branding management
I Was Hit in Aikido—and it was an honor
I was hit repeatedly at an Aikido training over the weekend. And it was an honor. When I told a friend about this she said, “At the first hit, I’d be out of there. Off to get a latte and shopping for shoes.” Of course a part of me wanted out of there. The other part welcomed the opportunity to polish my spirit. As Rumi says, “Criticism polishes my mirror.” My work will be done when nothing can annoy, irritate, anger, or ruffle me. That is a long way off.
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Be a Media Darling [My New Podcast]
This is why my Podcast took 3 years to launch: I got waylaid. Over and over again. I think I resisted it because talking came so natural to me. And I did lots of other harder things first. I created webinars, special reports, ebooks, courses. I trained to get my black belt in Aikido. I got…
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The “Right” Way to Steal Other People’s Brilliant Business Ideas
Is it ever OK to “steal” someone else’s ideas – in business? Surprisingly: Yes. Not long ago, a friend of mine found herself in the kind of situation that would make anyone’s stomach twist into knots. My friend (an entrepreneur with a modestly popular website and blog) discovered that a woman in another country had…
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Feng Shui Your Mind For Media Interviews
I’ve had so many conversations this month that end up being about mind-set. Feng Shui-ing your mind is more than just clearing clutter. It’s about discovering and then organizing what the heck is in there in the first place. Mind-set is about how our conscious and unconscious minds work together well – or not. One…
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The life-Changing Magic of Speaking Up. (This is my story. What’s yours?)
As a high school student in Palo Alto, California, I was irrepressibly curious and constantly looking for strange and exciting new experiences to try out. And if those “strange and exciting” adventures meant that I could make a little extra money on the side? Even better! That’s how I wound up sitting in a laboratory…
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Love Beads and Bergamot
My sweetie and I were sitting in a booth at Chevy’s in Richmond, right after visiting Annie’s Annuals to get some of her incredible plants (cappuccino sunflowers, dahlias, violas, hollyhocks). As we sloppily ate the fire-roasted salsa (my fav) I noticed the guy across from me with his amazing array of super colorful bracelets and…
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