by Jane | Feb 12, 2014 | Innovation
What are you doing differently this year? Maybe this is the year you want to be more innovative. But you’re not quite sure how to do it or where you should begin. An associate shared a way to ease into innovation with me a couple of weeks ago and I thought it was...
by Jane | Dec 31, 2013 | Goals
Have you finished your plans for the new year? Are you going to increase your pipeline? Grow your customer base? Write a book, blog more? Outsource the tasks you’re tired of doing? You name it what are you going to do? Can I ask you to do one thing though before you...
by Jane | Oct 1, 2013 | Fears
What’s the worst that can happen? “No I can’t do that.” “How do you know? Did you ask?” “Oh no, I can’t ask.” “What if they say no?” Is this a conversation that goes on in your mind? Last week I was at the beach with a friend. Her condo was pool side not...
by Jane | Aug 13, 2013 | Leadership
There is a tendency for us to like others who are like us. While there is nothing wrong with that, it does have a tendency to narrow our thinking and our behaviors. We keep doing more of what we like and what our friends and associates like and soon we find we’re...
by Jane | Aug 6, 2013 | Uncategorized
Take a month off…. Are you kidding!? Whenever I ask an entrepreneur or a leader if they could take a month off they react as if they are having a heart attack. We have allowed ourselves to create a delusion and an experience in which we think we are the only...
