Imposter Syndrome is the personal and internal perception that you are a fraud. It’s the self doubt that creeps up on even the most accomplished people. It can hold back individuals with high potential. It can provide an internal devil’s advocate. This fear is real, documented, researched, and manifests as anxiety. When is Imposter Syndrome […]
Unstoppable – Business Success Starts With Action
Since Angela Lee Duckworth spoke on the Ted Talks stage in 2013, we’ve all learned a lot about The Power of Passion and Perseverance. And yet there are so many of us humming and hawing about achieving our goals. Action, or lack thereof, remains the number one factor driving success or failure. You need to pick […]
Business #AMA – Pregnant & Bored – Offering Free Business Advice – I Invite You To Ask Me Anything
What does a workaholic do when they’re supposed to be taking it easy? This… I am pregnant, very very pregnant. And I’m a business machine and I just can’t sit still. To put this in context… I’ve been working since grade 6. I am obsessed with business challenges that seem insurmountable (to most). I […]
Salesforce & Pardot: Align Marketing & Sales
I’ve always been a huge advocate of collaboration. There is simply nothing better than smart people coming together to achieve greater success than they could apart. This is how strong businesses are built. Specifically, aligning sales and marketing departments is a no brainer. Is it best to align sales and marketing? Today I came across […]
The Marketer’s Dilemma
I attended The Art Of Marketing in Toronto this past week. In his riveting presentation, Charles Duhigg (whose book I’m running out to purchase) said that the single most important and telling indicator of future success in a child’s life is… wait for it, wait for it … Will Power Apparently, research shows that four year […]
You Fear Failure… So You Fail
Trying to boil the ocean? Stop! Every business needs a niche. Business start ups often result from unhappy employees going off to start their own venture. If most new businesses come with lessons from the businesses that came before them, why do most start-ups fail? The easiest way to start a business is to take […]
How to Win An Argument — Be Wrong
You need to be wrong. We all have the unquenchable need to be right. Some of us need to be right more often and on more issues than others but the truth is we all like being right. In particular, when an issue is important to us it’s very hard for us to say, “You’re […]