she does make an important point: to succeed, you need to focus on what you want without distraction. […]
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January Is Self-Love Month. Celebrate it with us!
Forget the punishing New Years Resolutions–the denying yourself the things you love. Here’s a new twist! Celebrate Self-Love Month in January by beginning 2013 with 31 days of being kind to yourself. Best-selling author Daylle Deanna Schwartz is the genius behind the Self-Love Movement and is offering her new book How Do I Love Me? […]
The 5 Most Common Divorce Mistakes
Pegotty and Randy Cooper, coach colleagues of mine who train coaches specializing in divorce, shared the 5 biggest and most common mistakes people make when they negotiate a settlement in a divorce. They are: 1) Throwing in the Towel. 2) Taking the “My way or the highway” approach to negotiating. 3) Betting the farm on […]
Leadership Lessons from the Dancing Guy
This video is a perfect illustration of the nature of leadership and how we can create movements and attract followers. It starts with one crazy, shirtless guy, who eventually attracts a follower. Notice the momentum that happens when one follower turns into three. And see how easy it is to create a mob when you […]
How to Become a Friendlier Person by Dale Carnegie
Dale Carnegie was born in 1888 and passed away in 1995. Yet many decades after his death we still look to his good advice to help us build relationships and manage stress and worry. I’ve always said if you want a friend, be a friend. I don’t know who to attribute this saying to, but […]
Living Rich
“I have a home, and a car, and a job. Do you need a few bucks for some coffee?” When I saw this photo it made me smile. How amazing it is that this man thought to make a sign like this and commit the time and money to stand out on a corner handing out […]
What are You Passionate About?
I attended a wedding two weeks ago and was seated beside a man in his eighties who admitted to me that he had never found his passion and had stayed in a career that he did not enjoy. This made me very sad because I knew that this was not unusual. I’ve had clients who […]