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Why your BFF is keeping you from being brave with Nancy Jane Smith
Today I’m thrilled to welcome my friend and newly published author, Nancy Jane Smith, to the Beyond PRO Podcast to continue our exploration around doing more brave things. Nancy and I met back in 2012 at Chris Guillebeau’s World Domination Summit in Portland, Oregon...
How to do more brave things (part 01)
“You can choose courage or you can choose comfort. You cannot have both at the same time.” ~Brené Brown Welcome to a new format for the Beyond PRO Podcast. Over the course of the upcoming months, we’ll be doing a deep dive into a new theme each month and bring new...
Why masterminds work (and a behind-the-scenes look at mine)
“No two minds ever come together without a third invisible force, which may be likened to a ‘third mind.’ When a group of individual minds are coordinated and function in harmony, the increased energy created through that alliance becomes available to every individual...
Here are the top 5 business lessons I learned in 2017
“Forget the mistake. Remember the lesson.” ~Lisa Messenger Happy new year! Welcome to another year of possibility, growth and bold action. As we ease into January, I wanted to take you behind-the-scenes in my business to share my top five business lessons from 2017...
Celebrate your best and brightest
Follow effective action with quiet reflection. From the quiet reflection will come even more effective action. ~Peter Drucker With weeks to go until 2018, I find myself, as always, in a period of transition. With one foot still planted firmly in 2017, working hard to...
Embracing rejection vs running from it
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The Waiting Place
If we wait until we're ready, we'll be waiting the rest of our lives. ~ Lemony Snicket I want to talk about waiting. About why we wait to take action. Why we wait to make decisions. Why we wait to do what we need to do. I want to talk about what’s driving that,...
The world needs your leadership
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30 Powerful Ways to Spring Clean Your Business (Part 6)
Spring: the music of open windows. ~ Terri Guillemets Today we continue with part six of our six-part series, 30 Powerful Ways to Spring Clean Your Business.If you missed the first five installments, you can find them here: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4 and Part 5....
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