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A passing comment by my friend, Stephen, made me stop and think… It was a brilliant insight. "What’s here that doesn’t need to be here? What’s not here, that needs to be here?" We were talking about how we would train wait-staff about clutter on a restaurant table, but imagine the implications if you applied that insight to any problem… – Is there physical, mental, and emotional clutter just hanging around? – Are you holding on to ideas that no longer serve a purpose?

Do you feel like you're stuck and you haven't been moving forward financially? If so, you're probably suffering from the 3 Ps. I see these 3 Ps over and over again, in my clients, in women I meet at networking events, and to some degree in myself. 1. Perfectionism is the first P. Boy, do I know this one! I call myself a recovering perfectionist, as I feel like I'll never be totally cured. Looking at the women in my family, perfectionism may be a genetic disorder! Here's what perfectionism can look or feel like.

Being a transformation coach is much more than just a job. It is a rewarding career that will not only help you succeed in your own endeavors, but will also allow you to help countless people reach their goals as well. It doesn’t have to be complicated, difficult, or confusing either. By utilizing basic principles and following five straightforward steps, you will be able to confidently conduct a transformational coaching session with your clients. The five steps you will need are listed as follows: • Make a vibrational shift • Support • Make Peace • Become Awarer

One of the keys to running a successful business, of any kind, is being able to positively identify and convey to others, the benefits that your services or products can offer to their life. Marketing experts, sales executives, and public relations gurus will all tell you, with confidence, that this is what brings in new clients and also what keeps current customers coming back to your business time and time again. A business that can truly add value to someone’s existence is one that will succeed.

Setting the energy stage means getting on the same page energetically as the person you’re connecting with.

“Keep your dreams alive. Understand to achieve anything requires faith and belief in yourself, vision, hard work, determination, and dedication. Remember all things are possible for those who believe.” Gail Devers. I have been wrestling with this post for weeks. I’m not really sure why, but I have set about to write it 3 posts ago, and I am finally putting this out there. This one may make you squirm. Stop wishing and start believing. Wishing is for little girls in pigtails. Wishing is in the fantasy realm and believing is in the action realm.

We’ve all experienced fear in our lives. Most of it though is not beneficial to us. I know you’ve had this feeling…It starts in the pit of your stomach, you feel a little queasy, you start to notice your hands shaking a little and maybe you’re breaking into a cold sweat. Fear is overcoming you. How do you know? You decide to not go ahead with whatever it is you were doing when it started and you start to feel a little better. Fear got it’s way and you stopped the exciting new venture you were about to leap into.

The skin that surrounds your eyes is thinner than that on the rest of the face and could be sensitive so it is easy for this spot to get red, irritated and puffy. Quite a few people have eyes which are a bit swollen in the morning but for most of them the swelling decreases fast once the fluid retention is drained. Others have swollen and puffy eyes more often than that and in many cases experience them on a chronic basis. If you have chronically swollen eyes it could possibly be the indication of a more serious health condition.

In order to create a selling process there are specific questions you can ask to help people move through a co-creational energetic process. It is a formula. It requires a bit of a mindset shift to add structure to what you normally think of as just talking to people. The first part of the formula is to align your own energy.

Don’t let successful mom biz ladies fool you. Often at first, their enterprises did not thrill their hubbies. Entrepreneurship can be a steep road. It’s treacherous with an undercurrent of spousal resistance. What does a Catholic mompreneur, who strongly feels the Holy Spirit’s inspiration to invest in her business, with a tepid spouse do? You are not alone. Your success may threatened even the greatest partners. Your husband may resent your focus isn’t exclusively on him and the home. He may begrudge inadequate input into your business decisions.

If you’re a direct seller leading a team, or a solopreneur who’s guiding your clients to successful transformation as well as working with a few virtual or in-person assistants /employees, you have probably asked yourself: “What are the qualities of an effective leader, and do I have them?” These are great questions, and you’ll find many, many resources to help you answer them. Paradoxically, you may turn out to be a BETTER leader if you flip that idea upside down and ask yourself “What do my team members most want from their leader?”r

There is a lot of discussion about the difference between preparing for a disaster so you can recover, and planning to continue to stay in business no matter what causes a business interruption. Many people ask what the difference is. Do they mean the same thing? Isn't the end result the same?

