My father was a real misogynist, bless his soul. He could make Alan Jones* look like a women’s liberationist. There’s no other way to put it except to say that he hated me and tried everything in his power to destroy me mentally and emotionally. One of the ways he controlled me was through my [...]
Archive | 2012
Sick of the Way Some People Treat You?
If you are repeatedly treated in a way that you dislike, you have two choices. You can either get angry and blame them, which guarantees that these incidences will continue. That’s what the majority of the population still do. That’s why the majority of the population still have little power over their own lives. You [...]
My Story
My life didn’t get off to a very good start. I was born screaming and didn’t stop until I was four years old. My mother took me to a psychiatrist when I was 20 months old, which was quite unusual, considering it was 1954. The shrink told my mother there was nothing wrong with me [...]
Unbridled Self Confidence With Virtually No Effort
I spent years trying to build my self confidence and spent many thousands of dollars to that end and now I find there’s an easy way and you don’t have to do much at all. I don’t know whether to laugh or cry. I was going through quite a troublesome patch some months ago, which [...]
For Those Who Are Struggling Right Now
I see many posts on Facebook about those who are struggling right now with health, work, money or other issues. And the intention of these posts is to provide moral support by sending positive thoughts. We are asked to copy and paste to our profiles with the intention of creating an intention avalanche. As one [...]
What’s Stopping You From Taking That Next Step?
I speak to so many intelligent, capable and multi -talented women who have no idea of how valuable their skill set is. Many don’t have an elevator pitch that properly describes their awesomeness. Some hate networking, others shy away from self promotion in any way. Many of these women could be blogging about what they [...]
Overcome Call Reluctance Without Feeling the Fear and Doing It Anyway
If you are a network marketer or even a solo entrepreneur, then prospecting is essential to your business. The problem with prospecting is that we must continually come up against the dreaded fear of rejection. Let’s face it, who likes rejection? Rejection is not fun. It feels terrible. By the time we reach adulthood, we [...]
7 Reasons Why Self Confidence is Essential to Small Business Success
If you don’t have a shopfront, and you are in business, then I believe you need as much self confidence as you can possibly muster. I also believe that the degree to which you already possess or can develop self confidence is in direct proportion to your success. The word ‘self confidence’ is bandied around [...]
The Lies We Tell Ourselves
Would you work for a critical, bullying, slave driver? I’m sure most of you would answer a resounding ‘No’ to that question. The interesting thing is that I see clients, friends and acquaintances do just that everyday. And they don’t even realize it. The slave driver is themselves. In conversations or client sessions I hear [...]
Ever Feel Not Good Enough?
Maybe you’ve never considered that possibility, but it could be happening without you being consciously aware of it. Not feeling good enough shows up in many disguises. Sometimes it comes as a fear of networking or making that elevator speech. Not feeling good enough could be the reason you have a problem with sales or [...]
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