I watched a wonderful film the other day, Opening Our Eyes: Global Stores about the Power of One. The movie shows individuals all across the world and close to home who are making a difference. Whether they are opening orphanages and schools in Nepal, providing clean water in Peru, or helping the teen homeless population […]
Social Enterprise has much been on my mind lately. The concept is so foreign to the Wall Street “Greed is Good” I grew up with in the 1980’s. Social Enterprise is where for-profit business is blended with a non-profit giving back element. Sometimes it takes the form of a non-profit which creates a for-profit arm […]
This spring I had the opportunity to see Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, twice. Once was at the Chicago Shakespeare Theater on Navy Pier. They had an enormous cast of twenty-eight with grand sets and heart-stopping special effects. It was powerful and moving. The second time I saw the production it was performed by Babes with Blade […]
This spring I had the opportunity to see Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, twice. Once was at the Chicago Shakespeare Theater on Navy Pier. They had an enormous cast of twenty-eight with grand sets and heart-stopping special effects. It was powerful and moving. The second time I saw the production it was performed by Babes with Blade […]
My life has changed immensely over the last few weeks. Goals I had given up upon have been coming to fruition seemingly out of thin air. It is a truly amazing time. What is so hard to grasp about it all is that I have not done anything different. The wonderful new opportunities I have […]
A few weeks ago I was invited to the Women’s Exchange in Winnetka to hear a talk by two documentary filmmakers. When I arrived I was surprised to find two young women, Sarah Moshman and Dana Michelle Cook, with a purpose. The goal of “The Empowerment Project” is to create positive content for women by […]
Connection starts with a renewed connection to oneself. For too long we have been a reactionary species. We react out of self-protection or as a response to family or society. Especially in the Western world we have lived most of our lives on conveyor belts following the customs of our families, the sequence of schooling, and the expectations of a job, house, and family. Nowhere in the process are we encouraged to uncover and follow our own truth. It is time to reconnect to ourselves so we can uncover and follow our own unique desires, intuitions, and needs.
My new mantra is to focus on my experience. In every moment am I experiencing what I desire? If I am focused on a specific outcome or item to acquire, I ask myself what I hope to experience from it. Then I see how I can experience that feeling without the thing or the outcome. The question is what do you want to feel? Choose your feeling: happy, exhilarated, joyous, adventurous, loving, peaceful, or relaxed. Then watch yourself every moment.
What is the working title of the book? “Sales-Free Selling: The Death of Sales and the Rise of a New Methodology” Where did the idea come from for the book? The idea came from writing about what I do everyday. What genre does your book fall under? Business book What actors would you choose to […]
There is a balance needed between giving and receiving. Many of my clients have a hard time with this concept because they label giving as good and receiving as bad. They believe if they do not live completely in the good then they are bad.