"Preconceived notions are the locks on the door to wisdom." Merry Browne . What is the glass ceiling of your mind? What is the highest achievement that you can imagine for yourself? For some the measure is money related. They imagine themselves making six figures while others image seven. For others, the ceiling is related to a job or role title. They just see themselves as working on the line, never daring to jump up a level of management. As Henry Ford once said; "If you think you can do a thing or think you can't do a thing, you're right." So, what is your mental glass ceiling?

With the news media full of stories about economic ups and downs, this is a good time to take a deeper look at your personal economy. Regardless of what’s happening in the global economy, what is the state of your personal economy? How do you react to the economic news? When we hear bad news, our feelings often race ahead of our thinking. Take a minute and ask yourself: What is really at risk for me? If something is at risk, is it truly at risk right now, or am I worried about a future possibility that might or might not happen?

My family moved to Sandusky, Ohio, when I was 10. Living on the shores of Lake Erie, my dad thought I should learn to fish. So one Saturday morning we bought a new fishing rod and reel and headed to the dock on Sandusky Bay. Dad carried my new fishing gear and I tagged along, with minnow bucket in hand. I stood by patiently (which isn’t normal) while he opened the package and began to affix the rod to the reel. There were 4 holes and only 3 screws. I told him it would hold well enough, that 3 screws were OK; I didn’t want to wait any longer for something that minor.

Today's successful women entrepreneurs are sharp, savvy and highly skilled. Some have solo-enterprises, while others run multi-national organizations. All have one thing in common - an entrepreneurial spirit that just won't stop. More and more women are entering the world of business. In fact, we're starting businesses twice as fast as men, and on the whole, we're more successful doing it. One of the reasons is the bevy of women re-entering the workforce after rearing childr

The morning of my first ever outdoor training sessio I ran into an old acquaintance. She’s a delightful woman who hosted a Kids 4 Jesus club at a neighboring parish for her daughter and friends several years ago. We talked about how we signed up for the training group and our history with triathlons. I mentioned that although this would be my first outdoor triathlon, I had done about 10 indoor triathlons. She asked my specialty – run, swim, or bike? I paused.

We all have the same amount of time in each day – 24 hours; no more and no less. Why is it, then, that some people can get so much more accomplished than others? It’s called Time Management. But it’s not really managing time; it’s managing the activities that take up your time.

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According to the SBA, fifty percent of all small businesses fail within the first five years. Wow! That’s scary! Think about it this way – you’re standing in a room with another small business owner, and most likely one of you will close your doors. Who will it be? There’s a fifty percent chance it’ll be you!

Hours away from Superbowl XLVIII, I could feel hubby’s snoozing vibrations. While Gianna joined her friends for basketball practice, our youngest Benjamin tossed the football, and Ian settled in for some screen time with a new video game. I parked myself on the recliner, laptop on my thighs. I blasted through emails and completed other loose ends. Before my rear touched the leather, my oldest son uncharacteristically requested privacy to play his video game. A red flag arouse. I told him I would be busy with my work and not notice him.r

Have you ever checked caller-id and cringed? Remember, you are in control. Even in today’s economy, a checkbook and pulse do not a client make…. You do get to choose who you work with. Ask to see the potential red flags Develop a screening process. Ask open-ended questions. Open-ended questions are those that cannot be answered with a yes or no, such as: --Tell me about a past job(s)?

I am sure you have heard about the need to create a brand or special image for your business. Your brand is the image that your customers think of when they think of your product. Have you ever studied the brands of larger corporations? When you take a good look at what large companies are doing with their brands you get a better understanding of what it takes to get your image out in front of your prospects. Since I have been a small business owner since 1995, I have learned

Authenticity is our greatest superpower. To use our own voices in order to give shape to our own thoughts — there is no contribution more valuable than this. But what is authenticity? Authentic people are true to who they are. They don’t make excuses for their shortcomings, and they don’t apologize for their preferences. They live in accordance with their values and never hide what they think. For that reason, other people tend to be drawn to them.

