Goal Setting 101: Blueprint to Success

“If you don’t know where you’re going, you’ll end up someplace else.” —Yogi Berra It’s always the right time to set goals. One of my goals for 2019 is to blog more 🙂 Fact: Success takes determination, focus, and effort. Working aimlessly without a plan is the hamster wheel approach and will result in wasting a […]

7 Bevelations That Will Change Your Life

  “Do The Work, Identify Your Intentions, Know Your Worth, Don’t Be Tempted By Shiny & know that things are subject to change so REMAIN OPEN” – Bevy Smith I’m starting off 2017 sharing the incomparable Bevy Smith’s professional story because it could be your story. Bevy made it happen. A one-woman tour de force, […]

My Personal Manifesto Part One (A Work In Progress)

  ICYMI corporate and personal manifestos have replaced mission statements. Manifestos are not new and they are all around us. The Declaration of Independence is a manifesto as is Dr King’s I Have a Dream speech. This is what a good manifesto does: Clarifies your vision and purpose while connecting us to you emotionally. Once you […]

My Q&A With Amy Vanderoef: Risk, ReInvention, Reward

Aside from my family, the New York Rangers one day winning The Stanley Cup again and maybe Idris Elba becoming a friend, nothing warms my heart like great feedback from a client. Yes, my ego enjoys the boost. But more than that it confirms my purpose: To help people be heard in order to do […]

PHIL PALLEN’S Rest In Evergreen Peace

In honor of my Branding You! co-conspirator, Phil Pallen, I am re-posting his fabulous piece on How To Rest In Evergreen Peace via www.philpallen.com On September 4th, 2014, Joan Rivers tragically passed away. Sixteen days later, she posted on Facebook about the iPhone 6’s “great achievement in design.” What a disaster. As you probably guessed, our […]