Fall Cleaning

I find it fascinating how we or at least I continue patterns learned growing up; they almost become instinctive.  My mother always did her fall cleaning before the high holidays and spring cleaning before Passover.  Over the last week, I found myself just naturally...

Failure and Fear the kick in the butt duo!

Seth Godin recently did a blog about the flip side in which he stated that if failure is not an option then there is no innovation.  It reminds me of the adage that states a blind man will never know darkness. We need the polar extremes to project us forward.  We need...

“F” in multitasking

Sorry to all you texter, app users out there but you are lousy at multitasking no matter what you believe and even more you are lousy at interpersonal relationships!  Ok, there I’ve had my rant! I was sitting in the movies and could see the cell phone light as someone...

Experiment

It is so effortless to get stuck repeating the same things over and over again.  Yes it’s become painless and if it has proved to be profitable we don’t want to mess with success; plus we know how people feel about change. You know the old adage if you always do what...

Everyone Sells

Or to honor Chellie Campbell in her book “Wealthy Spirit” page 204, everyone is in sales. Ok so if we are all selling, which we are, why are the elevator speeches and introductions we give such a turn-off?  We want people to buy from us because of our integrity,...