Today's blog post is from guest blogger, Natasha Nikolova from Slumber Secrets. This content spoke to me as I am a big nap taker. I value my sleep and my children will tell you - do not wake me if I am napping! Unless there is blood involved! The question... Read more →
Each of us blooms in a garden of life created by our environment, but nurtured by ourselves and those around us. Read more →
My entrance into the world of the gig economy, where I started back in 2002, didn't focus on women. My focus was on earning that almighty dollar, in order to pay bills. Do you relate? When you are dependent upon clients, customers, people who are willing to buy what you're selling, you always seems to have your eye on the bottom line. How much did I make today? This week? This month? Read more →
Time is our enemy Any individual over say 50 will tell you that time goes by faster and faster as you age. I am not sure why we perceive time in such a different way, as we age. But we do. We notice things more. We notice the way the sun gleams through our office windows, even as it has to slip through last year's smudges and dirty trails of rain, still clinging to the window, like yesterday's blurry reminder that our eyes don't work as well as they used to. We notice the way traffic sounds different at certain hours of the day; a hurry-hurry of the tires of so many cars passing down the hill on their way to work; or the slow hum they make on their way home. We notice the way the morning seems to slip by unnoticed, because we get busy cleaning, or working in the garden, or writing a blog post, and suddenly it's afternoon, and the day is almost over.We notice these things because we lament over all the necessary things we have to do, want to do, will never get to do - now. Now that we're officially, according to statistics, old. Read more →
Take some time and make a list of what you love, what you're passionate about, what you might be able to make money doing and you are well on your way to Big Idea Implementation. Read more →
by BIG Idea Facilitator Yvonne DiVita Women Entrepreneurs - we ARE millions strong! My office is a reflection of me, as I expect your office is of you. Given my devoted attention to women entrepreneurs, especially baby boomer women, you can imagine I am surrounded by strong, inspirational things. We'll... Read more →
by BIG Idea Facilitator, Yvonne DiVita For us, at Lipsticking, the concept of a confident, independent, and ambitious woman is a natural. There is little new about it. Women have shown their independence, their confidence, and their rising ambitions quite clearly from the dawn of civilization. Interestingly, society often spends... Read more →
by BIG Idea Facilitator, Yvonne DiVita Influencer marketing seems to be the buzz word of the day. Maybe you're wondering what it means. Who are all these influencers? How are they marketing themselves? Are they all that important? How do you connect with them? Let me try and answer some... Read more →
by Yvonne DiVita, Big Idea Facilitator Advice on how not to write a book, or anything else, is fairly easy to compile. First, don't sit at your computer daily. Do it once in awhile. Second, read other people's work and copy them. Third, be confident in the knowledge that you... Read more →
It's 8:00. I have a cup of coffee and a dog at my feet and what could be better than that? The cross country trip from Colorado to NY was brutal. I won't sugar coat it. Travel was easy, yes, and Emily held up better than I. Our pet friendly... Read more →