by jean | Dec 31, 2008 | One Minute Note
Spring Cleaning has a frosty counter part – let’s call it Winter Weeding. January is a great time to purge files and clear away the junk. My friend Chrysalis has turned this exercise into community fun by hosting a Recycling Party. Invitees bring household items they...
by jean | Dec 18, 2008 | From the Speaker's Circuit
Here are five more tricks I use on my business trips: Two Sets of Toiletries I’m on the go every week so why take the time to pack and re-pack my toiletries? I’ve got duplicate prescriptions, toothbrushes, hair brushes…you get the idea. Ear plugs It’s nice to be able...
by jean | Dec 17, 2008 | From the Speaker's Circuit
I was in a rotten mood. I had been on four business road trips in a row the week before, and here was the longest trip of them all in front of me. I tried to talk myself into an attitude adjustment. Hey, I was in my adorable new Honda Fit. Life was just fine. It was...
by jean | Dec 2, 2008 | One Minute Note
Cathy sent the bold email last week. She suggested that our annual holiday party with all the usual greetings and feasting be traded in for a new economy sensitive tradition: no gifts this year. “No gift giving” is a misnomer. The biggest gift we can give, it’s easy...
by jean | Nov 28, 2008 | From the Speaker's Circuit
It was three hours into a communications seminar. I was well prepared and doing the voodoo I normally do so well. Yet by lunch I felt I had lost control of the group, wasn’t adding value and was making a fool of myself. I’ve given hour after hour of seminars in the...
by jean | Nov 13, 2008 | From the Speaker's Circuit
I’m proud of being a healthy, well exercised road warrior. Let me tell you how I do it. Exercise Dance: If you like to dance like nobody’s watching, there’s nothing like a hotel-room-solo dance party to spark up a business trip. I’ve collected songs I like to dance to...
by jean | Nov 12, 2008 | One Opinion
I was jetlagged at yet another airport. It was night three of my important, multi-city business trip. With this new client, everything had to be just right. I checked my luggage on a puddle jumper not realizing that I was supposed to pick up my bag plane-side. I...
by jean | Nov 2, 2008 | One Minute Note
Will your local drug store tear down the Halloween decor this week and put up paper turkeys and tinsel? You can count on it. The holiday season is marching our way. So let’s take a collective breath. Yes, you. Come on. In you go…and out. You’re a popular person....
by jean | Oct 30, 2008 | One Opinion
I’d lost touch with Gary years ago. A chance meeting with a mutual friend resulted in this long overdue phone call. Shane and I were catching up on each other’s budding businesses: “Gary, before we go any further on this call, help me understand how I can send...
by jean | Oct 20, 2008 | From the Speaker's Circuit
My largest client, SkillPath Seminars, gives me a tremendous opportunity for surprise and adventure. It begins with an email that asks, “Are you available to go to such-and-such a city on such-and-such a date?” Then I answer, “Sure.” It’s only then, when I’ve...
