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As I mentioned in my previous blog, I grew up in the south, North Carolina, to be exact. Not to give away my age, but to give you some perspective, it was a time that things were very different for little girls and women in general. I loved playing dress up in my Mom's things and more so when we would go visit our Aunt Hettie, dress up was a blast. She had this huge closet in an older house built in the 1800's and it seemed to be mysterious to a little girl like mysel

The first step in being BOLD is to believe that you are Beautiful.  Yes, you can be very beautiful looking; meaning the outside package, but when people look into your eyes do they see emptiness?  Real beauty comes from the inside.  The way to let your beauty shine through is by first loving yourself and building up that inner beauty.  Do you know of someone who lights up a room whenever they enter?  They have a very sincere smile and look as if they are very glad to see you

WHERE ARE YOU LIVING? PAST, PRESENT or FUTURE? Does this seem like an odd question to you? Maybe it does or maybe it doesn’t. We are all living in one of these three places. In the book, “Ruthless Trust” by Brennan Manning, it occurred to me that most of us are meditating on the past or worried about our future. As the saying goes, if you drive your car only looking in the rear view mirror, you’ll run into something. There must be a balance to where we live, past, present or

Does approaching others in a networking environment scare you? Whether you are brand new to the networking arena or a seasoned pro, it can be intimidating to be in a new setting with strangers. Some people simply will not go into a social setting because they are riddled with fear. This may stem from embarrassing moments as a child or an adolescent. Maybe they had a critical parent or sibling that was constantly telling them that they are not good enough. If this is you, do n

How do you make a good first impression in a networking environment? Sometimes in a crowded networking situation, you may feel it’s impossible to make any impression, let alone a good one at first.  It is possible to be memorable and stand out in a crowd so when you make that follow up call, they have no trouble recalling who you are, even if they don’t recall what you do.  I am helping people become that person who is not only memorable but the person they want to get to kno

Do you go to networking events, or any event with the mindset of making new contacts? Of course you do! Let me ask you one question… do you have a stack of business cards that is piling up in your desk drawer? Take a look. Then ask yourself, what can I do with these cards? Better yet… what am I doing when I go to networking event after networking event, and all I am getting is a pile of cards, but really not seeing the level of business that I am hoping for? It is having a ne