You, among a vast majority of women, must have heard about an ovulation calendar. Now, with the internet, a lot of information is available for women trying to conceive. This is an effective software aid for any woman trying or preventing a pregnancy. The calendar is used to track your menstruation and ovulation cycle. The menstrual cycle is about 28 to 32 days. Ovulation starts approximately on the tenth or nineteenth menstruation day. Ovulation period is crucial to conceivi

Do you spend time comparing yourself to others? Getting frustrated because you think you come up short? This is a problem that everyone has and it is also one that can be overcome with some practice. That’s not to say it will never come up again, but you will be better equipped to deal with it when it does rear its ugly head. There is always someone else that you will perceive as being better than you, skinnier, prettier, richer, smarter, etc. The key to getting past this is to focus on what is working for you.

"Questions are diamonds you hold in the light. Study a lifetime and you see different colors from the same jewel. The same questions, asked again, bring you just the answers you need just the minute you need them." Richard Bach. Ask great questions. If you truly want to be a dream partner, you will ask the hard questions; the deep questions. The questions that will move someone off the dime, get them moving, help them see something in a new and challenging way. Don't just ask what is your challenge? Ask how does that challenge impact your life? How does it get in your way?

How many people in the world, whether business owner or employee, are living the life they dreamed of? How many businesses have failed, not for lack of hard work, but for lack of joy, satisfaction and fulfillment? Is your business or career meeting those needs for you? Is a “no” just “a fact of life”, or is there something you can do about it?

Do you delegate or try to do everything yourself? I find that many business owners think they have to do it all themselves or that only they can do it right so they can’t give it away. I often teach my clients the importance of delegating. You don’t have to do everything yourself. You CAN’T do it all alone and be the success you want to be. There are no such things as self made millionaires even though people say that. They all have a team around them to help them accomplish what they are doing.

According to police reports, burglaries are continuing at a high rate of occurrence. Continued high unemployment is one of the situations attributed to this statistic. But no matter what the economic environment, we’ll (unfortunately) always face the chance of being burglarized. So, what can a business owner do to prepare – and possibly prevent – this from happening?

Everyone grows up with a worldview. You don’t build it purposely. In fact, you don’t even know you are building it. But you take the information you see and hear from birth on and incorporate it into your worldview. It’s normal, it’s how you grow and learn to be part of the world you live in. But it isn’t necessarily “the truth”.

"A pessimist is one who makes difficulties of his opportunities and an optimist is one who makes opportunities of his difficulties." ~Harry Truman. Before opening the Redwood Sisterhood, I was in a job that I didn't enjoy. I was not challenged and wasn't really using my gifts and talents to my satisfaction. But, that job was a gift to me in so many ways. It gave me the opportunity to really take stock in my dreams. So, I left that job and opened the Redwood Sisterhood. It hasn't been easy to have a new business in this economy.

I don’t know about you, but I can’t listen to any news broadcast these days that isn’t full of doom and gloom. Perhaps you are feeling it in one way or another too, maybe the pocketbook… As a child, my beloved Aunt Myrtle used to say “You are about as wealthy as you make up your mind to be.” As I grew older, I have heard “about as happy as you make up your mind to be,” but she meant more than happy—wealthy is more than a feeling, it is a state of being—wealthy in body, mind, spirit and pocketbook.

"A good leader inspires others with confidence in him; a great leader inspires them with confidence in themselves." Unknown. Have you ever seen someone else's greatness, but they just can't see it themselves? My mom was a well known and respected real estate broker and business owner a few decades back. She was really really good at selling homes. When I was fresh out of college, my job was to be a real estate trainer for her real estate agency. I didn't know the first thing about real estate so I would follow my mother around and observe her in action. She was masterful.

Sometimes a character from a movie just utters a great line that makes you stop and think… “There is a difference between knowing the path and walking the path.” Who are you? What do you stand for? More importantly, how do you show what you stand for to the world? I had to answer those questions while in Philly last week for my certification in the Book Yourself Solid Coaching Program.

Scrubs are an essential part of a nurse's life, and there is more to choosing the best scrubs than you may first imagine. The first thing to consider is any dress code restrictions set by your employer. Many hospitals do not allow nurses to wear all white scrubs. Some denote different areas with different colored scrubs. Some doctor's offices and hospitals allow nurses to wear all different patterns and colors. Find out what the dress code is at your place of employment befor

Have you noticed that the most successful women entrepreneurs have a different way of talking, thinking and being than you do? Have you watched Oprah on her TV show and thought: What a great attitude! How can I be like her? Great news! You can be just like these women. How do you do that? By changing your attitudes and your actions, right now. The good news is that we each have the power to change, and we can start changing whenever we want, for example, NOW.

