We just booked our first wedding at the Dome Asylum and so many people are congratulating us, which is great, it’s always nice to receive acknowledgement, but I know that some people just don’t see all the work we’ve done to get to this point. They say things like “Wow, it manifested just the way […]
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So You Want to Be a Leader?
Manage Promises, Not People. Leaders take responsibility for the results of the group and are accountable for all of it. They need to manage the accountabilities of each team member. Manage accountabilities, not personalities. Three tips for managing a large event or effort. Divide and Conquer. Divide or group tasks into subject areas. For example, […]
Don’t Let Them Tell You What You Can Do!
Wow, I just listened to Marie T.V.’s episode featuring Tererai Trent and was inspired to share a story of my own. I didn’t grow up in a 3rd world country or in deep poverty, but none of us should belittle our challenges. They’re ours, just as others have theirs. What matters is how we meet them. […]
Responsible Communication – Part 2
This weekend, I had a double booking at the Dome Asylum. I hate it when that happens, but not all the channels we use for booking sync with each other and it’s happened before. Even though the reservation came in late and I was already in bed with my man, I got up and called […]
Being Responsible with your Communicatio...
Being responsible for your communication involves being conscious about what and why you are communicating, and how it is received. You want to speak your truth without harming others. Over There (with Them) Often, people feel like they’ve expertly communicated their feelings, but more often they’ve just dumped their feelings onto another individual. What was […]
Benefits of Marching to the Beat of Your...
I just got an email welcoming me to 2019. In February. At first glance, it seemed they were just very late in their marketing campaign, but then they mentioned Lunar New Year. Touché. I only skimmed the rest of the letter, but I did open it, even thinking that the company had experienced a tech […]
There’s Still 100% Left
It’s February now and a full month of our new year has gone by. How did you use your January? Did you wrap up last year’s books? Ideally, it got started in December, but with holidays and schedules, maybe it didn’t get complete. Finish your year end Profit & Loss statements for each brand or […]
Knowing Makes No Difference
We value knowledge as a society. We encourage our citizens to educate themselves, or at least that was the prevailing wisdom passed down for generations. Go to school, get a job. The more school you went to, the better job you could get, and along with it, a better salary. It’s still the prevailing thought […]
Action Matters
Every once in a while you get a profound piece of advice, and one of the most powerful tips I ever got, was to immediately take the first action whenever a decision has been made. For example, considering we just celebrated New Year’s, you may have decided as a new Years’ goal, that you’d like […]
Hustle Your Way Through Heartbreak
Girl, you gotta keep it moving. You can’t let heartbreak slow you down. Breakups happen. Heartbreak happens. Life happens. Pull yourself together, do what needs to be done, then come home and cry your eyes out, or do whatever you need to do to get yourself right. Go out with your girls, have some cocktails, […]