Having trouble staying calm and centered in "this economy?" You're not the only one. I was just chatting with a client last week who shared how upset with herself she was about getting sucked into the maelstrom of negative energy the banks, the media,...

Wouldn't it be silly to go to your high school prom in sweat pants and Reeboks? I mean, the whole point of going to the prom –at least for us females- is to put on a gorgeous dress, fabulous shoes, get our hair and nails done and stride into that r...

The benefit of a well-defined goal is to clearly and easily move from your present state to a desired state. To do that, there are 6 main steps to follow. 1) What do you want (instead)? Describe your outcome or desired state in positive terms. A w...

Is it only me or have you noticed that, at least among up and coming entrepreneurs, “Let’s do a JV” has become the 21st century version of “Let’s do lunch”? I’ve got nothing against joint ventures (nor against eating lunch, for that matte...

“People don’t want what I have to offer!” lamented my client, Diane. After a little bit of questioning I discovered that Diane was creating articles, products and programs based on what she knew (felt) her clients needed to hear. It wasn’t tha...

Is it only me or have you noticed that, at least among up and coming entrepreneurs, “Let’s do a JV” has become the 21st century version of “Let’s do lunch”? I’ve got nothing against joint ventures (nor against eating lunch, for that mat...

If you've ever been around a 17-year-old (or been one yourself), you're likely aware of how effortlessly they can combine rudeness with a request for something from you. "Gawd, don't you know anything!? None of my friends' mothers would say th...

Can you make money AND save yourself time and effort at the same time? Well, apparently the answer is YES. My friend, Sandy Martini, has made a crusade (and a business) out of showing us entrepreneur-types how to follow the sage advice to "work ...

Running scared, are you? I know how it goes – positioning yourself as an expert can strike fear into the heart of even the most intrepid entrepreneur. After all, what gives you the right to claim that title? And what happens if you don’t come throu...

Back in the ‘80s Tavares sang a song called, “It Only Takes a Minute, Girl.” (I’m dating myself here, but somebody’s gotta do it.) Accustomed as we are to the speed and convenience of the Web, that seems to be the theme song for the vast ma...

I’m going to go out on a limb here and speculate that since you’ve gone to all the trouble and expense of putting up your website (or you’re about to), you’d really prefer that it start pulling its own weight –and by that I mean, bringing in bus...

“Anything worth doing is worth doing poorly at first.” So says my Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) mentor, Tim Hallbom. Everyone always chuckles when he says it, but taken to heart, it can be one of the most encouraging statements you’ll ever he...

Sad to say, but a significant majority of solo entrepreneurs are laboring under the delusion that once they get their website up, clients will flock to them in droves. (Hey, I used to be one of them.) Unfortunately, my friend, that is quite simply a ...

You know what they say about herding cats. (And if you don’t, go find about 8 or 9 felines and try to get them all in one place.) As an entrepreneur, I often find myself in the unenviable position of herding cats, metaphorically speaking. And the c...

In the competitive world of nature, flowers must both attract and reward their insect visitors in order to ensure that the flower’s pollen is distributed. If a plant is not attractive in some compelling way, a bee is unlikely to notice the flower and m...