On the first Monday of each month, I dust off a favorite post from the blog archives and give you another chance to enjoy the wit and wisdom that’s been shared. Enjoy this month’s treasure – and if it inspires you – be sure to share it with family and friends! This July, my public relations consulting … Continue reading Lifestyle Businesses Deserve More Celebration
When talking about an individual, your reputation is a huge piece of your personal brand. It's how your peers view your trustworthiness, credibility, accountability, and the value to bring to any given situation. Your reputation makes or breaks relationships, and can be the difference between seizing an opportunity or having it pass you by. Especially … Continue reading What is Reputation Management?
Before I even fully understood the concept of minimalism, I suppose you could say I was a minimalist at heart. Too much "stuff" - in any area of my life - overwhelmed me and caused stress. I never had issues with editing down my clothes, shoes, knick-knacks, and other belongings. In fact, I still find … Continue reading Applying Minimalism to Entrepreneurship
There are quotes, cute signs, songs, t-shirts, mugs, and everything else you can think of that have all been created to reinforce one simple statement. Let it go! This should tell you everything you need to know about how simple is not always (or ever) easy. Well-meaning friends and colleagues have likely given you the … Continue reading The Art of “Letting Go”
On the first Monday of each month, I dust off a favorite post from the blog archives and give you another chance to enjoy the wit and wisdom that’s been shared. Enjoy this month’s treasure – and if it inspires you – be sure to share it with family and friends! How do you feel about promoting … Continue reading Finding the Right Balance of Self Promotion
As all the best intentions of New Year's resolutions begin to wane around this time of year, as all of our hopes for creating major, lasting change in our lives feel distant and low priority, I want to encourage you with this bit of wisdom. You don't need to change everything in your life, just … Continue reading Changing the ‘Right’ Thing
Have you ever felt out of control with your time? Like everyone and everything was vying for this limited resource and you had little say over where it went? Like your time was being disrespected or wasted on things that weren't serving your mission? I see you. I am you! Time management is one of … Continue reading How to Inventory Your Time
The first Monday of each month, I dust off a favorite post from the Bennis Inc Blog archives and give you another chance to enjoy the wit and wisdom that’s been shared. Enjoy this month’s treasure – and if it inspires you – be sure to share it with family and friends! Every so often we must … Continue reading 6 Signs of a Toxic Professional Relationship
I am a people pleaser. I find joy and value in making people feel liked and appreciated. It sounds innocent enough, but it can be hugely detrimental when running a business where delivering hard truths is not only necessary but at the crux of what I'm paid to do. Here's a funny phrase I've heard … Continue reading When the Customer is Not Always Right
'Tis the season for all those holiday marketing messages to come rolling into your inbox. You know what I'm talking about. The generic "Happy [insert holiday]!" with some canned graphic and a logo slapped on it. Maybe they come a few days before the actual holiday or more likely they ping you on the actual … Continue reading Does anyone really like holiday email messages?
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