Next week, I will finally open the doors to the 5Cs Community and invite the first 100 founding members!!!!! Yes, I am excited. Strangely enough, I have no terror or fear. Not of losing the sizeable investment in funds and time I have put into it. Nor am I fussing about whether this is the
I want to lean into something very personal today because it is a message that too many of us are forgetting. And increasingly, too late is really TOO LATE. Last week, my husband’s favourite uncle passed away. Lorne was 93, had been married to the love of his life for a few months shy of
Many years ago, I was fired from a ‘spend some time here, then make your own position and make us better’ kind of company. I lasted not even a full five days. Nobody appreciated my take on the competition. Everyone kept expressing their fear and derision about the competition, to which I kept saying, Fuhgeddaboudit!
I learned a few things about bending one’s mind the other week and thought you might find some of it interesting. Play Big or Play Safe. Just Play. For three days, a bunch of us huddled in front of the computer screen, attending a sales and mindset masterclass. (Fortunately, about six hours of advertising and
Have you noticed how the near limitless swirl of excuses and hand wringing has ramped up to an excruciatingly high level? Such a sad state of affairs about our collective life! Doesn’t it feel like almost everyone has a bone to pick with someone — about something? (This is so bad, OMG, he’s so terrible,
Let’s talk about doing good, giving back. First, have you ever acted before thinking? I mean, jumping off the cliff without even thinking about how high that cliff is? Of course! We all have, haven’t we? I want to share two stories of my latest – falling off the cliff. There is a guy out
Time management is a real thing, isn’t it? I bet you have been thinking a lot about this COVID thing. Me too. I’ve been mulling over the pros and cons of the whole crisis and as is my inclination, trying to concentrate on the best parts. Family, relationships, what’s really important, finding and filling the
Have you had a good old-fashioned belly laugh lately? If not, it is time you definitely find one. I don’t want to talk about business today. Or show you some different ideas to think about. Or even highlight solutions to the problems we all read or watch daily. Today, I want to encourage you to
Pivot. Pivoting. I don’t know about you, but I am bone tired of hearing and reading these two words. Everyone says they are doing it. But what the hell does it mean? Professor Google’s explanation of pivoting is “to turn or rotate, like a hinge.” No human being I know (except maybe a basketball player)
We often hear frequently the phrase, “Yeah but I don’t need a mentor” Or “You are my mentor”, (of course, we are not being paid.) And our favourite, “What exactly will you do for me that I can’t do for myself?” So let’s give you NINE Big Reasons why paying to have a mentor or