What’s in YOUR Learning Wallet?

Smart learning investments pay big dividends! Let’s face it. We’re living in a world of constant and rapid-fire change. Do you really think that workshop you attended in 2009 or even that webinar you half-listened to last year will help you get the job done? Not likely.  You’re using dusty old skills to address critical issues. When it [...]

The Habit of Success

Today’s guest blogger is Patty Sadallah, organization development consultant and executive coach for 29 years and counting.  She is a Dream Partner Catalyst and coaches and consults nonprofits and women owned small business owners around issues of focus and planning, moving them toward her dreams. Find out more about her coaching and consulting at http://www.PattySadallah.com.  She is [...]

Generating More and Better Ideas for 2011

Innovation is at the heart of many entrepreneurial endeavors. I don’t know about you, but some of my best work has come from the spark of an idea. Wouldn’t it be great if we could figure out a way to generate more and better ideas? A way to accelerate the idea incubator? In his latest [...]

P90X for Your Business?

It’s a shiny new year, which means at least 87% of us are diving, head first, into a diet and/or exercise plan. While some take a balanced and reasonable approach, others will push the envelope:  Darling I don’t know why I go to extremes Too high or too low, there ain’t no in-betweens And if I stand or I fall [...]

Top 10 Traits of Successful Consultants

Many of you are pursuing Retirepreneur endeavors in the business consultant space. In a recent LinkedIn discussion,  Jim Holt of Holt 2 Consulting captured the Top 10 Traits for Successful Consultants so well, I wanted to share it with you verbatim (with his permission): Driven Not just ambition, but passions, abilities, and purpose. Charismatic If [...]

Four SCORE and 18 Years Ago

SCORE, “Counselors to America’s Small Business” (aka Service Corps of Retired Executives) SCORE is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that provides free business mentoring services to entrepreneurs – or aspiring entrepreneurs in the United States. Mentoring is delivered by both active and retired business executives, who volunteer their time to help new and established businesses take their [...]

5 Revelations at a NYC Publishing Workshop

There’s a New York Times best-seller in the works, on paper and in my head. Retirepreneur: 10 Fast-Track Routes to a Rewarding Encore Career. I’ve been working on this masterpiece for months, but registered to attend a 3-day publishing workshop in NYC last week to clarify my vision and “get ‘er done!” This workshop promised all kinds of things… insider tips, the opportunity [...]

Look Ma – I Finally Made it to Podcamp!

If you’re a regular visitor to this blog, you know about my podcast addiction. At any given time,  I have at least 20 different podcasts loaded on my iPod – usually a mix of news, business, and “just plain fun” stuff. I play ‘em in the car, on walks, at the gym, waiting on line, [...]

REWORK – Book Pick to Break Out of the Norm

This book is NOT for you if: Disrupting the status quo gives you nightmares You like to shop at Successories for posters You wear your 60+ hour work week like a badge of courage You frequently say things like paradigm shift, win-win situation, synergy or maximize leverage This book IS for you if: You realize [...]

Tell Me a Story!

Storytelling is the most powerful way to put ideas into the world today. —Robert McKee Just finished listening to Greg Waldorf, CEO of eHarmony: Taking Smart Risks While Not Following the Safe Path. Greg’s presentation sparked all kinds of new ideas, but it also reminded me about the power of storytelling. Tell me something, I [...]