‘my family and business’ Archives
Leveraging Resources Creatively
Leveraging Resources Creatively Improving your cash flow in a tight economy Many of my fellow business owner colleagues faced the challenges of the post-financial crisis in the fall of 2008. For some industries, it meant an immediate sharp drop in revenue. For others, it was delayed a bit. Nevertheless, many businesses are still facing tight [...]
Please is a BIG word
I don’t know if it was the same for you but when we were children the word ‘Please’ was drummed into us relentlessly when we asked for anything. It didn’t mean we would get it but without ‘the magic word’ we didn’t stand a chance. My parents had been taught to always ask for anything by beginning their request with; “Please may [...]
Vacation – Did You Take Yours?
This is the first summer in over 16 years that we have not gone to France. It's not that we didn't want to, but it is also the first time in 20 plus years that my husband, Jean, has limited vacation time as a result of taking a new position in which they ONLY give 2 weeks per year. Forget health care, it is a crime that at age 50 plus you are [...]
Are you a domestic goddess? What a question!
I have mulled over the wisdom of posting here my thoughts on a topic that arose on-line recently. I nearly responded to the question posed but given the tenor of the other replies quickly realised that doing so might result in my being blacklisted. Freedom of speech, like fitness and popularity, is a relative thing. I daresay I am desperate to be [...]
A brand new career as a writer
I think I'm a pretty lucky girl. I met the man of my dreams 4 and a half years ago and we are getting married in Sardinia this year. I reluctantly closed down my events company last year, due to changes in the economy and started working as a freelance creative consultant for corporate events & private parties. The consultant work has [...]
Recognize what parts of your life are not working and decide to make a change.
If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change. Wayne Dyer (1940-) Self-Help Advocate, teacher and author. Human nature tells us to keep on pushing on; run faster, do more, never give up, keep going, push, and push some more. One day you wake up and realize that the more you push the worse it gets. The paradox is that [...]
Get off the Merry-Go-Round (at least once in awhile)
When I am traveling in a carriage, or walking after a good meal, or during the night when I cannot sleep; it is on such occasions that ideas flow best and most abundantly. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) Prolific Classical composer . Like the circles or round-abouts in France, life often feels like we are going [...]
How Soccer Relates to Business–Author Linda J Lord “The Pitch”–Virtual Book Tour May 2010
Join Author/Coach, Linda J. Lord on her Virtual Book Tour, Starting May 3, 2010 During the month of May, Linda will be discussing her recently published novel that reaches out to business owners, entrepreneurs, and working women who are looking for practical business strategies. Her book “The Pitch” explains how soccer has very similar [...]
A world of Discovery
Looking back I wish that someone had taken the time to sit down with me and show me there was a world of discovery beyond the bottom corner of Belmont Avenue. A three dimensional chat involving the mind body and spirit which would inspire and uplift and take off the restrictions of what I perceived possible for my life and which career path i [...]
Stop looking and Start to Focus
I’ve been floating around for a while trying to figure out what i was doing with my life. I wasn’t really unhappy but at the same time, i really didn’t have any passion or purpose to my days. I just kind of existed. Then when someone made the comment that i looked like i was disconnected and that got me thinking. Have i really become [...]
Let’s start our own business…………Oh OK then….
Let's start our own business............Oh OK then.... That is how it started, as simple as that. Starting the business we found turned out to be the easiest bit. I, like countless of others cannot learn from other peoples mistakes, I wanted to make my own, which I did, but what an experience it turned out to be. I would not change a day [...]
Smart women are Like Rocket Ships
Smart women are Like Rocket Ships Last week, I was having lunch with my mom and my children at an outdoor café and all at once we were shaken by this rather large "KABOOM!" After a few minutes of shock and silence, everyone in the café started to speculate on what caused such a sound. Later that day, we found out that it was the Space [...]
Dave Dora and Well Cultivated
Dave Dora and Well Cultivated Our True Marriage by SKYPE? Dave and I met 9 years ago in London. We both were working for Lloyds of London, him in IT, me in accounts. In 2002 we started buying houses to start our own landlording business and decided to leave the rat race in 2004, quitting our jobs. We pooled our 2 houses, [...]
Motherhood: The early years
Motherhood: The early years The term motherhood will evoke almost as many emotive reactions as there are mothers. Motherhood it is a very personal experience and as I have discovered no two women’s experiences are exactly the same. There is however some common themes almost universally acknowledged as truths by women who consider [...]
PEST Control- What are you putting up with?
PEST Control- What are you putting up with? Maybe you believe you aren’t putting up with anything but may I ask you to reserve your judgment until you’ve read through to the end because most of us do ‘put up’ with things we don’t need to. The type of things we put up with varies from the trivial to the traumatic, from a door [...]
My daughter’s simple request inspired me to be more than just her mommy!!!
My daughter’s simple request inspired me to be more than just her mommy!!! Before I had my first child in 1999, I truly enjoyed my professional career. But when I first held my son’s hand, I knew that my life’s journey was to be a full time mom!! I could not imagine leaving this adorably sweet little boy with anyone other than [...]
