Tag: business success

The Naked Truth and The Emperor’s New Clothes

Posted on January 31, 2024 by - , ,

Meet your business fairy godmother in her business library studying up on how NOT to the emperor with his new clothes.

Wow! I’m right on point for the naked current truth of social media in “The Emperor’s New Clothes and the Naked Current Truth.” I keep asking myself what makes an “Influencer” influential and how do you really know person “X” is a “thought leader”? I’m questioning what I see and hear lately and it’s not because of my age.

When you have a marketing background you understand what goes into creating influence. It takes imagination, repetitive positioning of your point of view, and ad spend. Let’s hope that you have the secret sauce to build awareness. Sometimes it’s the number of times you’re in front of your audience or the fact an already established “Influencer” wants to share what you’re doing or selling to validate you or your brand. Just thought I should share this for all the sheeple out here.

Your real power is understanding how a brand is built. Pay attention to the real value, the real service, and the actual quality of what you’re getting. Don’t be caught like the emperor with no clothes! If you are caught “naked,” walk proudly down the street. People will talk about your confidence and crazy. You will definitely stand out. That’s the point if you want to be recognized. It’s #justapointofview.

The Emperor’s New Clothes and the Naked Current Truth

Expert Status, How to Achieve it!

Posted on April 22, 2016 by - ,

Expert Status, How to Achieve it!

Don’t ever claim the title of expert for yourself! You can never know everything about anything. Business owners have been burned by so many people that said they “knew everything” about something, i.e. an expert. The term expert has been given a bad name by those that claimed the title without doing the work to validate the experience.

Vote With Your Wallet Today?

Posted on April 22, 2016 by - , ,

Vote With Your Wallet Today?

I couldn’t keep this Inc. online article written by Leonard Kim to myself. 4 Unique Ways Women Entrepreneurs Are Helping Each Other Succeed, this article outlines some great beginning steps for women to step up their business game. I’m always asking, “What practical things can we do to create positive impact for women in business?” I think voting and buying decisions have a lot in common.

Can One Word Change Your Life?

Posted on April 22, 2016 by - ,

Can one word change your life?
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Welcome to the year of being me. This year I decided to choose a word that describes how I want to feel. The word I chose is vivacious. There are lots of other words to describe what vivacious means like: lively, spirited, bubbly, ebullient, buoyant, sparkling, lighthearted, jaunty, merry, happy, jolly, full of fun, cheery, cheerful, perky, sunny, breezy, enthusiastic, irrepressible, vibrant, vital, zestful, energetic, effervescent, dynamic.

Keep it Simple
Choosing a word to live by keeps life simple. Life is about the living. It’s about how you want to feel everyday, when you’ve finished the day and lay your head in the bed you can say it was a good day for you.

Boo, Hiss To Do Lists
I’m just not motivated by the drudgery of goal setting as everyone has traditionally experienced it. Goals in business have become an educated guessing game for me. They personally left me disheartened. Goals lead to to-do lists. I’m just not excited by “to do” lists. “To do” lists just mean I have something to keep me aimed at an initiative, not inspired. I’ve been defeated so many times by not meeting a goal at a particular date. After a while, the goal or to do-list item “just stays” on my list. The task almost feels irrelevant after a prolonged period of time. It’s not that I’m lazy, the task isn’t relevant, or I don’t have initiative to get things done. People who know me will testify to my driven nature. It’s easy for productive, driven people to create lots to do for themselves and their coworkers.

Life is About Living
To pick vivacious as my word to live by means I now have a go-get-it-done initiative! My to-do’s are about how I want to feel. Who wants to be motivated about what they are doing? Everyone! If the task is tedious, twist up your head game of how to do it. Make the task about how you want to feel when it’s completed. Life is about the living it! If at the end of the day you have experience a full heart of joy. You have accomplished something.

You Can do it Too
Your initiative word could be quite different than mine depending on how you want to feel. The word to live by is about you. It’s about what makes you happy. What brings you joy? What brings out your passion? Take some time and explore the things you do that changed your life for the better. Why did those things make such a positive difference? Is there a single word that describes you at your happiest state? Is there a single word that you want to feel like every day? My word and life are now about being vivacious. What’s your word?