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Smart Women Trim the Layers of Their Lives
This article is about taking a look at your life and trimming back the different areas to ensure that you have more of what you want and less of what you don’t want in life. There are 6 areas that women generally focus on. It’s important to she...
Smart Women Love, Give……and Have Fears
This article is about fear and how it keeps us stuck and trapped in our current situation. The article offers tips and solutions on how to “manage” fear and move past it so you can accomplish your dreams and goals....
Smart Women, Halloween and Attracting Your Ideal Client
This article offers ideas, tips and solutions on how to create a welcoming or inviting first experience so that ideal clients will become more interested in what they do. The presentation of yourself and your business is very important when marketin...
Smart Women Deal With Their “Stuff”
Today, I received an email from a very smart woman who is just beginning her journey as an entrepreneur. In her email, she shared with me that lately she’s been noticing that a lot of “stuff” is coming up for her. When I read this, I smiled....
Smart Women Live A Proactive Life
Yesterday, as I was on my way to pick up my kids from school, it occurred to me that I was feeling exhausted—I mean really tired. As I made a mental scan of my day, I realized that I had been in a “reactive” mode most of the day rather than a ...
Smart Women Answer Their Call
No, I’m not talking about your cell phone or the phone in your home or office. All the women in my Success Circles know that I don’t believe in picking up the phone every time it rings. I do believe in listening to my messages and returning calls...
Smart Women Take the Leap
The other day, I was listening to one of Madonna’s great dance tunes, “Jump.” It’s a fun song that makes me want to jump up and dance around the room. It also motivates me into thoughts about the “jump” in my own life–to take the le...
Smart Women and a Bird in the Hand
One question that I hear frequently from the women I support is “How do I find and attract more new clients?” After all, new clients are necessary for your business to survive and thrive. The good news is, “new” clients are closer than you th...
Smart Women and the 5% Solution
Have you ever thought about the positive benefits you could have in your life if you just took 5% more responsibility for certain aspects of your life? I was asked this question a few weeks ago when I attended Jack Canfield’s “Breakthrough to Suc...
Smart Women Get Uncomfortable
I’m 48 years old and I have never been on ice skates. That is, until yesterday. My 5½-year-old daughter, Jenna, has taken an interest in ice skating and I typically take her to the ice arena here in Park City where we are on vacation. I watch her ...
Smart Women Get Away
I’m in Park City, Utah on a family vacation having a wonderful time. Guess what? I initially didn’t want to get away for a family vacation. I mean it is not that I didn’t want to go to Park City. I love Park City. It is a peaceful, co...
Smart Women and the Movie “Up”
A few days ago, our family went to see the movie “Up.” We laughed at a lot—especially at how silly we all looked in our 3D glasses! In the movie, the character Ellie was both adventurous and feisty. Ellie had a wild imagination and Carl (her yo...
Smart Women Find Their “Flow”
Yesterday, when I picked my daughter Jenna up from tennis camp, she rushed over and handed me her uneaten snack and her nearly full water bottle, with a big smile on her face. I was surprised she hadn’t eaten her snack (after all, Goldfish is her...
Smart Women, Subways and Asking
Recently, our family took a trip to the “Big Apple” where we met up with my parents for a special vacation. It was lots of fun and we created a memorable experience. When traveling to a new city, it’s exciting to think about all of the sigh...
Smart Women Celebrate Their Independence
This article is about how fortunate women are to have the opportunity to live independent lives in this country (US). We have the opportunity to become whoever we want to be and do the things in life that we love. We can live out our passion and pu...
Smart Women “Live into and Find the Flow”
How about you? Are you waiting for the "perfect time" to realize your Big ideas, dreams and goals? I've got a secret for you: There is never a perfect time for anything in life: getting married, having children, or realizing a dream that you have....
Smart Women Need a “Lighthouse”
This article is about having a support system or “lighthouse” in your life, both personally and professionally, to help you navigate your life in a positive direction. It offers women some tips and ideas about how to develop this in their lives....
Smart Women Take the Right Action
A few days ago, in one of my Women's Success Circles, a great question came up: "What's the one action step that I 05-28-09womanshould take to grow my business faster?" Wow! That's a great question. The challenge is--there's not just one simple answe...
Smart Women Know, Commit and Practice Their Values
This article is about getting clear on what your values are in your life right now. Knowing where you want to spend your time and who you want to spend it with. Practicing them on a regular basis. It empowers you and helps you feel more in control...
Smart Women Understand “WIIFM?”
This article gives some insight and tips on how to create a marketing message that clearly and easily lets someone know what benefit your product or service has to offer. People purchase benefits—period. It’s important that we make sure the ben...
Smart Women Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway
So many times we hold on to things that no longer "fit" in our lives with the thought process that it's comfortable, when in fact, it does not fit who we are anymore....
Smart Women Are “Plugged In”
A few days ago, I did something that I’ve never done before. I went hiking in the desert mountains with my good friend and Smart Woman, Debra. I’ve hiked many times in the mountains but I’d never been out in the desert mountains. This was...
Smart Women Never Miss an Opportunity
Recently our family took a trip to the San Diego Wild Animal Park. It was a great trip that was both fun and educational for the entire family. Did you know that the Falcon and the Cheetah are the two fastest animals in the air and on the ground?...
Smart Women Give it Away!
Recently, my 8 year old son Jack, came running into the house with the Sunday paper exclaiming, “Look, they gave us cereal!” And sure enough, there was not one but three mini boxes of cereal included with the newspaper—all sugar cereals th...
Smart Women “Experiment”
Recently, both my children participated in a science fair at their elementary school. My son, Jack, did an experiment that involved an electromagnet. My daughter, Jenna, was curious about how batteries work so she chose to make a “homemade battery....
Smart Women, Barbie and Madonna
Recently, there’s been a lot of media attention around the fact that the Barbie doll is turning 50 this year. I couldn’t resist watching an online slideshow of the many re-inventions and changes Barbie has gone through over the last 50 years. ...
Smart Women, Baseball and Marketing
Last weekend was “opening day” for Little League Baseball in our community. There was a Pancake Breakfast to kick-off the season, children singing the National Anthem and of course, a local celebrity to throw out the game ball. We really enjo...
Smart Women Make Amazing Things Happen
(I actually wrote this article in 2008, however, I still feel there are lessons for women in it. Enjoy!) The month of March is a very important month if you are a basketball fan. It’s “March Madness” and there are games from every team around t...
Smart Women Think and Speak in Abundance
A few days ago, I was enjoying a lovely, delicious lunch with my Mom at a small, cozy and quaint restaurant here in Los Angeles. The tables in this restaurant are very close together and you can get "friendly" with people at the next table. As my Mom...