Achieving success comes from within. We read books and listen to CDs which give us the opportunity to motivate ourselves. These ideas from others encourage us to create our successful universe - both personal and professional. I believe in creating our own destiny, of visualization, of ‘seeing’ our success. But no professional speaker or author proved it to me more than seven young men who ran high school cross country.

It seems to me these days that most people are complaining about something…usually something that is really none of their business…. I’m not here to talk politics, but does it really matter if someone’s hair is out-of-style—out-of-style according to whom??? Maybe it’s coming back in style, does it really matter? I have an acquaintance that complains about everything, the server’s voice tone is not friendly enough, the soup is too hot… nothing is ever okay – except of course – he’s perfect, if you ask him. It’s the mindset that matters.

Creating success in your business is much like following a recipe. In order for it to turn out successful, you must have the key ingredients in place. Once you have established these key ingredients and built the required foundation, creating results will then become easily obtainable by mixing all of your key ingredients with a bit of hard work. And the great news about your business is that the “shopping list” for your ingredients, is a very short one! So, let’s get started with the three things that you must have in place to have success beyond logic in your business.

Banfield of Harvard University wrote a book entitled, The Unheavenly City. He described one of the most profound studies on success and priority setting ever conducted. Banfield’s goal was to find out how and why some people became financially independent during the course of their working lifetimes. He started off convinced that the answer to this question would be found in factors such as family background, education, intelligence, influential contacts, or some other concrete factor.

Being an executor of an estate is a responsibility few really hope for, but one that normally is not declined. You’ve most likely chosen one of your adult children to serve in this capacity for your estate. Have you considered what you can do to make this easier on them? One responsibility they will face is to compile an inventory of the estate’s assets. Consider how emotionally difficult this will be for him or her and your other children as they prepare this document. Emotions aside, they will also need to find the time to document the items and assign a fair market value to each.

“Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.” Thomas Alva Edison. My father-in-law had a dream. He talked about this dream a lot. He would go back in his mind remembering when the dream was still alive. He would tell of how close he got to his dream with a slight memory smile on his face. Then, when he got to the part of the story where he decided to give up on his dream, his face and voice took on the sadness of incredible regret.

Whether you have been thinking about starting a Heart-Centered Business, have already begun your business but want to learn more, or are even a veteran in your field but desire to grow and build your business like never before….now is the very best time for you. Why? Because right now, more then ever, people are in need of guidance and support. Also, now more then ever, there are millions of people that are awakening to a greater sense of wanting something more…a deeper connection to themselves.

Recently, I’ve been to several gatherings talking with people I’ve newly met. There has been one consistent, pronounced theme to all of our conversations. People are frightened. They are anxiously waiting for things to get back to normal. And I could see that this is keeping them frozen, unable to move forward in any kind of significant way. Here’s the thing: we never are going to get ‘back’ to ‘normal’. Things are either going to disintegrate or they are going to move forward. Staying stuck is also an option but that falls into eventual disintegration.

Before I took my mom biz seriously, family summers weren’t that intimidating. I experimented with dragging my laptop here and there (not necessarily recommended) and other tactics I thought necessary in my journey from mom to mompreneur. I wasn’t stressed about productivity because I didn’t know what I didn’t know. I didn’t understand my different business roles and the consequences of neglecting them. But today I do. And with three active kids – ages 7, 10, and 13 – finding a summer schedule that works for me, my business, and my family could have been a daunting task.r

You’ve worked hard for decades, making sound investment decisions to ensure your future is just as you planned. You’re making sure there is enough money for the kids’ college and also for you to enjoy your retirement years. Then imagine that a disaster occurs (fire, burglary, tornado, hurricane – the list goes on), and without an inventory of the contents of your home, you don’t receive a proper financial settlement. Where do you get the money to purchase the remaining items you need? FINANCIAL PLANNINGr

Women Who Need a Small Business Loan - Practical Tips Women entrepreneurs shouldn't become discouraged just because they don't have the cash-on-hand before realizing a dream of owning a small business. Worry not. You will have to spend some time exploring what's out there. Pay special attention to the simple fact that every case is different. It's not a "one-size-fits all" proposition. But there are institutions that do have loan-options tailored specifically for women. Start