I first began struggling with the question, “What do I want to be when I grow up?†way back in 1984, pre-World-Wide-Web. That struggle was ‘resolved’ when my employer gave me a Platinum Parachute and said in effect, “go away. We don’t love you anymore!†I decided to go back to school and enrolled…
Where does time go? 2 weeks ago I attended Lexi.net’s "Online Identity" conference. A bit of a schizoprhenic experience. One conference track was focused on protecting my online identity. The other one was on promoting my identity. What did I learn about protecting my identity? There are basic things I can do. Like using decent…
Back in September, I stumbled across a copy of Business + Strategy the flagship journal of Booz Hamilton Allen, the Big 5 Strategy firm. I was captivated by an article on "The Neuroscience of Leadership". Stephanie West Allen was kind enough to send me a link to a recent Webinar by the authors. You can…
Are you: – Single– Working– Female– Feeling alone What’s a gal to do? How about joining SWWAN – the Single Working Women’s Affiliate Network.No Tupperware(R) parties. Single moms are single women, too! Honest to goodness support from women just like YOU! GO GRRRRL!
I was delighted to be interviewed by coach Susan Henderson. Susan is the brainchild behind the Blog "The Sucessful Dilettante" — a site that features interview with Creative, Eclectic, Mulitaltented professonals. Check out my story here.
Long time ezine reader and Business Coach, Sandra Schrift, passed on this excellent article . . . How to Create Sizzling Speech and Book Titles Do you know the name of the book that was written in 1937 and outsold every book except the Bible? It was “How to Win Friends and Influence People.†This…
I suspect the following is true for all career seekers and workers. BUT, since I’m talking about creative, eclectic, multi-talented professionals then . . . What IS true success for a Genre Buster(TM)? It consists of finding yourself at the Nexus of: Doing what they love, Having the talent to do that, and Getting paid…
This just in from Susan Fuller: Remember how you used to love squishing the finger paints? When was the last time you brought that kind of JOY to your creative work, your life, or your business? Bring your creativity back to life with The Artist’s Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity by Julia Cameron….
Just saw this at Wired news. Cartoonist and Dilbert creator Scott Adams lost his voice to a rare condition called Spasmodic Dysphonia. Read his Blog post to see how self designed exercised helped him be the first ever person to recover from this condition. To me a testament to the power of optimism, courage, and…