My mother and my sister Kim were arguing at the hair salon. Kim texted me: Mom swears that you went stag to your senior prom. I didn’t. I know. Tell her that. My mother had misremembered: My sister Lori went stag. I went with my boyfriend. He was my first boyfriend, and I was his…
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What does your husband do?
READ MORE: What does your husband do?A few years ago, one of the top advisors in the country approached me at a cocktail party. It was the eve of the big event where I was thrilled to be one of the event’s keynote speakers. He was a seasoned and congenial guy, and I believe genuinely interested in who I was, what…
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It’s worth making time for creative work (no matter what you do)
READ MORE: It’s worth making time for creative work (no matter what you do)My friend Dorie Clark recently shared a piece published in Forbes.com by Anne Sugar about How creative hobbies can fuel your business success. Dorie’s reputation as an author, expert, and entrepreneur precedes her. She’s written several books with another on the way (The Long Game is available on pre-order). Entrepreneurial You was named one of…
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Your voice is a muscle (use it or lose it)
READ MORE: Your voice is a muscle (use it or lose it)Story for you. When I was 24, I read a book about violent crime that scared the crap out of me called The Gift of Fear by Gavin de Becker. It pointed out just how vulnerable I was—and how two summers of Tae Kwon Do wasn’t going to cut it if I came face to…
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Why it’s hard to be heard on Zoom
READ MORE: Why it’s hard to be heard on ZoomWhy is it harder to be heard on Zoom? Tons of reasons. Let’s start with the fact that your physical presence is reduced to the size of a postage stamp. That means it’s tougher to read the room. Research shows that the virtual environment exacerbates disparities that already exist in conversations where only a few…
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How to interrupt (nicely)
READ MORE: How to interrupt (nicely)Did you know I used to host a live, daily radio show on SiriusXM? True fact! I was an editor at Martha Stewart Omnimedia and hosted a show called “Whole Living” (named after the magazine where I worked). I’d never hosted a radio show before. I figured it out because I had to. Especially when…
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Pls don’t list your “core values”
READ MORE: Pls don’t list your “core values”There isn’t an advisor (or business owner, or consultant or anyone) I’ve worked with (and I’ve had the privilege of working with the best), who hasn’t given me a LIST of values like this: Excellence Service Empathy Commitment Integrity Authenticity …and told me that that’s who they are. And I have to break it to them that…
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You don’t need to say something cool
READ MORE: You don’t need to say something coolNot long ago, Morten Kamp Andersen was in a class and the instructor asked them to go around and introduce themselves. They should say their name, where they’re from, and–wait for it: What they were passionate about. Oy. Of course at that moment every single person started quietly racking their brains for something appealing, profound,…
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Time to unmute yourself
READ MORE: Time to unmute yourselfThis is the face of someone who was just cut off mid-sentence on a Zoom call. Thought you could relate. Conversations are moving targets; they’re also unscripted, unpredictable, and on Zoom, subject to tech glitches. So, interruptions happen sometimes. The problem is when they happen all the time. To you. To women. To underrepresented populations. And…
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Doesn’t matter why you stopped (start again)
READ MORE: Doesn’t matter why you stopped (start again)What’s the difference between someone who writes and someone who used to, means to, or wants to write? How often they START. So you stopped for a while. Got distracted. Waylaid. Depressed. Busy. Overwhelmed. It happens. Whether you’ve been writing for 40 years or for 4 months, it starts the same way. With a blank…
