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Key to Success? Give More.

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When people ask how I've built a community around my site, how I get visitors to comment and share me, how I've built my mailing list… My answer is pretty darn simple. Give more. Create something to share.  Share it.  Then create something else. And keep creating and giving. Feeling frustrated?  Don't give up.  Give [...]

Do What You Can

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Don't have an hour today to spend on an important project, marketing, social networking, blogging, or whatever is on your list to move your business forward? Then spend 30 minutes.  Or 15 minutes. Whatever time you've got, do what you can. I was on Google+ earlier today, avoiding my daily workout because I knew I [...]

Stop Being Fuzzy. Move Forward. It Matters.

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What keeps some people moving forward while others struggle at the starting line? I've had quite a few friends and colleagues ask me lately, " What's different?"  They see me getting things done and putting more out there and want to know what's changed. Yes, things have changed.  I'm changing.  My goals and vision are [...]

Why I’m Celebrating Recent Failures

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We're a little over three weeks into the year… and by now many "New Year's Resolutions" have been abandoned… great plans have been filed right in that round bin labeled "trash"… But does that mean failure? Do you think of success and failure as two opposite things?  Two different roads to be traveled like that [...]

Allow. Sparkle. Inspire.

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Three words to focus on for 2012. Last year I used the three words strategy (Breathe. Balance. Grow.) and did great focusing on it until we moved half way through the year and I forgot to put the words back up on my bulletin board.  But when I looked back over the year, I realized [...]

Just Pause.

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In today’s culture, it’s all about “go, go, go” and “get it done.”  We’re challenged to be superwomen and stay on top of everything that’s on our lists.  Something gets in our way?  We charge right through it! When Catherine invited me to add my voice to a conversation about “The Pause,” my first thought [...]

Looking Past Limits

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When you look at yourself, do you see limits?  Or can you see beyond them? This isn't a short video.  It's 15 minutes long.  And it's worth it. "There has never been, and never will be, anyone who sees, thinks, or responds exactly the way you do. Whether you're revolutionizing physics or making a quilt, [...]

Are You In Your Own Way?

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This is Therese Skelly.  She's been compared to a roto-rooter for the brain, and an eraser for limiting beliefs. Do you ever feel like you're the thing that's stopping you from moving forward?  You're not alone. I get in my own way.  A lot.  Sometimes it's little things.  Other times it's crazy big stuff that [...]

Chirp Anyway

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Do you worry that someone else is better at what you do than you are? I'm not the best blogger or classical pianist in the world.  I blog and play anyway. My two boys aren't the best guitarists in the world.  They're learning to play anyway.  And I love to hear them play. My daughter [...]

Right Now, I’m Scared. Are You?

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Can I tell you a secret?  When you see this blog post published, I'm scared.  There.  I've admitted it. When you get an email/ezine/promotional message from me in your inbox,  my mouse hovered over that "send" button longer than I'll ever admit, worrying I might have a typo or broken link or someone might be [...]