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  • 100% Ownership – The First Key to Leadership this class delves into the first foundation of Leadership – taking responsibility for your outcomes – all of them. Blaming others, or even ourselves, for unwanted and undesirable outcomes is a way of life in our society. What you may not realize is the tremendous loss this way of thinking creates – loss of self-esteem, loss of empowerment, loss of courage, loss of your dreams and your vision. If any of these issues are a concern for you – this class is essential to your success.
  • Academy of Wealth and Achievement Formerly known as Christopher Howard Training certified me in NLP and Hypnosis.  I also received expert Speaker training through them.  I highly recommend them as a resource for training as a speaker, NLP and Hypnosis Mastery or to expand your own perso...
  • An Act of Willpower - the Process of Perseverance The skill of applying your will to your choices consistently is critical to making your systems work (including, time management, organization, marketing) and creating consistent and sustainable success. Start developing your will power today!
  • Ask and It is Given - How to Use the Law of Attraction I often use exercises in this book for both my own work and in session with clients. Here is the review from Amazon:
  • Attitude of Gratitude Hard stuff happens - rejection, loss, having to learn new stuff, overwhelm - you know, hard stuff. We know from the Law of Attraction that what you focus on expands and what you expect you get. So how do you put the hard stuff into a context that creates and expands the good stuff?
  • Attract Success Why does Visioning work? Why do some people just seem to magically get what they want? Why is it that sometimes things just seem to flow into your life with ease, and other times, it's like you're slogging through mud? It's all about the Law of Attraction! The fundamental principles of the Law of Attraction are a basic tenet of the work that I do here at Artist's EDGE.
  • Business Management for the Creative Mind How many times have you thought to yourself -- I'm an Artist. I'm just no good at business! In this dynamic, interactive workshop, I'll dispel this myth and help you identify and apply your unique talents to create a successful business without sacrificing your art or your integrity.
  • Cashflow Quadrant This brilliant look at the four kinds of business people had a significant impact in how I think about myself and my business as well as what I teach in Business Management for the Creative Mind
  • Clear the Plate - the 2nd Key to Maintaining Focus In the first installment of this series we created a big brainstorm list of all the stuff that makes up the chaos.  Just to remind you of the overview: 5 Keys to Manage Chaos Acknowledge the reality of your current circumstances Take everything of...
  • Clearing the Space During extremely busy times, times of emotional turmoil and major change, you may also find it difficult to focus on what you’re doing because your mind is cluttered with all the other stuff that’s going on. In our most recent Artist's EDGE Newsletter...
  • Confidence Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.  Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.  It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us.  We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?  Actually, ...
  • Creation of a Successful Year At the end of every year, usually between Christmas and New Years, I take a few hours to powerfully envision and create my new year with confidence and intention. In this class I will walk you through my process. I've found this process clears the slate and allows me to step powerfully into the New Year.
  • Creator's Block 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.
  • Embrace Your Unique Voice as an Artist 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.  Do...
  • Emotional Intelligence Much of my work with private clients and in my Success Skills classes for the Membership are based on the concepts explained in this seminal work.
  • Emotional Intelligence – A Critical Skill for Success According to Daniel Goleman, "…people who are emotionally adept … are at an advantage at any domain in life ... are more likely to be content and effective in their lives, mastering the habits of mind that foster their own productivity…" The ability to handle your emotions will affect how you respond to adversity and rejection, how you handle new opportunities and situations, and how happy you are moment to moment.
  • Feng Shui for Dummies What I love about this book is it takes a system shrouded in mystery and woo-woo and gives the reader a pragmatic and usable understanding so you can apply this to your own space.
  • Get the Learning - the 5th Key to Maintaining Focus in the Face of Chaos 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 flexi...
  • Goals and Success 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.
  • Goals That Get Results Goal setting is a skill critical to creating success in any area of your life. But expressing what you want in your life in a goal that really works can be a complex and challenging process.
  • How to Create a Values-Based Career 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.
  • How to Create a Values-Based Career What does that mean, really? We talk a lot about values, family values, good values – whatever. But do you really know what your values are – consciously? And how exactly do they affect your career choices and path? Your values are the basis of your self-esteem, self-confidence and how you experience the world. What could be more important?
  • How to Create Focus At any given moment, on any given day, the average person is thinking about 14 different things - Does that sound familiar? Between the Day Job (for many Artists), family, your personal needs (such as exercise), and your ambitions for creating your busine...
  • How to Maintain Consistent Growth and Development 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 - d...
  • How to Use Feedback and Criticism Constructively The most successful artists (and people) have made an art of receiving and implementing feedback. But for the rest of us, feedback can be really hard to hear. It can be painful. It can trigger all of our negative beliefs both about our own worth and about the probability of our success.
  • How to Use Feedback and Criticism Constructively To find out where Debra Russell is appearing, check the Workshops and Events page. Bring Debra in to speak to your group or conference of 40 or more people. The most successful artists (and people) have made an art of receiving and implementing feedba...
  • Leadership 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?
  • Maintaining Focus in the Face of Chaos - 1st Key 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 be ...
  • Managing Conflicting Priorities At any given moment, on any given day, you could be doing a hundred different things, right? And at any given moment on any given day, you probably see half a dozen things that seem to be of equal urgency and priority. But you’re just one person. So how do you choose the right action?
  • Money Management: Building Your Financial Foundation Many of us think our trouble with money is that we just don’t have enough. If we had more money, our problems would disappear. But the vast majority of lottery winners are broke within 3 years. The problem isn’t the money – it’s how we think about...
  • Motivation and Momentum The Missing Ingredients to Effective Time Management
  • No Failure - Only Feedback 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 fe...
