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Keep a clear vision for your brand

Now that my launch of 57 Secrets for Branding Yourself Online is starting to pick up steam, I’m going to be uploading videos that share tastes of what you can find inside the book. In this speech recently done off-the-cuff at my Toastmaster club, I talk about three ways you can (and should) have a [...]

Values and Leadership

What are values? How do they affect and are affected by leaders? In this video, shot at a Technical Tools Toastmasters meeting in Long Beach, Calif., I talk about these very topics. To recap, some of the points I cover in the video are: What are values? The difference between values and ethics. How do [...]

Count down to my first live event

Joining a committed group of women in a mastermind is one of the best things I’ve ever done. I’ve joined mastermind groups before, but never one that gelled this well. I have one particular member of this mastermind to thank for inspiring me to hold my first live event: a book launch and fundraiser for [...]

9 principles of graceful success – Part 9

Circa 1645, famed samurai Miyamoto Musashi wrote The Book of Five Rings, a text on kenjutsu and the martial arts in general. Within that book, he wrote of nine principles one can practice and embody to achieve the success that comes with grace and excellence. This is the ninth and final post in a series [...]

9 principles of graceful success – Part 8

Circa 1645, famed samurai Miyamoto Musashi wrote The Book of Five Rings, a text on kenjutsu and the martial arts in general. Within that book, he wrote of nine principles one can practice and embody to achieve the success that comes with grace and excellence. This is the eighth post in a series where I [...]

9 principles of graceful success – Part 7

Circa 1645, famed samurai Miyamoto Musashi wrote The Book of Five Rings, a text on kenjutsu and the martial arts in general. Within that book, he wrote of nine principles one can practice and embody to achieve the success that comes with grace and excellence. This is the seventh post in a series where I [...]

9 principles of graceful success – Part 6

Circa 1645, famed samurai Miyamoto Musashi wrote The Book of Five Rings, a text on kenjutsu and the martial arts in general. Within that book, he wrote of nine principles one can practice and embody to achieve the success that comes with grace and excellence. This is the sixth post in a series where I [...]

9 principles of graceful success – Part 5

Circa 1645, famed samurai Miyamoto Musashi wrote The Book of Five Rings, a text on kenjutsu and the martial arts in general. Within that book, he wrote of nine principles one can practice and embody to achieve the success that comes with grace and excellence. This is the fifth post in a series where I [...]

9 principles of graceful success – Part 4

Circa 1645, famed samurai Miyamoto Musashi wrote The Book of Five Rings, a text on kenjutsu and the martial arts in general. Within that book, he wrote of nine principles one can practice and embody to achieve the success that comes with grace and excellence. This is the fourth post in a series where I [...]

9 principles of graceful success – Part 3

Circa 1645, famed samurai Miyamoto Musashi wrote The Book of Five Rings, a text on kenjutsu and the martial arts in general. Within that book, he wrote of nine principles one can practice and embody to achieve the success that comes with grace and excellence. This is the third post in a series where I [...]