Happy New Year! Yes, I know it’s the end of the month. But it is still January. -;o) Therefore, top-of-the-year greetings are in order, and I hope your New Year is off to a fantastic start! Can you believe how quickly time is moving? Already we are four weeks into 2012, and by now your [...]
December 12, 2011 By Leave a Comment
The Other Side of Rejection
I published the first issue of my e-newsletter, Financial Profundities, in 2003. In eight years, I’ve never, ever, added someone to the distribution list without their permission; they either signed up after a workshop, gave me verbal permission, or were added as a result of a purchase of a product or service. And, I never [...]
November 10, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Everyone Needs a Cheerleader
I am an avid runner, logging approximately 12-15 miles most weeks. Yet, I’ve never run a marathon, let alone THE marathon – as in the New York City/ING Marathon. But each year, you can find me on the sidelines in Brooklyn cheering on the runners. I get so excited for them, inspired by the discipline [...]
November 9, 2011 By Leave a Comment
When Can Your Side Job Become THE Job?
If you have a side-business, it is probably your intention that someday it will no longer be a “side” gig. I suspect your dream is that one day you’ll be able to dedicate 100% of your time and resources to it and let go of your “day job.” But how do you know when you [...]
October 26, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Simple is (my) New Sexy!
Have you recently had an experience that seems to continually reveal itself as being powerful, instructive, and profound for reasons you never would have guessed? Well, that is precisely what the Financial Intimacy Conference is turning out to be for me. The more I reflect on what went into planning the recent launch in New [...]
October 21, 2011 By Leave a Comment
The Unusual Bottom Line Factor: Personal & Professional Development
When it comes to talking about money, the discourse is typically centered on growing one’s earnings, savings, and investments, while reducing debt and careless spending. Rarely do we make a correlation between these aspirations and our own growth in terms of personal and professional development. Yet, I believe a strong case can be made for [...]
October 9, 2011 By Leave a Comment
What Are You Counting?
Every careerpreneur is fundamentally in the numbers business. (And I mean that in the legal sense of the word!) We’re constantly counting something, be it: calls and pitches (how many were made vs. how many are needed to close a sale), sales (how many sales were made plus what was the size of each sale); [...]
September 25, 2011 By Leave a Comment
The Root of It All
After more than a year of planning, it happened…the Financial Intimacy Conference launched this past week in New York City! It was a tremendous success and more satisfying than I could have imagined. Three days later, I remain delirious with excitement — and from exhaustion! In forthcoming posts, I’ll share some of the surprising lessons [...]
September 15, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Are You Selling Yourself Out of the Deal?
On the surface, the title of this post may seem peculiar. After all, how can you sell yourself out of an opportunity? Actually, you may have done it recently and just didn’t know it! So before you read further, take a minute to reflect on the last time you were selling/pitching an idea, product or service. If you’ve ever [...]
August 10, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Numbers Don’t Just Materialize on Their Own
If you have ever invested in an individual stock and performed a stock analysis in advance of your purchase, you are familiar with one of the steps in the evaluation process – “Evaluating Management.” Not to oversimplify the process and techniques used, but evaluating management really boils down to the answer to the question: “How [...]
