2011 Newsletter Articles
- Get the Learning - the 5th Key to Maintaining Focus in the Face of Chaos December 16, 2011
As I teach in How to Use Feedback and Criticism Constructively, every experience is fodder for growth and development, if you are willing to get the learning. Assessing and adjusting as you go will make you more successful, because the ability to be fl...
- Manage Your Emotions - the 4th Key to Maintaining Focus in the Face of Chaos December 15, 2011
Just to refresh your memory, in the 1st Key, we looked at the big list, and in the 2nd Key, took everything off the plate that we could. In the 3rd Key we talked about getting help and delegating. But one of the biggest problems in maintaining focu...
- Ask for Help - the 3rd Key to Maintaining Focus December 12, 2011
In the 1st Key, we looked at the big list, and in the 2nd Key, took everything off the plate that we could using the first 3 of the 4 D's from Julie Morgenstern's Time Management from the Inside Out: Delete Delay Diminish Delegate The 3rd ...
- Maintaining Focus in the Face of Chaos - 1st Key December 5, 2011
The Holiday Season can be so joyfully chaotic, can't it? Parties and travel and family (with all the baggage that goes with that!). For many performers there are also holiday gigs and holiday gift promotions to promote on top of that. It can all ...
- Embrace Your Unique Voice as an Artist September 26, 2011
This is primarily directed to artists, but really, it applies to all of us. Being a unique voice in a world that values sameness can be a rough row to hoe. As children, we're taught, encouraged, sometimes even bludgeoned and beaten into sameness. ...
- Confidence July 19, 2011
Confidence, as an issue, comes up for my clients, in one form or another, on an almost daily basis. Over the years, I've worked with them to build their confidence and spent a lot of time reading, thinking and studying the issue. I've observed tha...
- Niche Marketing - How Thinking Small Can Payoff BIG! June 17, 2011
What is a Niche, really? And why is everybody talking about Niche Marketing? According to About.com a Niche Market is a narrowly defined group of potential customers. Let me be really clear about this - Niche is not about you. It's not about yo...
- How to Maintain Consistent Growth and Development March 30, 2011
Have you ever pushed yourself out of your comfort zone? You know, created something really different, taken a risk that felt scary and hard, pushed through a tough learning curve, talked to someone who totally intimidated you? And after that push ...
- Goals and Success January 24, 2011
In my practice I come across a lot of artists with big dreams. Whether it's a Grammy Award Winning music career, winning an Oscar or getting a show at MOMA, we dream of a level of success, recognition and income for our creative efforts. It's human nature to dream of success, however you define it. Where a lot of artists (and other people) go wrong in their pursuit of those dreams, they never make the transition from dream/fantasy to vision/goals.
2010 Newsletter Articles
- How to Manage Conflicting Priorities August 31, 2010
In our complex, day-to-day lives, we have a multitude of priorities calling for our attention. Some call in a whisper. Others scream from the rooftops. And the soft voice of the things that we most long to accomplish is often drowned out by the fires and clamoring of these conflicting priorities. No matter how good your time management structures and systems are, if you don't figure out how to manage these conflicts, you will be hard-pressed to maintain those systems. So how do you decide where to spend your resources for the best outcome?
- No Failure - Only Feedback March 18, 2010
Over the last few months, I've been doing a series of calls for the Artist's EDGE Membership based on Christopher Howard's Assumptions for Empowered Leadership. For this edition of the Words to the Wise Newsletter, I'm focusing on Assumption #9: "Only...
2009 Newsletter Articles
- Ask the Organizer September 1, 2009
During the course of a given day, think about how many different ways you might be distracted from the tasks you have in front of you - a notification pops up in the corner of your screen letting you know you have a new email, your phone vibrates to let you know you received a new message on Twitter, the phone rings… and the list goes on and on. Let's face facts – we live in distraction oriented culture, where we're encouraged to be in near-constant contact with the outside world.
- Leadership August 3, 2009
I believe that Leadership, or the lack thereof, underlies many if not all of the challenges that we are experiencing in today's world. But what is Leadership?
- Creator's Block March 1, 2009
Whether you are writing words, writing songs, painting, taking photographs, sculpting, designing jewelry or in any way creating on a regular basis, creator's block can happen. So, in this month's newsletter, I'm going to look at creator's block, give you an overview of possible causes (which I'll be writing more about in my blog) and a technique to help you break through your block.
2008 Newsletter Articles
- Attitude of Gratitude or How to Handle the Hard Stuff December 15, 2008
Everywhere you look, there’s bad news. Bad news in the world, bad news on the job front, bad news. And to make it worse it’s cold out, and gets dark early. Could actually get a girl down.
- The Economy and Your Business October 15, 2008
There's a saying floating around out there among the financial and personal growth Gurus - "I refuse to participate in the recession." I intend to help you come up with an even better, more empowering mantra to keep you focused and clear in this time of challenge, uncertainty and fear.
- Motivation and Momentum-The Missing Keys to Successful Time Management May 19, 2008
What is motivation, really? It is what drives your behavior. And according to the experts in the sciences of neurology and behavior - 95% of what drives our behavior as human beings is unconscious!
- How to Create a Values-Based Career February 20, 2008
We hear the term battered around, but do you really know what your values are? Values are what you, personally, consider to be really and truly important. And here's the challenge - this is completely subjective and often completely unconscious.
2007 Newsletters
- Get Organized November 27, 2007
lack of organization costs in so many ways. We lose time looking for lost things. We lose energy as clutter sucks away our life force. We lose focus because each stray paper distracts us.
- The Law of Attraction – Truth or Fiction? July 20, 2007
In the last year, The Secret has brought the Universal Law of Attraction into the awareness of the broad public mind. But for some of us, this was no secret. Whether you loved the movie or hated it (and I had both visceral reactions), there is no denial that The Secret movie has raised awareness of the universal principle -- the Law of Attraction. And I am truly grateful for that.
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