  • Organizing From the Inside Out The Foolproof System For Organizing Your Home, Your Office and Your Life by Julie Morgenstern I loved this book! I became so much better at managing my space which has freed up time and energy for other things. Amazon says: It's about time! J...
  • Overcoming Fear Fear is an emotion. Courage is a skill. We will show you ways to develop the skill of courage in response to the emotion of fear ... so you can move forward and achieve your desired level of success.
  • Personal Growth from SelfGrowth.com SelfGrowth.com is the most complete guide to information about Self -Improvement, Personal Growth and Self Help on the Internet. It is designed to be an organized directory, with articles and references to thousands of other Web Sites on the World Wid...
  • S.P.E.C.I.A.L. Road Map to Success So you’ve set some goals. So now, how do you take those juicy goals from inspiring concept to real world success? In this class Debra lays out the 7-step “S.P.E.C.I.A.L.” Road Map to Success.
  • Succeed in the Arts Business – an Interview with Gilli Moon This month I am privileged to interview Gilli Moon, author of the book, I Am A Professional Artist - The Key To Survival and Success in the World of the Arts. Join us for some practical steps to succeed and survive in the arts business and enjoy your artistry at the same time.
  • The 9 Steps to Financial Freedom Practical and Spiritual Steps So You Can Stop Worrying by Suze Orman When Suze Orman was 13 she watched her father dive into the flames of his burning take-out chicken shack in order to rescue his cash register. In that moment Orman learned that money...
  • The Art of Leadership By choosing to pursue a career in which you are, in essence, the CEO, CFO and COO of your own company, you have chosen to be a Leader. By choosing to pursue a career in the Arts and Entertainment Industry, you’ve also chosen to be a leader, not just of your own life, but of your fans. So, it behooves us to look at this quality of leadership. What does it take to be a leader in your life as well as in the public eye? What makes a good leader, and how do you learn those skills?
  • The Artist’s Way - How to Recover Your Creativity Working through the Artist's Way, by Julia Cameron got me through one of the most challenging times of my life - dealing with a 10 year bout of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. And later, leading Artist's Way groups led me to coaching - the most satisfying career of my dreams!
  • The Economy and Your Business 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.
  • The Law of Attraction This book has had a profound affect on my experience of my world. Ironically enough, much of my growth around this area started with Seth Speaks which I read around the same time that Esther Hicks discovered it. Having lived in Sedona I have a healthy mistrust of things woo-woo - but I've personally experienced things in my life that could only be explained by the Law of Attraction and implementing these concepts actively and intentionally has changed my life for the good.
  • The Magic of Thinking Big I recommend this book with one caveat. I've seen clients mistake fantasy for goals. Setting goals to make $10,000/month from their music in 3 months when they're currently barely pulling in $50 a week from their music. Yes - it is key to think big. And it's also important to make a plan with incremental steps to reach the big picture.
  • The Mindset of a Leader - Part 2 In this second of three classes on the Mindset of a Leader, we continue the discussion about what a leader thinks and believes. When we think about leaders, usually our focus is on their behavior and how their behavior influences the world around them. And perhaps we try to emulate that behavior with varying levels of success.
  • The Mindset of a Leader - Part 3 When we think about leaders, usually our focus is on their behavior and how their behavior influences the world around them. And perhaps we try to emulate that behavior with varying levels of success. The reason we have varying levels of success is because behaviors come from underlying beliefs about our world and our place within our world. In order to become authentic leaders in our own lives, we must build a foundation of beliefs that empower leadership behavior.
  • The Mindset of a Leader – Part 1 When we think about leaders, usually our focus is on their behavior and how their behavior influences the world around them. And perhaps we try to emulate that behavior with varying levels of success. The reason we have varying levels of success is because behaviors come from underlying beliefs about our world and our place within our world. In order to become authentic leaders in our own lives, we must build a foundation of beliefs that empower leadership behavior.
  • The One Minute Manager by Kenneth H. Blanchard and Spencer Johnson For more than twenty years, millions of managers in Fortune 500 companies and small businesses nationwide have followed The One Minute Manager's techniques, thus increasing their productivity, job satisfactio...
  • The Power of Focusing A Practical Guide to Emotional Self-Healing by Ann Weiser Cornell, Ph.D. I've been personally using these techniques for my own inner work for about 8 years.  And I use these techniques on a regular basis with my private coaching clients.  I find ...
  • The Power of Full Engagement Managing Energy, Not Time, Is the Key to High Performance and Personal Renewal by Jim Loehr and Tony Schwartz These concepts have helped me tremendously in building a real balance between achievement and nourishing myself into my time management struc...
  • The Success Principles How to Get From Where You Are to Where You Want to Be by Jack Canfield and Janet Switzer From Jack's Website: Jack Canfield, co-creator of the phenomenal bestselling Chicken Soup for the Soul® series, turns to the principles he’s studied, taug...
  • Time Management From the Inside Out The Foolproof System for Taking Control of Your Schedule--and Your Life by Julie Morgenstern I use this book as my "text" when working with private clients on time management issues. I've also used this book and Julie's methods extensively creating...
  • Transform Your Belief – The Key To Success Just as strong muscles help you win a ball game, strong positive beliefs boost your energy and confidence, create opportunities, attract powerful partners, clear obstacles from your path, and propel you effortlessly into action and results. And just like muscles, you need to build and strengthen those beliefs - by using them.
  • Turning Passions Into Profits Turning Passions Into Profits - 3 Steps to Wealth & Power by Christopher Howard This is a book by my NLP and Hypnosis teacher.  What surprised me about this book was what it wasn't.  It wasn't another "follow your bliss" woo-woo book.  And i...
  • Unblock Your Creativity As professionals in the field of creativity, we rely on accessing our creativity to create success. That creativity needs to be engaged, not just in creating your product, but also in your marketing, your systems, every aspect of your business. But ou...

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