The Path
I’ve found it particularly hard, throughout my life, to find a path and stick with it. Call it mental or emotional ADD. I see a shiny new ring and I want to grab it. I get fatigued and lose my way. Someone challenges my path and I am filled with self-doubt. And then there is [...]
Good and Evil in the Online Garden
Wow. There is a freakin’ firestorm of conversation about the social media/online world and some of it is unpleasant and still true. Some of it is unpleasant and probably not true.
Nathan Hagen wrote Social Media is a Virus.
Chris Brogan has written a couple of angst ridden posts like this one.
And then there is the ongoing skewering [...]
Susan Boyle Proves Content (and Authenticity) are King!
(REPRINT OF POST FROM OLD BLOG)
I see that sweet little Susan Boyle, plain lady-big voice, has returned from her self-imposed isolation after the phenomenal brouhaha over her singing in Britain. She has tickled the back of my brain for quite some time because she reminds me that a glossy blog or Web site means nothing [...]
Patience
“Adopt the pace of nature; her secret is patience.”- Ralph Waldo Emerson
The number one reason I’ve stopped managing social media for clients is their unreasonable expectations, as if online relationships were built at the same pace as offline relationships. No. If there is anyone who understands organic social networking and building your online presence, it [...]
An ARO Conversation with Jeannette Maw
I can’t remember exactly how I discovered The Good Vibe Coach, but if memory serves, it was through Pam Slim (both are Martha Beck trained coaches). I started following Jeannette’s blog, inspired by her ability to produce consistently informational and entertaining content, her true engagement with her readers and followers and her strong business acumen. I admired [...]
Lady Gaga, Oprah and My Own “Ah-ha!”
One of my business ideas from way back (like at least 10 years) was doing a magazine called Characters. I even reserved a domain name, drew up a structure but just never got around to making happen. It would be about, well, characters-those individuals who are truly individuals. They have little regard for popularity or convention [...]
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