Listening vs Hearing July 20, 2020 It can be hard to listen… Relationship building is about Communication. It is about providing value with each interaction. It is about Listening. June was Pride month. We are still living with COVID. Black lives matter is still getting the … Read more
Gap Year? June 29, 2020 If you could, would you? Seth Godin arrives in my inbox every morning with a short, often, thought proving blog. This morning he suggested that maybe it’s time to consider a gap year. When we think gap year we think … Read more
What comes first Happiness or Success? June 22, 2020 It’s a chicken and egg question…. I recently came across an article in the September 2018 Toastmasters Magazine that asserted that happiness comes first. Do you agree? I do. Success, it argues, cannot lead to happiness because success is a … Read more
Fear or Excitement? June 15, 2020 Turning my fear into excitement. I remember the day I put on my vision board a speech contest with toastmasters. When the time came to put my name forward, I hesitated. Then I found myself saying yes. Gulp. Why did … Read more
I’ve been quiet June 8, 2020 But I’m here… watching, reading, thinking, reflecting… I have been quietI have been readingI have been watchingI have been thinkingI’ve been looking at myself The truth is I needed time to face myself. I’ve also been nervous to say the … Read more
Balance June 6, 2020 Is it an illusion? Recently, in our Ninja Accountability Group, in our Ninja Talks, In other events, the phrase work-life balance has been coming up. I think it is coming up because as many of us are working from home, … Read more
Creating Time for Me! June 1, 2020 Putting me on my to do list! I remember sitting at a Women’s networking event last year and the discussion topic was on work life balance. The group of women started by talking about all the different hats women wear. … Read more
Always Moving Forward May 25, 2020 Moving forward even when it feels like I’m being pushed backwards. Relationship Marketing Ninja has been an idea for a long time. In fact I’ve been writing blogs for a website that didn’t exist for over a year. But it … Read more
Lego Lesson May 18, 2020 I still build Lego and Lego building still has things to teach us. Do you still build Lego? Do you play Lego with your kids? I don’t have kids but I still build Lego and if a child invites me … Read more
Routines, still important even today May 11, 2020 Do you have routines? They are what gets me started each day. I love systems and processes. Part of my personal systems are routines. I have a few of them. My favorite routine is my morning routine. It has taken … Read more
Can you unplug? May 4, 2020 We tried… we survived. It wasn’t perfect. I am in front of my computer a lot now… meetings that used to be face to face are online. Personal development is now online. Less driving time, more computer time. I thought … Read more
Should you join a Mastermind Group? April 27, 2020 Maybe. Here are seven great reasons you should. Have you ever attended a workshop, finished a course, or read a book and never implemented anything you learned? Yeah, me too. It wasn’t that the content wasn’t any good. It wasn’t … Read more