Be kind …

To yourself and to others. A friend posted the following the other day… “Why are you so nice even to people who are rude to you?” “Because I, too, have been rude to nice people, & I know that rudeness … Read more

COVID Gave Me A Perfect Christmas.

Sometimes, change is good. I’ll admit at one point I was really frustrated with this Christmas. I was setting dates to meet friends in driveways and planning zoom cocktails. What I wanted was in person drinks, hugs, watching the kids … Read more

It’s a year of thinking differently…

Including gifting. As difficult and different as this year has been, I cannot believe that it is the end of October as I type this. However, I suddenly realize that the holiday season is around the corner. The holiday season… … Read more

Appreciation

What you appreciate appreciates. We promote appreciation in our processes. We encourage it. We base a lot of our teaching and programs around it. So it’s importance is not a surprise to me. What is surprising to me is how … Read more

Lessons from wine country

How do I do business with you? I recently had the opportunity to do a presentation to a group of female entrepreneurs. We were talking about Relationship Marketing. One of the things we talked about was the three-legged stool. The … Read more

Do We Live in Echo Chambers?

If we do, how do we break out of them? As you know, we believe that when we build relationships, everything else grows too. This is why we believe in intentional relationships building. Why we believe your intentions when building … Read more

Listening vs Hearing

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

Should you join a Mastermind Group?

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

Let’s not lose the physical touch.

When it’s safe, I hope we go back to touching and hugging. Social distancing started a number of weeks ago. It started with no more handshakes, no hugs, and progressed. Now we don’t get together, we don’t gather. My social … Read more

Are you one of the 3 percent?

Do you thank your customers? If you do how do you? I once heard a stat… no idea from where… that only 3% of companies/sales people send some sort of of thank you to their clients. Although I am not … Read more

Spend time with the ones you are with.

Cellphones and vacation. I remember sitting on my deck in Cancun, Mexico. Shawn was still sleeping. I had been up long enough to write in my journal, meditate, and watch and listen to some of the resort wake up. Shawn … Read more