Today I am sore as sore can be. I spent most of my weekend filling up a dumpster full of trash, junk, and things I haven’t used in over 3 years. By the end of the day, I was downright embarrassed at how much crap we had stuffed away in a garage, barn and basement. [...]

Today I jumped in on a group coaching call with my dear friend and life coach Marla Tabaka. She asked me to speak to her group on social media marketing. As she introduced me, she started listing all of my accomplishments – being on the Today Show, writing for Entrepreneur.com, and working with Epson and [...]

Last spring, I took a big break from blogging. I was having some health issues that forced me to take a hard look at how I was running my business (and my life!). I’ve wholly enjoyed laying low since then, tweeting at a fraction of the amount I used to, logging onto Facebook maybe 3 [...]

I’ve never hidden the fact that I really don’t like my Monday Motivation tradition. I like going through piles of email even less. But I’ve gotten to the point that I dislike it so much that I’ve decided there has got to be a better way to kick off my week.
But the real [...]

I’ve been fairly productive this morning, so much so that I didn’t want to stop to write a dang Monday Motivation post! But then I saw a post from Lynn, who is a brand-new participant in MM, so I felt I kind of had to keep the tradition going.
That being said, you were [...]

Sometimes I wonder why I keep doing Monday Motivation – then I think about what would happen to my inbox and I promptly remember why. Monday Motivation isn’t particularly popular or fun, but when I skip it, boy, do I hear about it from some of you. I think it’s a good reflection if the [...]

A couple of weeks ago, Darren Rowse over at ProBlogger asked me about my blog’s tipping point. I actually had to think about it for several days, and still wasn’t able to give him a solid answer until I finally sat down to type it up. The reason it was so hard to me to [...]