The Golden Globes took place recently and The Grammys this past Sunday. I like to pull inspiring messages and ideas from the shows to share. This year at the Globes, Norman Lear really impacted me. At 98 years old, he received the HFPA’s Carol Burnett Award, which celebrates "outstanding contributions to television on or off the screen."
Read MoreRelationships are so important to business success. How do you know where to put your energy? We don't always know until we try, until we invest our energy into our relationships to learn where the value is. Want to know my #1 rule when it comes to investing in relationships? Listen in to this week's video to find out.
Read MoreSocial media. It’s all around us and it seems like every year, a new platform is popping up for us to try. In a discussion with my team, we talked about Clubhouse and social media in general and I wanted to share this newsletter on the time suck versus the time investment conundrum.
Which came first, the chicken or the egg? This is the place we find ourselves in when we think about business growth. Fulfillment is a determining factor but what is the financial plan behind the growth? There are 3 basic but essential steps in creating a growth strategy.
Read MoreYou love your family, your friends, your pets, movies, music, cooking, etc. Make sure your business and yourself are on that list of love, too.
Read MoreWhat leadership and business lessons did you notice when you watched this year's Super Bowl? Listen in as I share some of mine.
Read MoreIt’s Groundhog Day and Phil saw his shadow, so it looks like we have 6 more weeks of winter!
Today got me thinking about the classic movie, Groundhog Day, with Bill Murray and Andie MacDowell. I’m sure you’ve seen it. Phil (played by Murray) keeps waking up on the same day and having to relive it over and over again. We see him go through every emotion.
Read MoreHow did I know I could run a printing company? I didn't. However, I believed in myself. I believed that I could learn to do it. It's in our beliefs that we can accomplish so much. When we question in negativity, it makes the achievement that much more difficult. Work on your belief systems. Believe in success and actions to create the ability to do what you want to do.
Read MoreTomorrow is Inauguration Day and it will look very different from prior years. I was reading in the New York Times the reason there is such a big gap between the end of an election and Inauguration Day was created by the authors of the Constitution, so the new government would have time to travel to DC during the winter. It actually used to be even longer, but was changed in 1933 when an amendment was made. What an interesting fact! It reminded me to always stay in education mode, keep learning, researching, reading, talking to people, asking questions. I like to think of this as market research mode.
Read MoreIt can be lonely at the top for business owners at all stages of business growth. The pandemic has heightened that feeling for many of us. What are you doing for yourself to overcome that feeling and make sure that you are taken care of? How are keeping yourself and your people motivated? Reach out to chat if you'd like to talk about it.
Read MoreWe all do it. We make New Year’s resolutions, with a lot of hope and eagerness we can stick to new habits. More than 80% of resolutions fail. What’s the difference between goals and resolutions?
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