After yesterday’s post about planting the seeds of greatness, I just have to tell you what Canadian author Kathy Stinson is up to right now! Yesterday she left for Liberia to spend a week working with authors who are writing books to be used in the classroom to teach children to read, through a program…
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Monthly Archives: February 2009
Plant the Seeds of Greatness
February been has named Plant the Seeds of Greatness Month, a time to make a change for the positive and maximize your effectiveness. What an awesome idea! Instead of a New Year’s Resolution, where you promise to change your life at one specific moment, you devote 28 consecutive days to help make the world a…
Build Your List through Social Networking
Everybody’s doing it – social networking, that is. How many people do you know without one or more accounts on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, or some other social networking site? However, as I wrote recently, you can’t make a living at it! For social networking to be a useful business building activity, you need to have…
Introducing the "Best-Mommy-Ever"
Chances are, you’ve never heard of Stacey Larocque. A loving mom who chose to extend breastfeeding beyond the first year, she was frustrated by the lack of helpful information available when the time came to wean her toddler. As a result, she developed her own technique, which she implemented successfully with her son and later…
Valentine's Day Blogging Ideas
If you’re anything like me, you probably have days when you want to blog, but you just can’t come up with any ideas. Frustrating, isn’t it? Valentine’s Day is this week, and I’d love to help you out by sending you a free report with 22 Great Ideas for Blogging This Valentine’s Day. All you…
Dreams
Sometimes we have to stop and b-r-e-a-t-h-e. So today I’m simply sharing one of my favourite poems. Enjoy! Hold fast to dreams For if dreams die Life is a broken-winged bird That cannot fly. Hold fast to dreams For when dreams go Life is a barren field Frozen with snow. ~Langston Hughes~
Do You Need a Coach?
There was a day when coaching was just for athletes or performers, but now there are coaches for everything: business, career, relationships, even life. It’s no wonder; most of us have so many demands on our time and energy that it’s easy to get overwhelmed if we don’t have someone to guide us along the…
The Benefits of Blogging
As International Networking Week continues, I have a little story to tell. A few years ago, I attended a local networking event where I met one of the owners of Mabel’s Labels, a fairly new company at that time. Since I was still an active organizer, I was very excited to learn about their wonderful…
In Celebration of Networking
Today is the Third Annual International Networking Day, part of a week-long celebration for people who grow their business through networking. It’s hard for me to believe that I have only been networking for five years, because it’s now such an important part of my life! Although these days, much of my networking is conducted…