The Power of Beliefs: The Start of It All
It is important for you to become AWARE in order to accomplish your purpose, dreams and goals. You must come to know the beliefs that work for you and those that don’t; you need to know your power sources and your power drains. Beliefs are not facts like the fact that gravity is a force on earth. Beliefs are things – concepts - that you’ve decided and to which you made a connection that has became habits with time.
Read MoreGive me a hug – or else!
I’m preparing to deliver a speech before NAWBO (National Association of Women Business Owners) and the topic that I’ve selected and they have approved is ‘The Top Ten Knock ‘Em Alive Secrets that Every Positively Powerful Woman Knows.” I’m going to be asking attendees and I am asking you, “Are you excited about your product or service? Do you wake up gassed about what’s next? Do you approach each new business opportunity like it’s your favorite new lover? Then you know one of the secrets of every Positively Powerful Woman (and you can bet...
Read MoreFor Women – Insist on Sitting At the Table
If there is going to be equality in the world, it will be because women are representing themselves proportionately to their numbers in society. Women represent 50% of all human beings on the planet but they lag behind men in almost every category except one (motherhood) when compared to men. View Sheryl Sandberg’s Ted Talk from December 2010, on why there are so few women leaders. (Join the conversation on TED.com) Sandberg is a significant force at Facebook, which automatically makes her one of the most influential women in world. Being seen as a “Powerful Person” provides for an...
Read MoreMichelle Obama – Positively Powerful Leadership
Someone is always watching and learning from what we do or say and our goal, as leaders, should always be to inspire those around us to take on great and powerful projects that positively enhances the lives of others. Michelle Obama’s visit to South Africa and in her speech to a group of young female leaders in Soweto, she asked that they take on big projects. “You can be the generation that teaches the world that HIV is preventable, treatable and not a source of shame, you can be the generation that ensures that women are no longer second class citizens”. There is a strong...
Read MoreVirginia Rometty-Women in the News
Recently there has been speculation that with IBM celebrating it’s 100 year anniversary they would also appoint a new CEO . Virginia Rometty, Senior Vice President, is thought to be one of the leading candidates for the position and would be the first women to lead IBM. If selected, IBM will be adding to its storied past and stepping firmly into the...
Read More“Compassion” A Good Thing to Practice
Compassion is not a dirty word or a bad characteristic … and neither is empathy. Yet – they are often demonized. Being concerned about someone we don’t know and who is different from us is not a weakness. Some groups are escalating compassion to a treasonous offense when empathy is expressed about a culture, race or life style that is unlike their own. A fear is released among those of that persuasion that compassion will run wild and unchecked and we must limit the amount of love and caring we have to only those in our family or on a short list of carefully selected...
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