The inaugural crew of Lift Off Retreat, held in February, 2010 in Phoenix, AZ On this same day last year, I assembled a post where I invited people I had worked with in any capacity in 2009 to share something they were proud of accomplishing. The resulting post totally filled my heart and delighted my [...]
Note the rather uncharacteristic post title from my recent blog hack. The humor of the particular spam title and my post image was not lost on me. Call me the poster child for the need for a structured, secure data security plan: In 2008, the hard drive on my brand new iMac failed four months [...]
It was Christmas Eve, 1956. My Dad was leaving the office of his first job as reporter/photographer/sports editor/weatherman at the Roseville Press-Tribune, driving his 1954 Mercury Sedan to his parent’s farm house for dinner. It was bitter cold outside. He had a freshly-cut $25 bonus check in his pocket, a fortune for his $57.50 weekly [...]
Any business book worth its salt will tell stories of adversity faced by the most successful businesspeople. You learn of catastrophic product launches, bankruptcy, divorce and health scares, all part of the hero’s journey to becoming a wealthy, successful entrepreneur. Entrepreneur success formula Register business name Get website up Have massive humiliating failure Have massive [...]
On this full moon, lunar eclipse and Winter Solstice day, I just wanted to say thank you all for being here. My friend Tzaddi Gordon of Thrivewire designed a special e-card just for you. View the card here. May we all find peace, joy and abundance in the new year.
On this full moon, lunar eclipse and Winter Solstice day, I just wanted to say thank you all for being here. My friend Tzaddi Gordon of Thrivewire designed a special e-card just for you. View the card here. May we all find peace, joy and abundance in the new year.
There are few things that get me more excited than working with young people. Many of you know that I used to teach martial arts in the San Francisco Bay Area, and co-founded the Community Action Project. I still get fired up when I think of the beauty and power in those young men and [...]
Darryl Slim (my husband) and Kiowa Gordon (teen star in The Twilight Saga) I just got back from the award ceremony for the American Indian Chamber of Commerce in Phoenix, Arizona. My husband Darryl won American Indian Small Business of the Year. Standing on stage next to him when he accepted the award, I felt [...]
Scott Gerber, twenty-six year old columnist for Entrepreneur and author of the new book Never Get a Real Job: How to dump your boss, build your business and not go broke, does not mince his words. He believes that many of the entrepreneur evangelists out there are selling snake oil when they encourage people to [...]
It is no mystery to regular readers of this blog that I am a massive John Legend fan. Not just for his music (which I adore), but also because of his life story, and how it relates to the core message of Escape from Cubicle Nation. I even wrote about him in my New York [...]
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