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Laurie Erdman's picture

Navigating the Business Lunch

Restrictive Diets

Have you ever endured a business lunch? Oh the joy of sandwiches in the conference room again, or worse, rubber chicken at a local hotel.

But have you ever endured a business lunch when you are in the midst of revamping your diet to lose weight or control an illness?  Egads. That is why one of the most common questions I get is "how do I eat for my health during work meetings?”

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Lissa Rankin's picture

My Business & Yours: The Year In Review

Although I review the past year, and set intentions for the one to come every year, my friend Chris Guillebeau wrote a post challenging his readers to make their “Annual Review” public, so I’m taking him up on the challenge, in case it helps any of you.

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Lissa Rankin's picture

Speak Your Truth In Business & ROCK Your Career

How many times have you bitten your tongue in a board meeting or muzzled yourself when your boss starts spouting off? How many times have you failed to speak up when you disagree with your business partner? How often have you ignored your intuition and kept your mouth shut because you’re afraid of creating conflict with your clients, colleagues, or superiors?

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Monica Wilcox's picture

How To Be Seen As More Than A Number

Monica Wilcox

Dear T-Mobile Customer Service Rep,

Kathy I believe it was; with a K.  We talked earlier today on the phone; my disabled phone.  I called earlier to make sure someone would be at this mall kiosk since I’ve already been here twice…I believe that was on a Wednesday and last Sunday…during peak mall hours…and yet, once again, there’s no white, polo-shirted rep to be found.

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Danielle LaPorte's picture

Hunter S. Thompson, Without the Drugs (or Ex-Wives) : My (New) Creative Credo

creative credo

Here's my personal creative credo, synthesized into 5 lines (it's all you need, really):

1. Keep it pointed to where you want it to go.
2. Pay close attention to your creative fantasies.
3. Keep it lean and keep it clean.
4. Art involves risk.
5. Form informs feeling.

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Danielle LaPorte's picture

Wishing for the Sacred YES

 

sacred YES
 
I used to think I was weak n' needy for wanting my "big break."

I dreamed of being discovered. I toyed with the willingness to enter some Svengali deal where an agent dude or silver foxy dada would see my raw talent and shape me into a formidable star--a fresh new voice on the scene. I longed for Someone Really Important to give me a Yes that would change my life. 

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Danielle LaPorte's picture

Hot Advice For Anyone With A Website, Blog, Business, Career or J-O-B. Yep, I'm Talkin' To You

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I've worked with a few dozen Fire Starter clients in the past few weeks on career optimizing, transitioning, start ups, reinventions, product ideas, social media strategies and balancing it all without burning it out. (And I adore each and every one of you. I'm thinking about you all right this minute and smiling hugely, because it takes kahunas to show up in the world and sell your soul with integrity, and to turn love into fat cash and ideas into fulfillment. Keep on moving.)

I've been hammering on the same concepts with lots of folks. I am known to hammer. I'm clear that I am not a coach -- I'm an adviser, so I can get away with being passionately opinionated.

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Lissa Rankin's picture

Have You Risked Everything? A Love Letter (Heartpreneur Series Part 3)

risked everything heartpreneur

Welcome back to the Become a Heartpreneur Series, where we’ve been talking about how to do well by doing good and connecting to your calling while still making the moolah. This next installation in the series is aimed specifically at those of you who have taken a leap of faith in order to fulfill your life’s destiny, only to find yourself stuck.

Does This Sound Like You?

Are you a woman entrepreneur who risked everything to pursue your passion, only to find that things aren’t working out according to plan? Do you worry what everyone will think if you can’t make it after all that you’ve given up? Do you just know you’re here on earth to change the world, even though the stars don’t seem to be aligning right now?

Are you ready to finally get out of your own way so you can skyrocket to the stratosphere?

Oh yeah, baby. Trust me. I hear you.

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Lissa Rankin's picture

Are You Giving Your Business Away? Become A Heartpreneur Series - Part 2

heartpreneur giving up business

Can you live a divinely-inspired life, connect to your calling, be an entrepreneur, and still make money?

That question has been buzzing in my head lately (see Part One in this series, "Do Well By Doing Good") and from what I can gather from those of you who are writing to me, talking to me at my public speaking events, and posting in Owning Pink comments, it’s on your mind too.

Many of us are jaded and disillusioned from the corporate world, so we’ve left behind boardrooms, hospitals, courts, classrooms, and other systems where
we went to practice our art and found ourselves lost. After leaving the systems that conspire to dim our lights, we often find ourselves faced with uncomfortable
choices as we align with our Inner Pilot Lights. We may desire the comfort, stability, ability to be generous with others, and little (or big) luxuries that accompany a lucrative paycheck. But many of us are simply done selling our souls for the privilege of that stable income.

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Lissa Rankin's picture

Do Well By Doing Good: Part 1 in the "Become a Heartpreneur" Series

heartpreneur authentic marketing

I made a New Year's Resolution this year -- that Owning Pink would bring abundance into my life and, as a business owner, I would begin to model for many of you in the Owning Pink community how to do well by doing good in the world.

If you’re anything like me -- especially if your business is based on wellness, empowerment, and serving/changing the world -- you probably struggle with this concept. How can you make money when what you’re offering people is like blood, like oxygen? What if people can’t afford what you have to offer the world? Is it ethical to charge money for something people need, especially when you’re gifted serving those needs? How can you withhold your gifts when your gifts transform lives? Can you be a spiritual being and still make money? Can you change the world and still live an abundant life?

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