Is The Passion Descriptor Overdone?
People are throwing around the word passion like it’s salt on French fries. It’s becoming a very popular word to describe spirited energy and excitement about something — whether it’s business, facing the day, or doing PR, for example.
I consider myself a passionate person in a number of ways — I have an incredible passion for blogging; I write with a voice that is WSYWIG — people are surprised to Skype for the first time and see that I am how I write.
Read More →Today We Reflect And Celebrate
Every year on this day exactly (told you my lucky number is 13), reflection is in the air. About what you say? Let me share:
Being In Business. My years as a solopreneur, agency owner, freelancer, dog walker and kid/house sitter have been the most rewarding for healthy spirit. I was working for myself. It was and is up to me how much money I can make and how hard I can work. Being accountable to yourself and whom you hire in business is heady stuff. It requires constant attention, thinking and action.
Read More →Social Media Presents 50 Shades of Wiser
Social media has not only leveled the playing field for small businesses, it’s enabled professionals of all ages to compete.
If you’re not learning, you’re dead.
The opportunity social media presents for learning is so vast that anyone, regardless of age, who has gumption, passion, and energy can compete with youngsters in a highly successful way. More and more, avatars with gray hair are populating Twitter. I’m making an assumption they are aging gracefully and wiser as a result of social media.
Read More →The Happy Friday Series: Everyone’s Happy!
Happiness is pervasive; everywhere you look and listen, someone is talking about studies on happiness at academic levels, about books they’re reading, about happiness jars they’re creating, and the love they have for their fellow man.
I applaud them all. We need more positive spirit and positive mental attitude and smiles and giggles and belly laughs to endure the constant stream of negativity, backlash and strife in this entire world.
Read More →How Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer Teaches Social Responsibility
Ever watch it…”Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer?” How many times? If you’re over 30, you better tell me about a dozen. If you haven’t seen it in awhile, crank it up…’tis the season.
My dear best BFF Jim Faris inspired this post, and he was struck by how significant the themes coursing through this iconic holiday favorite were akin to today’s lifestyle moments. Let’s see, how many lessons and teachables can we glean from this 45-minute program produced by innovators Rankin/Bass in 1964?
Anti-bullying
Heroism











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