Power of After Show

Don't discount your present skills. Your Career Capital is very valuable! Building on your unique, rare and valuable skills is key. Skills needed for success: Sales, Marketing, Administrative and Time Management. For Time Management, track your time. If you are self-employed, you can either work all the time, or have targeted work time. Fit in time for you. Exercise, eating right and often enough....

Career Capital is called capital because it's a valuable transition tool during your second half. Think of money in the bank. (I call this the SKILLS BANK) It's there…it's safe. Running a non-profit for a year, I didn't realize the value of what I obtained in leadership, organization, structure, and working with personalities. Many don't add in research skills, leadership skills, managing projects...

Whether to redirect your career at halftime depends on your purpose, timing and risk factor. Today, we will define all of those areas to help you start thinking through this. Many people don't spend time thinking, or chewing, as my husband says, on important topics that can really influence and impact your life.

The relationship cable is one of the six vital principles in Hero Mountain. How vital it is for women at halftime to have significant relationships? Your spouse can be your biggest FAN. You've survived how many years? Realize you "morph" though the years! In business, most questions a client asks should have been asked by your sounding board. Make sure you PREPARE by asking questions and be a will...

If you're an entrepreneur, you're looking at what questions people are asking. Delve into this for your brand. Some are looking for more excitement—that thrill of being on the edge of something new. Some are looking for more control of their life and business. Many franchises cater to this, especially for new entrepreneurs. Do you know your market? What do they NEED? What's their pain? They need a...

Dream of having your own business-make your own hours, work as much as you want? Start that business you've always dreamed of and are passionate about! No weekly sales mtgs-no boss but you. Freedom to catch up. But you can get sidetracked. So many opportunities. You hire a virtual ass't but then have to keep up with that assistant. Cash flow is a bit low, but no problem.! You can work a few more h...

What is your WHY? What makes the difference in companies like Apple, like Martin Luther King's message and even J.F.K.? Today no matter what your political preference is, "Make America Great Again." Is a HUGE statement of WHY. You can know WHAT you do and HOW you do it, but until you really define WHY, your life and career can take a number of rabbit trails! Whether it's to give time to a non-prof...

What do we mean by "going broke?" Greg and Deborah talk today about how important a PLAN is. What should you invest (how much) and what are the TRADEOFFS? How do you evaluate RISK? All this and the importance of calculating what the risk payoff is and the importance of your own personal brand. Don't be afraid to risk, but calculate it carefully. Living with no regrets is of great value! We also ta...

Deciding to be enough is a constant choice because life holds plenty of twists and turns, making us compare, judge and compete. Diversions can be a person, a job, an organization or a project. Our feet start paddling faster and faster, as we are breathlessly figuring out how to float calmly on the water again. If it takes too long, the negative self talk and bad mental code moves into our thoughts...

Only you are the one who can realistically define where you truly want to be with a goal. You can then bring in a coach or colleague to help you to further craft that goal to help you get where you want to go. But what if you feel your goal is really unreachable and too big? Fear, resistance and procrastination set in, freezing you in a never-shedding comfortable cocoon. The smugness of complacenc...

When does halftime begin? Women wonder if they're actually there yet. Officially, halftime is defined as after the age of 40, which includes 150,000 women every month entering their second half. In many respects, that age seems young as many women focus on their careers, then start their families even in their mid-thirties. Most women I work with are between 50 and 60 as they are hit hard with som...