Writings

Flying High In April, Shot Down By May

In early April last year I drove to Banff,Alberta to attend and present at the annual conference of the Calgary Coach Connection. I was excited to spend time with other coaches and to pilot some new ideas. Three weeks later I was trapped in bed in excruciating pain. My Fibromyalgia had returned. I can handle…

Learn The Secret to …

Social Media Networking and being a successful freelance writer. Thanks to the herculean efforts of my web master Trisha Cupra I’m finally able to share with you a super interview I did with freelance writer James Palmer. I talked to James about what it takes to create a successful career as a freelance writer and…

When You've Been Hit By A Bus!

Okay so I wasn’t hit by a bus! But it sure feels like it. Like a huge, heavy, nasty bus. In mid-April, 3 months ago, I was hit by a severe manifestation (episode doesn’t seem like the right word) of Fibromyalgia. For the first 2 months I was in bed all day, virtually every day….

[CCU] #90 Get Your Inner A.C.T. Together!

This weekend I will be attending the 2nd annual conference of the Calgary Association of Professional Coaches. I’m presenting a 1-hour break out session called “Get Your Inner A.C.T. Together and Create The Practice of Your Dreams”. I thought it would be interesting to give you a sneak peek at this “Inner A.C.T.” But, before…

Dealing With Employee Complaints

Thanks to my fellow Pepperdine MSOD Alumna Laura Heaton for this very funny video showing how to end those pesky employee complaints.

Web Users Don't Like Being Watched

From MobileConentToday … Here are some results quoted from the article: – Nearly three out of four people, or 71%, said they realize that companies track their Web browsing activity for purposes of sending them targeted ads. – 57% said they are not comfortable with the practice, even when their browsing history can’t be linked…

Some Logos Can Make You More Creative — Guess Which?

Thanks to Don Morris of Encouragement Plus Coaching Don’t believe in Branding and Logos? Check this out “Whether you are a Mac person or a PC person, even the briefest exposure to the Apple logo may make you behave more creatively, according to recent research from Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business and the University…

Who Needs Friends? Twitter With Your Plants

From Mediabistro Mobile Content Today: Botanicalls, a service dreamed up by some folks at New York University’s Interactive Telecommunications Program, first devised a way to get your plants call you when it’s time to water them. According to a post on WebWare, those same folks have now advanced the service to interact with your Twitter…

R.I.P. Arthur C. Clarke

Noted Science Fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke has died at age 90. Via Medisbistro I was a big Sci Fan from age 10 and read many of Clarke’s early novels but never his most famous: 2001: A Space Odessey, a film for which he received an Oscar along with Stanley Kubrick. Now, the “Big Three”…

What's The Cost of Not Creating?

What happens when you don’t create? Do you get frustrated? Pissy? Down? Don’t give a rat’s bum? So, what gets in the way? For me, it’s often the trivial doing of life. It’s too easy to get busy reading the email, Facebooking, ya know doing stuff. Why? Why that? It’s hard staring at the blank…