Stumped for New Ideas? Play This Game!

(Check out the Quick Video of this blogpost in the Monday Mindset Minute!)   My client “Nancy” stares out of my computer on our zoom call. Her face is sad, stressed, and anxious. The date of the pitch contest where she’s expected to promote her new business is drawing ever closer, and still she struggles […]

Find Meaning in Uncertainty: 5 Ways to Embrace it!

We spend so much time and energy running away from uncertainty. Yet here we are, surrounded by it, marinated in it, and in some cases, choking on it. What would happen if we realized and embraced its value instead? Uncertainty on Steroids In March of 2020, just as it became clear that some weird and […]

Curiosity: Asking Questions Could be the Answer

When was the last time you felt truly curious about something? What did you do about it? Did you:  Ask that question, research for factoids right then and there?  Record it on your smartphone, or write it out intending to get back to it? (And did you?) Or did you tuck it away in the […]

Ditch the Pitch – Do This Instead!

Who of us has been stuck in an elevator with a prospect/higher up/Grand Poobah who might just benefit us in some way, if only we can remember that damn elevator pitch?? It’s been awhile for me. And to be honest I was never that fond of EP’s to begin with. Why? Because I’m OVER a […]

Ghosting in the Workplace? Employ Positivity!

Imagine you’re a recruiter contracted with a mid-sized company. You’ve throughly vetted your candidates, guided them through the interview process, and now you’re down to three; all qualified, skilled, talented, – just what the position needs.  The day of the final interview arrives… and two of the three fail to show.  At this juncture, the […]

The He(ART) of Marketing

I made myself indulge in something called a “mini-collage color workshop” last month.  It wasn’t easy.  And I’m not even that comfortable writing about it here.  I had to drive over an hour to get there and sacrificed half a tank of gas to participate.  But what can I say?  I was “called”. And this […]

Learn from My Mistake: 5 Questions that will Save Your Big Idea!

There are times when I’m not a very subtle person. I get enthusiastic about a new brainstorm and want to share with others right away. Why I don’t know better after decades in this world, I don’t know. But maybe writing about it will help me – and you! – in laying the groundwork for […]

3 Ways to Unlearn from Experience…

When I was growing up in Colorado, my dad was a rock climbing instructor and just about every summer/fall weekend would find us up in the Rockies dangling from ropes hundreds of feet above the ground. I still know how to knot the rope around my waist, and if I ever find myself disposed to […]

6 Ways to use SILENCE in Your Next Meeting & Why You Want To…

I have a brilliant colleague – maybe you do too – who will NOT stop talking. A group of us drove with her from Portland, ME to Boston for an education event, and she proceeded in her 1-way “conversation” for the entire two-hour drive. I kept wondering how she was able to carry on this […]