Opportunity

I am Coaching clients…Unchartered territory!

Recently and on an informal basis, I have been helping entrepreneurs build their businesses all the way from an idea to its successful application.  Within these conversations, I have brought my failures and successes in life to the table.  In giving helpful and pragmatic tools about this long and arduous journey, my friends and associates have cultivated some of my…
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Progress

Just booked 2 speaking engagements and it is only Wednesday.  For those professionals out there:  Don’t make the holidays an excuse for running idle….This is a perfect time to reach out to your business referral partners, set up power partner coffees, prioritize your daily/weekly/monthly professional and personal responsibilities and  laser focus on those strategic long term goals.   Be prepared to…
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Overcome circumstances

George Bernard Shaw said, "People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are.” Many of us have difficulty putting our emotions to the side.   We, often, use this to mask our critical thinking skills.   Develop that Plan A attack to overcome.  Oh, and while you are at it, work on your Plan B, C, etc.!!!! No matter what circumstance…
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First Interaction

I delivered a Keynote speech to the population at Northern Illinois University.   During the Q & A session, an audience member asked:  ‘What are your biggest pet peeves when it comes to how people interact with you relative to a visible disability?’ This is not the first time this subject has been brought up.   In my travels, I have come…
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Tough Conversations

Recently, I had the opportunity to watch Ash Beckham on a recent TED Talk discussing tough conversations.  She mentions the fact that each one of us has our own ‘closets’ where we reside.  Further, she points out that a closet is NO place for anyone to live.  We need not only be real, but be READY for ‘Real’ in return!…
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