Not Everyone is Smart and Funny on Twitter

Do you remember the line in When Harry Met Sally when Sally and Marie (Carrie Fischer) are talking and Marie says, “Everybody thinks they have good taste and a sense of humor but they couldn’t possibly all have good taste and a sense of humor.” Or maybe Marie and Jess were talking. Not sure.
I think [...]

Tags: INJ, social media, Twitter

A Glimpse of Greatness – Do You See Yours?

Have you ever had a glimpse into your greatness? I’m sure you have. That moment when you see yourself in a totally new light doing something you prepared very little for and pulling it off? You probably thought, “huh, just imagine what I could have done if I had really prepared or went “all in” [...]

Tags: marathons, running, self-sabotage

Supersize Me: What I Learned from My First Marathon and the Benefits of Feed Stations

Fourteen years ago I ran my first marathon…and I was totally unprepared. I remember the day before the race perfectly. I drove up to Steamboat with a bunch of my running friends to do the half marathon. I had run a gazillion half marathons by that point and had run a minimum of 50 miles [...]

Tags: career change, goals, marathon training, running

New Year’s Resolutions and How Not to Blow It Again This Year

Several years ago I was going a couple of rounds with a friend on the topic of New Year’s Resolutions. I was on the “I think they are bunk” side of the fence and he was telling me his current list and feeling incredibly energized about all that was to come.
Had I just met this [...]

Tags: goals, New Year's Resolutions

Hiding Out, Bailing Out, and When To Sit the Cuss Out

I saw The Fantastic Mr. Fox this weekend with my 3 year old and “cuss” may just be my favorite new word. I often feel compelled to use the f-word, or at least I say it a lot under my breath but with a 3yo running around I have had to clean up my act. [...]

Tags: 2010, clearing, entrepreneurship, marketing consulting, mojo

The High Price of Advice – Some of the Best Never Costs a Cent

A colleague emailed me the other day asking my opinion on a program that is related to some of the work I do. She gave me the cost and I honestly didn’t think it was worth the money and quite frankly thought she would be much better off getting on the phone with me for [...]

Tuesday’s Tip: Don’t Let Someone Else Turn Your Pages

I was watching a lively discussion between Bill Gates and Warren Buffet the other night and I was struck by two things Warren Buffet said. Someone asked him what was one of the best things about receiving his MBA from Columbia and he said while he learned a great deal and some of his instructors [...]

Tags: Caroline Myss, Gretchen Rubin, inspiration, Paul Martin, Success, Warren Buffet

Mojo Video Tip: Put Down the Shoulds If You Want to Play the Saxaphone

It often seems that no matter what we’re doing or how much we are accomplishing, there’s something else that seems better, more inspiring, more exciting, etc. It reminds me of the part in the movie High Fidelity with John Cusack when he’s talking about relationships. He talks about how the “other women” or the “other [...]

Tags: ego, Lifestyle Design, Mojo Retreat, Sandy Grason

Are You Maximizing Your Mojo?

When it comes to mojo you may be oozing with the quality (meaning she’s got some serious mojo) or it may be so slight that only you know it’s there. In debates about mojo (yes I assure you there have been actual debates on this topic) some argue you either have it or you don’t. [...]

Tags: charisma, mojo, Mojo Retreat

Ouch – That’s Gonna Leave a Mark

I was watching Katie Couric interview Andre Agassi on 60 Minutes on Sunday and I was struck by this idea of scars and how there are many things that happen to us in our lives and things that are said to us that leave a mark. Many times you don’t realize the mark that’s being [...]

Tags: Andre Agassi, psychology, stories