When I first started my blog and coaching business six years ago, I didn’t know anything about online marketing. In fact, I didn’t even know what a blog was before I had to create one as an assignment for a class. Every single piece of technology involved a huge learning curve. I would try to [...]
I get motivated by big successes. I am the biggest sap in the world for underdog stories. I cried at the Chrysler Detroit Superbowl commercial. It is so inspiring to see awesome creative endeavors, or to see an entrepreneur knock it out of the park with a new business. In my role as a coach, [...]
The Side Hustle and Flow Interview Series is designed to inspire hard-working corporate employees to either start a side hustle if they are interested in eventually starting a business, or to keep going with their existing side hustle through the inevitable challenge of limited time and energy. So far we have profiled Chandoo, Willie [...]
I have one week until my belt test in my martial arts class. In the weeks before the test, my instructor puts the fire under us so we have the skills and endurance to handle the 3+ hour testing gauntlet. Last night, I was partnered with a teenage student who was feeling the pain of [...]
Warning: this video may contain references to Pam’s marathon Glee-watching weekend. You have been warned. See this video on YouTube here. It pleases me that some of you may read the title of my post and think that this Monday challenge is flawed. That is my point. We often spend weeks trying to muster up [...]
Or so I found out when I had my first call with my dear friend and annoyingly insightful weight loss coach Susan Hyatt. I talked her into coaching me around health and wellness, because I felt like I was missing a key ingredient in being a well-rounded entrepreneur. Or more accurately, I had become a [...]
I had the pleasure of working with Joshua Waldman last year, and was very impressed with his tenacity and creativity. He had a dream to write a book about his passion for using social media in job search, and he moved this into reality when he secured a deal from Wiley to write Job Searching [...]
In July of this year, I ran a class called Power Teaching. An extremely smart and enthusiastic group joined in intensive study of effective training design and development, and worked on real, live classes that they are launching this Fall. The experience was particularly wonderful on three levels: It was exceptionally energizing to share my passion [...]
In college, my major was International Service and Development. I spent significant time in Latin America, working on projects that used education as a tool for grassroots self-empowerment and social change. I remember working in a day care center on the outskirts of Bogota, Colombia. One day, I made the mistake of picking up one [...]
Hello Escape Readers! I am getting ready for a long weekend (and a live John Legend (the original Side Hustler) concert in a few hours — woo hoo!). I am formulating plans for streamlined and supremely useful products and services for 2012. I put together a short survey to collect your input and ideas. If [...]
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