FEAR: The number one reason you don’t have what you want

There are a multitude of reasons we fail to turn our brilliant ideas, our intellectual capital into actionable items and bottom line results.
The two biggies are, predictably, fear (90%) and timing (10%). Everyone experiences fear. “Getting It Done” people have the identical fears as the “Talking it to Death” folks. And the quantity of fear [...]

Confessions of a Cyber-Challenged Woman…or (as my mother told me) God Helps Those Who Help Themselves

If the question is:
Where have you been, Nancy?
Then the answer is:
“Cibernating” (as in hibernating in cyberspace).

For all of you who’ve wondered where I disappeared to the past three weeks (yikes!) I want to first thank you for missing me. I missed you too. Next, I want to respectfully request that you reframe from contacting [...]

You Were Born to Have Impact!

The rumor is true…. I did disappear for the past three weeks. I’ve been cybernating (as in hibernating in cyberland). In no time at all I went from cyber klutz to cyber savvy. For those of you who know me: It’s been transformational.
I have a few more finishing touches to put on my website in [...]

It’s not always what you know, it’s not always who you know……..It’s always who you are.

A few weeks ago I went to a networking event specifically created to support people currently out of work. Some three to four hundred men and women gathered over drinks and appetizers at a local restaurant; included in the mix were employers and recruiters.
The loud hum in the room was punctuated by bursts of laughter, [...]

The Great Debate

All this talk about happiness and passion and purpose got me to thinking about what would happen if we fought for our bigness with the same gusto that we argued for our smallness.
I mean what would our lives truly look like if we all reached that potential we’re always talking about? If we climbed that [...]

Home-Grown Leadership

Somewhere along the parenting path I picked up the idea to ask my children two specific questions every night as I was tucking them in:
1. What was the most fun for you today?
2. What are you most looking forward to tomorrow?
The intention behind the questions was for them to remind themselves about at least one [...]

Taking the Lead During Crisis: Great Leaders Must Think About What They Think

Everyone needs to just calm down! You have probably noticed that, as a country, we are collectively spiraling into an emotional depression. You have probably noticed that we are simultaneously working our way into hysteria, each day’s fear mounted on the back of yesterday’s. This, of course, generates even more fear that, guess what, breeds [...]