Personal Brand

Stop asking permission to do this…
When I was a senior in high school we had to select a quote for our yearbook to go under our picture. Though I ended up going with something more

Making Gratitude Contagious
If you have been with me a while, you know gratitude is something I write about often. It is part of my habit of practicing gratitude, something that didn’t come

When Done Isn’t Better Than Perfect
Hunter S. Thompson once said, “Anything worth doing, is worth doing right.” No offense to Mr. Thompson, but sometimes “done is better than perfect.” I firmly believe that oftentimes, people

Three Keys to Being Proactive
Last week I wrote about how to make feedback useful. It was an idea sparked from my Newsweek quote. When reading the rest of the article, it brought another topic

The Feedback Trap
I just spent 40 minutes on the phone waiting for a customer service representative. An experience I am sure you all relate to. When the robot asked me at the

To Pronoun or Not To Pronoun
Let’s talk pronouns. It is something that I have given thought to, so when my podcaster friend received this question and asked my opinion, I was ready to answer. Audience

13 Tips for Embracing Authenticity
We are all pulled in so many directions and time is a scarce resource. It is a constant struggle for me to remind myself that I can’t say yes to

Are you a true fan?
Last year I read the book Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us by Seth Godin, and it has stuck with me. Actually, the viewpoint he writes about of being

What will you do in 2022?
Here we are, we’ve made it to 2022. That sounds dramatic but feels so good to say. So often an overriding sentiment at this time of the year is something