5 Proven Ways to “Boost” Your Response From Your Marketing Efforts
While driving back in the pouring rain from Mike Capuzzi’s Response Boosting Workshop in Philadelphia, it dawned on me that the pounding rain on my windshield was much like all the ads I get bombarded with each and every day online and offline.  (The fact that my windshield wiper blade broke in mid trip didn’t really help me see better either! Good thing Philadelphia is only 90 minutes f

Planning Promotes Perfect Performance…
Have you ever heard this phrase before: “Planning Promotes Perfect Performance!” ? I’ve heard this many times from my inspiring and wonderful Executive Coach, Debbie Phillips.  Back in my Corporate America days, when I was the Director of Corporate Communications and we did many employee events, it was always incredibly stressful. And when I had my calls with Debbie, she would always remind me of the 4 P&

What My Chestnut Chasing Dog Taught Me About Implementation & Getting More Done!
It’s fall here in New Jersey and I know that not only because there’s a little chill in the air, and the leaves are just now starting to change… I know because now when I got to South Mountain Reservation and walk my rescue dog Lily, she chases after all the chestnuts falling from the trees.  The whole scene is actually quite comical, albeit sometimes a little frustrating.  We get a pretty good pace going, then all of sudden we come across this huge patch of sev

Is resistance the “real” dream killer?
Much debate goes on about what kills dreams these days, and of course there are many things.  But, how many of these things can be directly attributed to the person themselves?  What I mean is, instead of blaming the world, money, people, competition and everything outside of us, why not look within us first. I just finished this book, The War of Art, Break Through The Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles by Steven

How Bowling Helped Me Be A Better Entrepreneur…
The number of times I’ve gone bowling at an actual bowling alley could be counted on both hands.  I went a couple of times when I lived in New Orleans (I grew up there until I moved away after going to LSU for college.) they had this great place called the Mid-City Lanes Rock-N-Bowl on the corner of Carrolton and Tulane.  It was this great old bowling alley that was up these really steep stairs and it wasn’t just bowling.  They had gr