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Is the Fear of Someone Stealing Your idea Keeping You Stuck
Idea stealing is a discussion I often have with independent service professionals and business owners afraid to participate in group type learning environments or entrepreneurs who feel certain that they’re in possession of the next big whatever. The independent service professional or business owner – “Why would I come to a session like the one…
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A Bank That Found Its Voice
I first came across the Cow Pasture Bank while reading ‘I Inherited a Fortune’ by Paul J. Meyer. If you’re like me the words cow, pasture and bank don’t seem to meld AT ALL but believe me this was the bank’s name. Really The First State Bank of Rio Vista it was referred to as “The…
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Is There a System to Discovering the WHY in Your Life?
A reader of my weekly Business Newsday Column recently emailed and asked: Is there a proven system that exists in discovering the “why” in one’s life. It seems to me that in reality there are many “whys” depending on the stage one has reached in their life and circumstances surrounding it. I made several attempts…
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It’s All About THE EXPERIENCE!
Every time a consumer comes in contact with your brand, an experience is either created, captured or destroyed. What memorable experiences can you create for your customers? How can you prevent destroying their experience?
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Make Your Life Noteworthy
“Every man’s life ends the same way. It is only the details of how he lived and how he died that distinguish one man from another.” – Hemingway Whenever people talk to me about ‘branding’ – it sounds as if they want something made up. Create a persona for me so that I can be…
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Let the Music of Your Heart Reveal Itself to You
Music of the Heart is a book and film based on the true story of Roberta Guaspari-Tzavaras and her passion for teaching. As single mother of two young children, whose husband had left her for a family friend, she leaves the security of her small hometown and moves to East Harlem and begins teaching violin…
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If You’re Uncomfortable with Experimenting…
then You’re Lowering the Bar on Your Business – published in the Trinidad and Tobago Newsday Thursday June 27 2013 “If you decide that you’re going to do only the things you know are going to work, you’re going to leave a lot of opportunity on the table.” – Jeff Bezos, Amazon Founder and CEO Many…

