If you spend any time at all on social media, you’ve probably heard the word “connect” thrown around a lot. Don’t just post updates, experts advise, but connect with people in your social networks. Perhaps the better word to use is engage or interact, both of which are very different from connect. To connect implies [...]
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Staying in My Lane
*Photo courtesy of FreeDigitalPhotos.net Last week, for the debut of his TV show on CNN, Piers Morgan interviewed media mogul Oprah Winfrey about her next chapter. Near the end of the interview, he asked her to what she owes her success. Winfrey’s response was simple, yet poignant: “I know how to stay in my lane,” [...]
11 women, 11 stories, 1 picture-perfect day
Every now and again, I have an experience where I’m vividly reminded of why I do what I do for a living. It’s like an “Aha” moment of sorts, an intersection of time and place where everything unfolds effortlessly and I can almost here God say, “It is good.” Yesterday was one of those days. [...]
What’s so great about you, anyway?
I have not posted to this blog in several weeks, thanks to a very busy schedule with very tight deadlines. But even with my hectic schedule, I did have the chance to speak a few weeks ago to a wonderful group of Atlanta businesswomen about the importance of telling their story in a way that [...]
The Thing About Taking Risks
The thing about taking risks is that no matter how many you’ve taken before, it never gets easier. There is always that moment before you step out where you think, “Uh-oh. What if I fail or it turns out to be wrong or it’s a bad decision” or any other multitude of defeatist thoughts. And [...]
When the Student is Ready, the Teachers Appear…as Art
Nearly one year ago, I started this blog to chronicle my journey into self-employment. “Startup in Stilettos,” I called it, to celebrate my zig-zag dance to the side of success in soloentrepreneurship. I read other writers’ blogs and wondered if I was on the right path. It’s awfully hard to hear your own voice when [...]
I am what I am…except when I'm on Twitter
As a writer, there are two times when I experience anxiety about what to say: 1) when I’m working on a project with a new client whom I want to impress, and 2) when I’m preparing to send an update on Twitter. It sounds ridiculous, I know. I, who am never at a loss for [...]
Straight, no chaser: the truth about my "fearless reinvention"
“A closed mouth never gets fed,” so the saying goes. Over the past week, I have learned first-hand that this is true. My prayers—that business would come, that clients would find me—have been answered several-fold. Now, I’ve been busy marketing myself, mind you, through social media, networking, and writing articles. But much of my new [...]
Staying the Course is for Quitters
This is the first blog post I’ve written in more than a week. It’s not that I didn’t have anything to write about or that I’ve been unusually busy. I just hadn’t been able to find my voice. I’m not talking about laryngitis. I’m talking about my unique, individual, creative voice–the one that makes me [...]
What Rod Blagojevich is Teaching Me About Business
I’m not one for reality shows, but I can’t wait to watch this season’s “The Celebrity Apprentice,” the show where (mostly) decent, well-meaning celebs take on running a business and hopefully avoid being on the receiving end of the two most brutal, venomous words in Prime-Time TV: “You’re fired.” In past years, I watched the [...]
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