In the spirit of the season, I wanted to share some really cool ‘gifts’ that I ran across this week – fascinating, helpful, interesting and fun.  I don’t know if you’ll get stuff this cool at home during the holidays (apologies if I’m spoiling you).  😉 Gift 1 – the Gift of Challenge Hopefully you’re […]

  photo by mangpages  The ability to have a strong handle on what needs to be done, when it needs to be done and who’s going to do it is often the difference between success and frustration.  I know lots of talented, fun and overall really nice people who are…for lack of a better word…unreliable.  […]

Ever have one of those days when you feel like it’s all about to come crashing down on top of you?  You’re moving as fast as you can – maybe you even feel like you’re productive  and in control, but you know there’s a wave that’s hanging over you. You’re feeling overwhelmed. I’ve had this […]

   illustration by Geek and Poke  We have officially turned the corner on Social Media…it was only a year or two ago that Social Media, Facebook, Twitter and related stuff was almost exclusively the province of 20-somethings or technology geeks. However the big news came out just last week…Twitter is the top word of 2009! […]

  photo by KM photography  I’ve written before that the secret ingredient to success is confidence.  A confident approach to things will open doors in ways that can seem almost amazing – you’ve heard people talk about ‘con men’…con is short for confidence, it can be magic. However confidence doesn’t mean that you have to […]

  photo by moonsheep  Electricity can be a great metaphor for a lot of things – as a business owner, it’s a great way to describe the entrepreneurial spark that powers your business.  It can be a blinding flash that makes a lot of noise or it can be a powerful steady thrum that consistently […]