There is a better way to live and it all begins with the choices you make in life. I know, I know… I sound like my mother. But we all say the same thing when we enter our 30’s and 40’s… If I knew back then what I know now, I would have made different […]
Whether you are negotiating with your teenager on what time to be home, putting together a multi-million dollar deal or requesting a raise or compensation for a new position, you’ll be in a stronger position if you master the art of negotiation. One of my biggest negotiation moments was when I had to sit down […]
I am a mother of a beautiful young professional but at one time, she was an unruly teenage girl with all the emotional outburst and temper tantrums you can imagine. If you are a parent of a teen girl, you can relate with the trial and error of having to figure out how to deal […]
According to Tim Sanders, in his bestselling book “The Likability Factor”, the more you are liked, the happier your life will be. The higher your career will soar and the more money you will make. The book goes on to discuss how the people you meet along the way, will choose whether they like you […]
We spend so much of our time at work. Some may argue that we spend more time with our coworkers than we do with our families! So wouldn’t we want to ensure we are in a career that we love? In my coaching practice, I have come across so many women who simply don’t know […]
We are often faced with decisions and sometimes those decisions can paralyze us with fear. How do we respond when this happens? We summer at the NJ shore where the ocean is a beautiful, wild creature just a short walk away. One summer, we invited friends from the Midwest to visit and it was such […]
Life comes at us in many different directions. Sometimes in is in waves of happiness and other times is can leave us gasping for air as the wind is knocked out of our lungs. How do we respond when that happens? For me, this last year has been a doozy. My beloved Yorkie, Max, became […]
In the living world of business, capturing somebody’s attention is difficult when you are competing with so much other noise, but to keep them engaged for another 30 seconds while you get your point across…well that takes skill! Take a look around you and how fast the world is spinning around you. Take note of […]
Each day I retreat to my office to write a new blog post. And each day, I stare at a plaque I keep on my wall that says: But, integrity is often a misunderstood word. What I like about the plaque above, is that it implies that integrity is innate, meaning inside of you. If […]
In Sheryl Sandberg’s book, “Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead”, the lessons for women are very clear: Believe in yourself, Give up The Excuses and “lean in” and give it your all. But rather than leaning in, what if you could stand out? What would your career look like if you were […]