Does this describe you? Desperately trying to keep your job or business from swallowing you up? Totally focused on completing all your daily tasks but never getting through your to do list? Working nights and weekends to catch up? Stressed? Exhausted? Do you find the more you struggle to keep on top of things, the more you sink into the abyss? I call this career … [Read more...]
It’s a New Day
As Michael Buble' croons from my iPod, "It's a new dawn, it's a new day, it's a new life for me. And I'm feeling good," I smile! One because of my fantasy that Michael Buble' is personally serenading me and two because I've ended up with a Plan B that has outperformed Plan A by a mile! Yes! A new year, a new beginning and a new direction laced with old skills and … [Read more...]
New Year, Healthy Year
The end of 2009 has quickly come to a close. It sounds so cliché to have a resolution any more doesn’t it? Is it really necessary to have a new year’s resolution? In my opinion, you shouldn’t ever wait to make life changes, that are for the better, until January 1st, of any year. But perhaps, for the mental game of it all, it is helpful to think of it as starting a clean … [Read more...]
Leadership Partnership and Business Possibilities
Clearing out the old to make way for the new is a wonderful practice as we enter a new year. This time, as we graduate into a new decade, the teen years of the century, we have an amazing opportunity to find a better balance and create a different kind of partnership between men and women. I believe that female leaders in the work world can lead the way in positive and … [Read more...]
Integrity: conversation with a teenager
Integrity has become one of those "buzz" words businessmen and politicians have run so far into the ground that there's barely a recognizable remnant of it left in society. It's one of those words I use when describing the things within me that I feel are non-negotiable. It’s also one of those words I have trouble articulating, especially to a teenager. I was recently … [Read more...]
Five Great Ways to Earn Extra Money in 2010
In today's down economy, many people have suffered job losses, cutbacks in work hours, and underemployment, resulting in significant income cuts. But with a little creativity, you can create income streams to supplement or replace that lost income. Take Inventory of your skills and strengths, and pick an activity that suits you. Here are five things you can do to make some … [Read more...]
Crush Your Competition in 2010
You are probably wondering how your competitors are getting write-ups and articles in newspapers, magazines and trade journals and getting interviews on TV? You are diligent about submitting articles and press releases to the media but nothing has been published. You ask yourself why, only to find out that you have not been submitting the right information in the right … [Read more...]
Everyone making predictions for 2010
Everywhere you look lately folks are making business predictions for the New Year 2010 and I'm going to chime right in. My topic is marketing. First, however, I want to give you my definition for marketing – it is not quite what others might say. Marketing is telling everyone, everywhere: what your business is, where it is, how to find it what your product/service … [Read more...]
Salad Sides for the Holidays
There are two salad sides that have been my wing men for gatherings at work and with family, and they have both been repeatedly invited back for following events. When it comes to potlucks and gatherings, I am not one that likes to fight for oven space or lug a crock pot around. I look for something that has good food and can be served cold. Both of these recipes are a great … [Read more...]
Interview with Prominent Skin care Expert and Make up Artist, Tayelor Kennedy
Kristin: Tayelor: What is your line of business? What services do you offer? Where are you located? Tayelor: I am a make-up artist and stylist. I service, Connecticut, New York, and Boston. I offer make-up application for brides, custom eyebrow shaping, eyebrow and eyelash tinting, custom blend foundation, and, powder, make-up bag makeover, and, cosmetic and fashion personal … [Read more...]