For the 3rd year in a row, my friend Sheri Fitts has run an amazing event (I can’t even call it a conference) and I have been lucky enough to attend all three. SWAY is different and is truly a connection to your brand! If you read some of what Sheri writes, she feels [...]
I LOVE music…I love to listen, dance and even sing! Music plays in our house all day long… I love having it in the background while working. Many of you also know that I am a HUGE Billy Joel fan…I have seen him in concert more than 20 times with 3 times being at [...]
Let me start this post by telling you the story of the Trojan War. Three goddesses, Hera, Athena and Aphrodite quarreled over which of them is the fairest. Their judge, Paris, the handsome son of the Trojan King Priam, decided in favor of Aphrodite and as a reward, was promised the most beautiful of [...]
The Owl is a significant figure in ancient Greek culture as it relates to wisdom and knowledge. The Owl is also closely linked to Athena who is the goddess of wisdom, warfare and crafts. I don’t know about you, but I’ve always wanted to be a goddess, and I would really have to think [...]
It is always a reminder to me when I travel to Europe about the role that women played in ancient worlds. When visiting Italy several years ago we made a trip to Pompeii. There is evidence in the city’s history that women engaged in business, owning shops or working as artisans in Ancient Pompeii. [...]
I traveled a LOT in June (only 9 days at home to be exact)! And while traveling in Greece, I came across so many things that brought up more thoughts. So today I’m going to start with the “Evil Eye”. No not the evil eye that I give to my husband when he makes [...]
For my final post about my brand, I want to talk about how I want my brand to be remembered. My target audience are young(er) people in their career and mostly women, but I can assure you that many men also read and comment on my writings. I want my brand and conversation to [...]
I have talked about the style, values and personality of my brand but who is my audience? How are they interacting with my brand? How do I want them to feel? I want them to feel excited about their future. I want them to have a vision of “us” and how we can set [...]
It seems kind of funny that my brand may also have a style. When I think of style I often think of fashion. But I truly believe that brand has style and may be formal, conversational, playful, or authoritative. The biggest thing about the style of my brand is that it is both conversational [...]
Last week we talked about the personality of my brand but now we need to talk about the values that your brand has. Think about three values of your brand that you will always stand by…no matter what! When I think of my brand, the three values that I always use are: honest, innovative [...]
When I think about who I am, my brand always comes into play. So, I thought we could spend a few weeks talking and thinking about our brand. Let’s start with the personality of your brand. Can you honestly say that your brand has a personality? If your brand were a person, what 3 [...]
I don’t know about you, but I have a closet FULL of clothes…some of which I never wear. When I was recently at a conference, a group of us were having this conversation about how we have clothes that we should get rid of but just can’t. Why?? Why do we hold onto things [...]
I was recently attending an industry conference and was talking to a friend. Not someone I know really well, but someone that I see a few times every year. As we were talking, we realized how much we not only had in common but how some of our thoughts about things were the same. [...]
I like making comparisons to flowers and their blooms along with butterflies as it relates to our lives and careers (see my prior posts). But what about a seahorse…how does that relate to who we are and who we want to be? The seahorse carries deep spiritual wisdom. Seahorses move very slowly through the [...]
Continuing my thoughts about spring, we visited the Butterfly Pavilion at Disney World that is part of the flower and garden show. The Butterfly is so symbolic and has a powerful lesson that we can learn – “before growth can occur, the old must be undone.” The caterpillar is completely lost when a butterfly [...]
So now that flower bud that we talked about last week turns into that beautiful bloom. The bud opens its petals to the world and just like in people by opening, we learn and connect with others. We don’t shy away from others or opportunities that may have opened to us. As part of [...]
It is spring in the desert, and I just love the blooms on the cacti at this time of year. It also seems that these blooms happen overnight and may only last for a day. It made me think about how these beautiful blooms that are about to flower are like many who are [...]
For my final post about Hawaii, if you have never been there, I can assure you that it is a beautiful place. There are beautiful flowers, waterfalls, the ocean and sea life (I especially love the green sea turtles). No matter where we are, we should always take the time to enjoy the nature [...]
When flying between the Big Island and Oahu when we were visiting Hawaii a few weeks ago, I got this incredible picture of Kaho‘olawe - an uninhabited and protected island. Hawaii is made up of 137 islands and we only hear about 8 of them. This beautiful island got me thinking…why do we sometimes feel [...]
Did you ever feel like a volcano? About to erupt at any moment? On our recent trip to Hawaii, we actually got to see Kilauea erupting…we also got to see it on our very first trip to Hawaii in 1989! When we have an “extreme condition” that mirrors a volcano erupting in us, it [...]
