Recently, a friend who is having issues with her supervisors (i.e. people who give new meaning to the term “incompetent”), a friend who has recently seen a number of her colleagues fired, had a disturbing talk with the manager immediately over her. Charmingly, her manager began the conversation saying, “I don’t think you do a good job.”…
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I truly believe that self-confidence, or, usually,the lack thereof, is at the crux of every small business. Self-confidence is the reason successful small business owners are successful; their confidence in themselves, the value of what they’re selling, whether it’s Pilates or pottery, is why flourishing small business owners are able to learn from their mistakes, identify…
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“I have been questioning myself so often these days and I smell my lack of confidence and my cynicism in every thing I do. I know I have talent, I know that. I grew up in a culture that considers ambitions bad…”B. I’m sharing this quote from a client’s email–she’s a professional artist–because on the…
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With my partner-in-crime, Marie Segares, yesterday witnessed the launching of the first of our No Frills Small Business podcasts. In Monday’s show, we talked about budgeting and financial planning for small business owners. Well, I say “budgeting,” but given the fact that we’re both entrepreneurs who started our respective businesses with a lot of ideas and very…
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College isn’t for everyone. Let’s just get that out there. I’m sure some people are going to be outraged (outraged) that I’m saying those words, especially when I went to an elite East Coast girls school, but whatever, haters. The truth must come out. College isn’t the best learning environment for everyone. It can be very…
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“I do not mean to sound like a snob or anything, but I do not like the fact that sometimes I feel like I am being treated like a baby (my actions get second guessed, my actions have to be confirmed, I sometimes get blamed for things that are not my fault — & at…
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Dear Readers, you know me: I’m a coach. I’m not made of stone. When a client, after much shifty eyes, and doubt, and hope, and fear, and whining, finally, finally knuckles under and takes my suggestions, getting the positive feedback and circumstances I predicted, and, gleefully, takes the time to tell me that I was right…oh,…
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“But anyway I see that it is better not to apologize. I shall do what I can, and my readers will see for themselves that I have done all I could.”- Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov Yesterday, I did this podcast with my old friend Marie Segares (http://creativeyarnentrepreneur.com/), and we had a great time. Not exactly hordes of…
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So excited to announce this! Last year, I applied for, and received a Nokia Scholarship to attend Social Media Week 2014 here in NYC. This year, my biz partner Marie Segares suggested, casually, that we take SMW up on their expressed call for diverse, interesting panels and make them a pitch. We did…and they called our bluff: Career…
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Monday, January 12 was National Clean Off Your Desk Day. Um, okay, I guess. Sounds to me like someone had a far too much spare time on their hands because seriously: shut up. Who cares about your clean desk? I’m writing this, in my home office, sitting at a desk that is a sea…
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