The Critical Imbalance Choking Your Thought Leadership
Women entrepreneurs come to me all the time and ask, “How do I find the time to create true thought leadership?” “How can I be more edgy, and write what I want?” “How do I find fresh ideas? I feel like the well has dried up.” If these questions sound familiar, you have an energy […]
99: There is Nothing Wrong with You
One time during a family dinner, my uncle explained that he’d just read a study about how social media actually makes people less satisfied with their own lives. Instead of being a miraculous tool that connects people, social media leads to envy and self-doubt. My cousin said, “social media doesn’t have that affect on me. […]
94: Two Steps to Calm Your Mind and Make Meaningful Progress
Have you ever felt overwhelmed? LOLOLOL ROFL LMAO of course you have!!! In the relentless world of online marketing and entrepreneurship, there are dozens of ways to feel overwhelmed every day. It takes discipline and practice and self-compassion NOT to feel overwhelmed. If you can relate, you’re in good company. You’re normal. I’m normal. We’re […]
89: Thank You.
Hey there, Thank you for reading this. I’m flattered. Seriously. I started my 100 blog posts challenge in March (whew, I can’t believe I’ve been doing it for that long!), and I’ve spent about half the time surprised and delighted with my writing. I’ve spent the other half of the time thinking some version of, […]
87: the Faith and Love of Thought Leadership
“Finding the time and being really targeted.” The two biggest pain points when it comes to getting your thought leadership out there… and getting it in front of the right people. Say you’re in the Virtual Reality / Augmented Reality space. It’s a cinch to get your thought leadership into VR/AR events and publications. But […]
84: Sunday Morning
I look forward to the weekends because they mean hours of uninterrupted reading time. Lounging in bed until ten o’clock, reading. Starting a new novel Friday night and savoring it all weekend. Staying up until midnight or later, riveted by a story. But this morning was different. My body woke up at 6:24, and the rising […]
77: Are You Exploiting Yourself?
I’m skeptical that “passion” is a healthy (or realistic) criteria to guide your career. But the advice to “do what you’re passionate about” gets bandied about all over. It can have the unfortunate effect of making you doubt yourself if you don’t currently love your career, or feel hopeless because passion? What does that even […]
76: Why Recognition and Opinion are Good but Judgment is Bad
Do you ever see someone’s marketing materials and think to yourself, ew. I would never position myself like that. I’d never publish photos of myself like that. I would never use that phrase. Ew ew ew. Same here. And it might come from: Recognition: this is not for me. It might resonate like crazy with someone […]
44: The Pitfall of Vulnerability
Vulnerability. I love it. I’m here for it! I’ve listened to Brené’s TED Talks and nodded my head and felt moved to tears. I’ve read (two of) her books (and counting). But have you noticed? Vulnerability has become another one of those words that’s bandied about so much that it’s lost meaning. A neighbor word […]
43: The Truth is that I’m Afraid to Lose the Relationship
I’ve had a lot of fear this week. Fear that people won’t approve if I change my business model. Or renegotiate a retainer package, take several weeks off from work, fail to respond quickly to emails, say no to a request, miss a deadline, and on and on. It is SO uncomfortable to be scared. […]
