Vision Board Day is January 8th, 2022!

Social media is full of vision boards right now, and it should be. It's inspiring to see people who are brave enough to share their goals and take the time to manifest them through seeing their goals on a vision board. But creating the vision board isn't an accomplishment in itself. The encouragement some people…

Millennials Are Now Your New Managers

Millennials and boomers are having a moment. They are getting into Twitters fights with each other on who is better. "Ok, boomer," and "okay, millennial" is daily fodder. One of my favorite sketches Saturday Night Live does is a gameshow between boomers and millennials. There is even a board game called Millennials vs Boomers. The…

Do You Add Value? Or Multiply It?

Photo by Jessica Strobel Creative In business and sales, we think about adding value to people. If we add value to others, we will have a job and are valued ourselves. If we don't add value, we get the chopping block. When high achieving sales people make the leap into sales leadership, it's no longer…

Servant Selling

We are seeing a huge divide among sales people right now.  When things are going well, lackluster sales people can still survive.  When times get tough, differences arise and the side unprepared to serve falls into a heap.  Those who posivitely pivot, make adjustments, and keep their customers first rise to the top. I led…

How to CALM Down Betty-Backout

I lost a few clients last week.  No one is immune from our current reality.  I call people who back out of deals "Betty Backout."  We don't have to just fold our cards and sing an ode to Kenny Rogers: "You got know when to hold em....know when to fold em...know when to walk away....know…

Sustainability Formula – Excerpt from Beyond the Board!

Burnout is a serious epidemic.  It will affect most people at some point in their life.  As someone who burnt out herself, I'm passionate about educating people on how to avoid it, or at least lesson it's impact. In my new book Beyond the Board: How to Achieve Your Vision Board Goals in a Fulfilling…

Plan Emotionally, Execute Rationally

I don't feel like writing right now. At all. I've just finished my first book and honestly, it took a lot of brain and will power.  It's in format phase and will be released by mid-February, 2020. I'm writing this blog post and article because it's part of my 2020 plan.  This is my 46th…

New Year’s Obsession

I offer free one-hour complimentary sessions before people enroll in my one-on-one coaching.  About six months ago I was talking with a young mortgage officer.  He was hungry, working hard, and had a desire to succeed.  He was working extreme hours and his girlfriend made him take a few hours a week off of work…

Pollyanna Has A Problem

A positive mental attitude will get you through everything, right? Who is excited about their 2020 goals?!  I know I sure am!  Ready to level up, serve more, and achieve things I've never had on my radar before.  I hope you are too.  I'm sure that you've already done some strategy and goal-setting or you…

Quitting Is Not An Option – Failure Is

I had gone to a panel discussion on failure last month at part of the Twin Cities Start Up Week.  The panelists shared their thoughts on how to navigate failure and the mindset to have around it.  What usually showed up as failure ended up being an opportunity to something better down the road.  As…