Many years ago, I discovered a book called Your Best Year Yet: Ten Questions for Making Your Next Twelve Months the Most Successful Ever. In it, author Jinny Ditzler invites you take stock of yourself by answering questions like, Normally, these sorts of exercises are not my idea of a good time. (They’re too “New Read More
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Do You Talk TOO MUCH or TOO LITTLE in Meetings?
Here’s how to make your participation “Just Right”! If you’ve heard the story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears, you know that when our girl invaded the bears’ home, her goal was to appropriate the “just right” bed. And chair. And bowl of porridge. She found (and took) all of these things. But if Goldilocks had Read More
Do You Know These Four Marketing Skills?
In “Don’t Self-Promote…Do This Instead!” I wrote about the joys of letting other people spread the word about your business or work. And believe me, if you’re an introvert or a shy person who doesn’t particularly like talking about yourself, it really is a joy when other people step up to do it for you. Read More
Don’t Self-Promote…Do This Instead!
I recently got a promo email from Cat Mulvihill, an internet consultant I admire. (Her advice on how to set up a home video studio is priceless.) It was a reminder to register for her Virtual Camera for Beginners Workshop, and she closed it by saying, NO LONGER A BEGINNER? If there is someone in Read More
15 Minutes of Fame (I Owe Mine to the New York Times, and FOOTBALL)
In the summer of 2023, I was the subject of a full length article on the front page of the New York Times!! Why? Because—although my favorite activity is lying on the couch with a bourbon sour and a good romance novel—I’ve been privileged to help many Pro Football Hall of Fame inductees write their Read More