Opinion VS Experience… a BIG Difference!

There’s a BIG difference between opinion & experience. Often, a person offers an opinion but states it as if it were an experience. Many people give advice without distinguishing its quality. You can determine the quality of the advice you receive by simply asking: How do you know that? The explanation should give you a…

Dealing with Stubborn People!

  I was observing some stubbornness in a friend — and, when I notice some undesirable behavior in another person, I’ve learned that it is often a reflection of something that I’m doing (or have done), and the best way to deal with the friend is to first understand myself… which got me to thinking about…

Female Founders Are Getting Nowhere With Funding? A Response to Caroline Fairchild on LinkedIn

Do you believe Female Founders are getting nowhere with funding? The reality: businesses are complicated. There are a lot of moving parts so it’s up to you to make your deal make sense to an investor. If you allow yourself to believe that they’re not investing in you because you’re female, you’ve succumbed to what…

20 Virtues that Propel Business Success

Excerpted from the book on mindful business management, Business Black Belt. “What you learn after you think you know it all is what counts.” ~ John Wooden, legendary UCLA basketball coach For those who give you reasons for why businesses fail… When I read a magazine article entitled, “10 Ways to Go Out of Business,” I…