So there you sit with all these things that have to get done - letters, phone calls, paperwork, deadlines to meet - and... you do nothing! Welcome to overwhelm! I know it's all about goal-setting and then the implementation process, but it feels like simply way, way, way too much to do and not nearly enough time to do it in, huh? We've all been there. I was there yesterday. Chances I'll be back there again.

Look, I know that getting started is almost always the hardest part of any task. So, if you can just get yourself started and you can overcome the overwhelm. Okay, sit up and take notes because I am about to share nine of my favorite get started tricks (and feel free to send me some of yours). See full post

“The sky is not the limit. The limit is what you set.”
- Buzz Aldrin, Apollo XI Astronaut, one of the first two humans to walk on the moon.

“To Infinity and Beyond.”
- Buzz Lightyear, Space Ranger.

6. Dream
I set aside time every month where all I do is dream about what could be. Because how can it go from “dreams to reality” if you never dreamt it in the first place? Don’t be afraid to dream big about what you want for your business and your life. If you don’t know where “there” is – how will you ever get “there”? See full post

I’ve been a dancer my entire life. I started out at the tender age of 4 with my first pair of shinny black tap shoes with little pink bows. I later graduated to jazz, swing, ballroom, a little country line dancing and in my mid 20s returned to my love of tap where I studied with a professional dancer who taught the likes of Paula Abdul and other celebrities how to shake a leg.

So when I decided I wanted to drop a couple of pounds before the holidays hit I went back to my roots and signed up for a series of dance classes.

Going in I knew that dance requires creativity, focus, control and power. But driving home one day I thought about how much learning to dance is like running a business. Here are 5 business lessons I've learned from hanging out in a hip-hop class. See full post

Yesterday, I had lunch with my friend Simon Cohen, Vice President of Michael Stars (www.michaelstars.com). This designer t-shirt company pulls in millions in the double digits by selling in high end stores like Nordstrom, Fred Segal and in their own boutiques. As we shared an order of chicken satay, I listened to Simon talk about the huge growth plans they had set for this year, I couldn’t help but get caught up in his excitement. As he showed me pictures of a new store in Santa Barbara and told me about what was happening, it struck me that he’s got some very specific habits. Don’t you want to know what works for someone who is already a huge success? I thought you might. See full post

I was searching through my personal email the other day when up popped an email from a local spa. Thinking it was a good time for a massage (OK, is there ever a bad time for a massage?) I took a peak to see what they were offering. They laid out what seemed to be [...]