Alice laughed: "There's no use trying," she said; "one can't believe impossible things." "I daresay you haven't had much practice," said the Queen. "When I was younger, I always did it for half an hour a day. Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast. – from Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll We all hold what we believe to be impossible … [Read more...]
Invest in a Woman, Invest in a Nation
In case you were asleep, International Women’s Day was on March 8. News outlets, celebrities and many brands trumpeted the news. It is officially women’s time to shine. There is no denying that influential men and women are finally waking up to the fact that when women succeed, the entire economy benefits and society improves. Period. There’s plenty of data. In fact, an Entrepreneur.com … [Read more...]
Want to Succeed? Focus.
Be careful about giving advice. It can come back to haunt you. My almost 4-year-old burned me pretty badly the other day. The modern world does not do us any favors when it comes to presence and focus. I work very intentionally with my son to help him avoid overwhelm and concentrate on one task at a time. When he starts flipping through another book while I’m reading one to him, I gently … [Read more...]
How to Bounce Back from Failure, Rejection and Soul-Crushing Criticism: A Chat with Alexandra Franzen
Ever experience soul-crushing, heart-breaking, confidence-shattering criticism, failure or rejection? If you're human, of course you have. If you say you never have, you're a Cyborg and I'm terrified of you. Life as an entrepreneur - no, as a human being - is full of ups and downs. So much of what we see out there in books and on the Internet is about extreme success: the … [Read more...]
Your Success is Not a Formula
I’m a big fan of predictive data analytics. While I’m a creative type–marketer, actress, writer–I greatly admire that science and statistics can help us predict many things such as the last amazing solar eclipse, how strong a car seat needs to be to protect a child in a crash, climate change (yes, people, it’s real. Stop it.) But factor in a human element and those predictions can go … [Read more...]
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