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Quit Being So Nice
Men are taught to be right. Women are taught to be nice. Fortunately, a lot more women are also being raised with enough of an education to be right too. But the need to be nice can still be a...
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When Women Unite
As many of you know, when you travel it’s a good idea to ask the locals the best places to visit rather than leave your vacation up to the tour companies. Karl and I chose to see Lake Atitlan while in...
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What Are You Resolving?
This New Year’s weekend, my yoga teacher said the word resolution is related to resolve. She asked, “What have you resolved today?” To me, the word resolve means completion. This gave me a new look at...
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Are You On a Journey or an Odyssey?
I have been asked many times, “Is it bad for a woman to be a wanderer.” My answer is, “No and yes.” No, you shouldn’t let any societal rites, the “good intentions” of friends, or the latest study stop...
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It’s Time to Get to the Point
Generally when I realize my speaking style is different from the person I am with, I teach them how to listen to me. Teaching is easier than trying to change my style. I am a verbal processor. I tend...
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Use Your Envy to Spark Your Business
I had a conversation with a coaching client today about professional envy. I asked her, “What is it you are saying to yourself when you envy someone else’s success?” She answered with the same...
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Love Your Power by Redefining It
I hear over and over that women don’t like power. I wrote an article on my view that women like power but don’t like to admit it. After hearing Pattie Sellers, Editor at Large for Fortune magazine,...
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New Ways to Use Your Brain
Some of you know that I spend time every week reading and updating my knowledge about how the brain works. There are a number of tidbits I found in a current Scientific American Mind magazine that I...
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When and How to Stand Up for Yourself
This week the theme with my coaching clients was when and how to stand up for yourself. As women, we are always told to stand up for our ideas and values. I continue to read articles that say women...
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Is it Good to Be Bitchy?
A recent study at Notre Dame found that being agreeable—acting more cooperatively and placing greater value on relationships—equates to less pay. Although the negative effect of “playing nice” showed...
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