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I got married by mistake!
By mistake? Oh, well maybe everyone does that. But mine was a grammatical error. Let me explain. It is 1988. I am teaching English 1A to adults pretending to study English. They are actually in my class to obtain and maintain … Continue reading
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Numbers Made My Head Hurt
Once a month my husband got really grouchy. He had BPS (Bill Paying Syndrome). He would sit at the dining room table with bills and envelopes spread all around and call out to me in a voice tinged with suspicion, asking … Continue reading
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The Magic Question that Works Every Time
How to Find Your Core Message and Turn a Simple Story into a Spellbinding Speech! “I need a life balance coach.” I said in jest (or so I thought) as I introduced myself on a tele-seminar I was delivering to … Continue reading
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How to Get More Customers than You Want
When I was young, I just hated having to do the girl thing. I imagined how I would act if I were a boy. I’d spot a girl, tell her she was beautiful, ask for her phone number, pick her up … Continue reading
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How to be a Speaker with No Speeches
Be careful what you wish for! When I decided to become a professional speaker my plan was to fly around the country and speak about…I didn’t know…. whatever was on my mind! I told my coach about my new goal … Continue reading
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The Power of Negative Thinking!
I finally figured out what I wanted to do with my life (the second half, that is)… I would be a speaker! I had heard a cassette of a motivational speaker and thought “I could do that!”. It was 10 years … Continue reading
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Plan to fail!
How do you achieve success? You plan to fail! When I began my coaching career my fall back plan (the plan that just had to work) if I did not succeed in becoming a coach (or anything else) was to … Continue reading
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How to Be Irresistibly Attractive… to Everyone!
What’s the one thing you need to know about selling, networking and… dating? Let’s start with dating. When a man wants a woman to go out with him what does he do? He flatters her (telling her he likes her … Continue reading
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The Secret to Making Money
I learned the hard way. When I first started my coaching practice I thought of lots of really cool ideas for my business…and did them! I picked folks up from the train from Manhattan and took them to the beach … Continue reading
How to Do the Ridiculous
I couldn’t wait to start coaching! It was 10 years ago, and after a bewildering two years of trying to figure out how to support myself and my three children, I heard the words “corporate coach,” and I knew that … Continue reading