Is There a Place For Meditation In Business?

Sunrise Hike

Do We Need Daily Rituals and Routines? Do you have a place where you go to quiet your mind on a daily basis?  It's no big news that everyone, especially small business owners need some quiet-time to renew, recover, and re-energize. Running a small business can be overwhelming at times and we all need a place where we can silence our mind, be still, and listen to our inner voice or intuition.  We live in a world where we are constantly bombarded with distractions, diversions, and detours. It is so easy to get off track and become unfocused. That is why we need our daily rituals and routines. « Continue »

Green Is So Sexy Down Under

Couture Cottons

Go Green Down Under Earth Day is this week and while the "Green" industry has exploded along with some green washing, there is however the Green Festival that ensures reputable green exhibitors and businesses at their annual conferences. I found such a company a few weeks ago while attending the event in San Francisco. Couture Cottons lingerie --- beautifully designed undies using eco-friendly fabrics. Their tag line is Go Green Down Under. I had the opportunity to meet Sandra Castro Richards, the owner and founder of Couture Cottons, from San Antonio Texas. The more we chatted, the more I « Continue »

Do you Know your STAG? Strengths Talents Attributes & Gifts?

Lake Tahoe

She Hated her Job Have you ever had a job that just felt so wrong for you? Monday morning would come and you would get this sick feeling in your stomach. Or, you'd show up to work and felt like being anywhere else but there? But you sucked it up and made yourself stay there because you had "financial obligations." Or, you told yourself that you would do it for X amount of time so that you could build your resume.  Recently I sat next to a young woman on an airplane. It was a crowded flight and I could feel the intensity of her "don't-talk-to-me" energy while moving towards the seat next « Continue »