It took me a long time to realize that experts can be wrong. They can be dead wrong. But it’s so hard to hear past all of those voices. I thought I’d share a couple of stories about what happens when we reject conventional wisdom. If you’ve read my posts, you probably...
I’ve been avoiding writing this post for a couple of days. The idea for the post came from my all too familiar internal conversation about making an appointment with my accountant. I do my own books (if they were kids, I’d be in jail for negligence), so it’s important...
Impostor Syndrome – sounds disturbing doesn’t it? Synonyms for impostor include creepy words like phony, fraud, sham, and pretender. In other words, it’s someone who is pretending to be something they’re not. In an interesting twist, Impostor Syndrome is...
Are you a knowledge junkie, always looking for new, maybe even quirky, information and points of view? If so, you’ll enjoy watching (or listening to) TED Talks. Even before I had a friend who gave a TEDx Talk (locally sponsored TED events), I watched TED Talks...
Back in July I wrote about the importance of claiming our power by owning our wins. In the weeks since then, I’ve invested a lot of time creating my new coaching program, the Women’s Career Conservatory. While talking with women about this program, I kept hearing “No...
A version of this post first appeared on The Quill. Although there’s a lot of talk about extroverts and introverts in the workplace, there’s not much information about how to work effectively with introverts. Let’s start by re-iterating that the labels extrovert and...
From our Uniquely Brilliant Podcast Episode 89: Get Things Done Each week on our Uniquely Brilliant Podcast, Diana Bader and I talk about strategies for creative, quirky, and extraordinary thinkers – and I know all of you fit that criteria! We share our...
Do you know somebody who lacks confidence, who struggles to do those things that “anybody can do?” Maybe they struggle with staying organized, starting projects, remembering names, keeping track of their own calendars, or completing projects on time. I do. I have a...
How many times have you needed to decide what to do next and you just couldn’t do it? Perhaps you needed to look for a new job, update your skills, or find a new career path. And you just couldn’t decide on the next step. The decision making process was just too hard...
“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, ‘Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?’ Actually,...
