Funny How Things Happen. . . Funny how one thought leads to another and to another and so on and so forth! That’s what happened to me the morning I sat to write this week’s blog. Here’s how the story begins. . . I have a dear friend of many years who is a very…
Read MoreThere Comes A Time. . . There comes a time in everyone’s life when we recognize how fortunate we are even though life has thrown us many curves and sliders! If we fail to do so; then we have not yet matured to the point of realizing that with the great and wonderful comes the…
Read MoreWhy I Write What I Write. . . It has been said that I’m all over the landscape with my blog posts. One week it’s all about business; the next all about matters of the spirit. Sometimes its more personal and other times it’s pulled from the archives of nearly 10 years of saying something…
Read MoreA Single Voice. . . Fear not, this is not a political post. However, I was struck by an amazing thing that happened this past Monday night at a political rally in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. The amazing happening prompted this blog about how one single voice can make a difference. Amazing Grace! Late into the evening,…
Read MoreAnother post from the AWI archive of articles submitted for Nancy Becher’s online magazine! Some topics never go out of style or lose their positive impact. The subject of pride is one of them. Pride or Something Much More Nefarious? You know what they say – “pride goes before a fall“! In my lengthy experience…
Read MoreThe following post is revised from an article I wrote for Nancy Becher‘s business women’s online magazine in October, 2015. I think it’s as relevant today as it was when I wrote it and Nancy published it! It All Began Like This. . . I’m a woman of strong faith. Most of you know that…
Read MoreIt’s A Trap! Perfectionism is a trap. It traps us into putting off the things we say we most desire. Like success – however we define that for ourselves. It keeps us on a treadmill going over and over the same things again and again; each time attempting to make the “thing” a little better…
Read MorePerfectionism or Fear. . . Perfectionism is one of the main reasons many women in business fail to achieve the level of success they desire. In fact, many will fail to launch their business because it has to be ‘perfect’ before they do. I have a theory about perfectionism that, although untested, has proved correct…
Read MoreLet Your Light Shine. . . Last Friday, I talked about introversion as an obstacle to business success. Or so folks say. I also said that sometimes, it’s cool to go against the flow. To be experienced as cool and aloof when others are outgoing and gregarious. How many times that supposed conventional wisdom doesn’t…
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