Have you ever wondered who would play you in your life movie? I’ve always pictured Reese Witherspoon playing me, starring in the Million Dollar Party Girl Movie. From Elle Woods to June Carter, Reese is an Oscar winner who’s played fun, strong, smart women AND she knows how to look classy on the red carpet. She’s my kind of girl! While

Well, actually, we do.  We’re selling our favorite shoes, purses, movies, books and restaurants all the time.  We just don’t get paid for it.  When it comes to selling for ourselves, and getting paid, we don’t like it.  We feel pushy and salesy, as if getting paid for our product or service was a bad thing.  I’ve even heard women

When QVC first launched in 1986, I was just beginning to hit my stride in corporate sales. By 1990, I decided to give up my full-time career to become an entrepreneur. Even though I had sales experience, selling to homeowners was a whole new thing for me. I turned to QVC, an innovative new business model, to get my “MBA”

Yesterday I keynoted an Authors’ Conference to share some of the juicy details on how I became a best-selling author.  As I held up my book, I told the attendees that the day to start promoting their book is, well, today – in other words, as soon as they decide to write a book.  A woman in the audience asked,

As Women’s History Month comes to a close, I’ve enjoyed seeing women leaders become the hot topic in the media. It was a refreshing break from the typical media coverage women get which goes from which star gained, or lost, weight to who’s in rehab. We could really use a whole year of this. Sheryl Sandberg, COO of Facebook, got the discussion going with her new book,

Having a plan for a healthy body can be summed up in two words: diet and exercise. A plan for a healthy business can be more challenging to define. Let’s face it, it’s not a term we hear or think about often. The signs of an unhealthy business may begin slowly, then compound into frustration and overwhelm when left untreated.