Through my teen years I was model thin, standing at 5 feet 8 1/2 inches and hovering between 117 and 120 pounds. What I ate and how much I ate was of no concern to me. Then came college and the freshman fifteen, which lingered with me past graduation. My twenties were no better. I […]
What I Learned About Passion After Following Mine
This month will mark eight years since I opted to follow my passion instead of taking the safer route towards a more predictable and steadier paycheck. It’s been a journey filled with joy and tears, successes and failures, moments of certainty that I’m on the right path and others of being down on my knees, […]
What I Learned 30 Years Ago But Didn’t Know Then
Thirty years ago I drove home from my weekend share house in Avalon, New Jersey to spend Father’s Day with my Dad. I stopped by Avalon Seafood and bought an oversized container of she crab soup and a pound and half of cooked shrimp. Dad loved his food, especially food that he could really get […]
How To Master The Art Of Asking
I had no formal sales training. I learned from observing and listening. And a book I bought called How to Master the Art of Selling by Tom Hopkins. I don’t know what happened to my copy of that book. But I do know it helped me. Especially through the tough stuff – like mastering […]
The Myth Of The Straight Line
The other day I was in conversation with a friend who I highly respect. He was telling me about his frustration in getting a deal done. He was finding it difficult to get the needle to move along the line from point A to point B the way he wanted it to. My response was […]
What I Learned Binge-Watching Season 5 Of Girls
When Girls debuted in April 2012, I was horrified. Each depressing character seemed more pitiful than the next. My idealistic coming of age in the early seventies self wanted to believe it should be different for our daughters. They should be able to stand stronger in who they are as young women than this […]
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