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And Yet…This Is What Still Scares Me

I am the person who views walking into a room full of people she doesn’t know as a great adventure. I talk to strangers on a daily basis, whether it’s a conversation with a five-year old in the elevator about whether it’s going to snow or with the person bagging my groceries at Whole Foods […]

What I’ve Learned After 10 Years Of Working On My Own

A lot happened in 2008. On September 29th of that year the Dow plunged almost 778 points, setting the country plunging into what would be called the Great Recession. On November 4th Barack Obama was elected the first African-American President of the United States in history. But for me the day that would be the […]

When You Forget The Essence Of Your Brand

When I started blogging I had absolutely no idea what I was going to write about with the exception of how it felt to be in this place of limbo I suddenly found myself in, divorced from a long and successful corporate career and not quite certain what was next. I called the blog One […]

What Men Don’t Do That Women Do When Pitching A Job

The other night after trying to figure out where my Via driver was, I finally crawled into the back seat of a Toyota Siena, happy to be sitting down and announced my exhaustion to anyone who would listen. The only other passenger was a young slender woman wearing a t-shirt and jeans with her hands […]

The More My Personal Brand Evolves, The More I Am Still Me

Last week I spoke at the Integrated Marketing Association Summit at NYUSPS. The topic was how to tell if your personal brand was digital ready. It’s a talk I’ve given before that’s based on my e-book on the subject. Whenever I speak I invite the audience to interrupt me with their questions rather than wait […]

The Personal Branding Lessons Hillary Clinton Gave Women

Most days since Election Day it feels like it did after my father died. I would go about my daily life and temporarily forget this awful event had occurred. Then something would trigger an overwhelming wave of nausea that reminded me that my life had taken an unexpected turn and there was no going […]