Business Leadership

I love Scrabble and have been playing it since I was a little girl. My mom and I would play it all the time and it was played often among my neighbors growing up as well. I remember playing it during the NY blackout of 1977 via candlelight and flashlights …

Sounds like such a simple question doesn’t it?  When I first read that question in Living the Savvy Life by Melissa Tosetti and Kevin Gibbons I felt like I got struck by lightning.  Why had I never thought that before?  I realized it did not just apply to shopping for …

I was watching a really old episode of Stargate SG-1 and that line was spoken.  The context was when one person was on trial for something he had done in the past and was being defended by another.  It got me thinking.  How many times do we know things but …

If you are the parent of a five year old you probably feel that is the worst word in the English language.  If you are feeling depressed you might use that word to say “why me?”   If you are an entrepreneur you love that word because it lets you ask …

For the last few months I have been taking Pilates one-on-one with Gini Murphy.  She is an incredible trainer and coach who continually pushes me to do things I have said I could not do for close to 15 years.  I used to work out a lot and then I …

My Mom does laundry and it is nothing short of spectacular.  I don’t know how she does it but it is fluffier, cleaner and brighter than any laundry I do myself using the same detergents.  Even when I use the same washer and dryer she uses my laundry does not …

My parents always told me, “choose your friends wisely, you are the company you keep.”  I believed them and recently I really saw how powerful that statement really is.  I spent the last week at Expert’s Academy in San Jose, CA.   Some of the biggest names in the business were …

The rain was torrential. You could barely see the brake lights of the car in front of you. I began to wonder whether I should pull over and wait it out. Then I remembered to put on my hazard lights so the car behind me would be able to see …

One of my favorite movies of all time is Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.  I love the flying car, the singing, the whistling candy and all the crazy inventions that don’t always work the way they are supposed to. What I love the most, is the positive attitude the movie reinforces.  …