Small Gestures, Big Impact
Here's a one-minute story about how a cheap pair of rhinestone earrings changed a life.
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- Mar 19, 2019
- 1 min
How to Make a Compelling Video
How does one make a great video that will be watched, and more importantly, acted upon? It’s just like with any other sales presentation...
- Mar 14, 2019
- 1 min
How to Unblock Writer's Block
Writer’s Block, aka Creative Constipation. It’s brutal. Words won’t come. The blank screen mocks you. A coaching client who wants to...
- Mar 13, 2019
- 2 min
Influence Shows Up When We Least Expect It
You never know when or where your influence will be felt. This morning when I was doing my Morning Momentum (Movement, Meditation, &...
- Mar 11, 2019
- 1 min
Stop Thinking, Start Doing
As a professional speaker, corporate comedian, and author, I often meet people who want to be a speaker, do stand-up comedy, or write a...
- Feb 25, 2019
- 1 min
Corporate Comedy Minute: There Is No Partial Credit
Don't you hate it when someone says, "I was gonna do that" AFTER it's too late?! Me too. Ugh. It's so cheesy and half-baked. (Half-baked...
- Feb 11, 2019
- 2 min
Mindfully Cleaning Out Closets
I recently did some Mindful Spaces coaching, helping a woman dig out of a walk-in closet she could barely walk into. She had hundreds of...
- Feb 6, 2019
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You Can't Listen Through An Open Mouth
Don't you just hate it when people are obnoxious in meetings that cause a disruption for all of those around them? Me too. My...
- Jan 28, 2019
- 1 min
Award-Winning Lost Opportunities
It's award show season! The gowns! The glamour! The gag-inducing acceptance speeches! (Pardon me, my pet peeve is showing.) Enjoy this...
- Jan 27, 2019
- 2 min
What Bob Seger Taught Me
I recently saw one of the final shows from a God of Classic Rock. While I'm not a rabid Bob Seger fan (I’m more into Bruce & Bruno), I...
- Jan 15, 2019
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Getting Past the Ugh
Truth time: It often sucks to stop what we are doing in order to help somebody else. It wasn't like we were sitting around doing nothing,...
- Mar 30, 2018
- 2 min
Strategic Planning at Sunset
Ahhh... exhale. I am in the Tampa airport right now on my way home after a perfect vacation to Paradise with my best friend Jean. As with...
- Mar 12, 2018
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Monday Morning Energization
"How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives". This quote from Annie Dillard is one of my favorites. I do my best to...
- Feb 12, 2018
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Weird and Wonderful
“You’re a weird dancer. You dance weird.” A little blonde girl about nine years old brazenly walked up to me during Sunday morning Dance...
- Feb 6, 2018
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Following Childhood Dreams
When I was a little girl, I watched The Carol Burnett Show. With every skit, I wished with all of my heart that I could do what those...
- Jan 22, 2018
- 2 min
Still Minnesota Proud
Congrats to the Philadelphia Eagles who handily whooped the Vikings yesterday to go on to the Super Bowl. (This post is payment of a lost...
- Jan 16, 2018
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Every Second Counts
What a difference a few seconds can make. Last night my beloved Minnesota Vikings pulled off a #MinneapolisMiracle with a Hail Mary that...
- Jan 8, 2018
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Remembering That It's Worth It
My filthy Mazda is inspiring others today. It has been frigid and gray in my home state of Minnesota for many (seemingly endless) days....
- Jan 4, 2018
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You Can't (and Shouldn't) Please Everyone
A Speaker’s Nightmare: "What did you like the least about the conference this year?" "Theresa Rose. Awful. OMG. Hated her." This was on a...
- Jan 2, 2018
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The Power of Drop-Dead Goals
It’s not about what we say we are going to do, it’s about DOING it. Many of us make grand pronouncements of what we will accomplish in...
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