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Messy is the New Black

Yesterday, I was sitting in the chair at my dentist’s office thinking about this blog post. What? Don’t you do all of your best thinking in your dentist’s chair? My phone was in my purse hanging on the back of…

Nancy J. Hess on Pioneering Extraordinary Change Through Skilled Conversation

What uncomfortable conversations are you avoiding? At work? At home? With your kids? We all avoid hard conversations. But until I talked with Nancy J. Hess during my Own Your Expertise interview series, I hadn’t realized how much of a…

Ada Barlatt on the Relationship Between Learning and Business

You’ve probably heard about the 10,000-hour rule (you may have even heard me talking about it). Malcolm Gladwell discusses it in his book Outliers: The Story of Success. While he didn’t invent the idea, he does explain it well. The…

Laura Fravel on Finding the Right Support to Crush Your Business Goals

Since the start of the pandemic, I’ve had the goal of upping my brand visibility. I’d humbly say I have CRUSHED that goal. Here’s what I did: I sat down with marketing strategist and Founder of Noel & Co., Christina…

Kiva Slade on Making Your Experiences Count

One reason I wanted to start the Own Your Expertise video interview series is to highlight all the amazing professionals in my network finding their niches and impacting the world. I get so inspired hearing their stories and I hope…

Your Book and Your Brand: What’s the Value of Writing a Business Book?

Since the present unpleasantness (my new favorite way of referring to COVID-19) began, I’ve had a number of conversations with professionals thinking about writing a business book or hiring me for book ghostwriting. This makes sense because many of my…