http://innermedia.biz/blog Answering what's next... Mon, 02 Nov 2009 19:20:08 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Life has a way of throwing us a curve ball. From time to time my life has taken a very different path when I didn't see the curve ball coming at me. 1. When I graduated from high school my career goal was to be a dancer with the Radio City Rockettes. ... http://innermedia.biz/blog/?p=180 A couple of months ago I visited my good friend, The Chiropractor, who while aligning my out-of-whack neck, shoulders and back, asked how my business was going. I told him that my business had stopped; in fact, I had stopped working. Frankly I was surprised to hear my ... http://innermedia.biz/blog/?p=168 4 STEPS TO GETTING WHAT YOU WANT We grew up believing that when opportunity knocks, we would open the door and the life we desired would be on the other side. When we stop hearing opportunity knocking it’s because we're blinded by the devil’s weapon—disillusionment. When disillusioned we give ... http://innermedia.biz/blog/?p=152 There seems to be a trend whereby signatures now include an alphabet string after the name. It seems to be a way to establish the writer’s reputation but I don’t buy it. It may tell me about your education but it doesn’t tell me who you are. ... http://innermedia.biz/blog/?p=144 Well, it happened. That sweet, sweet child of mine left the nest. I’ve looked toward this day for a long time. I knew it was coming. As he pulled out of the driveway this morning in his faded, green Bonne filled with the trappings of a ... http://innermedia.biz/blog/?p=124 Entrepreneurs are the travelers of the road less taken and in the passionate pursuit of their dreams, they rarely get a "day off".   As the owner of and investor in my own company, my work deadlines rarely take a holiday.   Planning, project development, sales and marketing, cash flow, personnel, supplies...there's always something to think about. Since childhood we're ... http://innermedia.biz/blog/?p=110 It's the age-old question: which comes first--the chicken or the egg?   Last week I ended a one-year commitment on an advisory panel for the ATHENA  PowerLink program, an economic development program exclusively for women business owners.  It was an amazing, eye-opening journey. As a marketing junkie, I see most things through marketing eyes first.   ... http://innermedia.biz/blog/?p=98 Retail sales in January reported a 1% increase.  I was fortunate to see this only because a good friend sent it to me.  In an era of $785 Billion bailouts, thousands of job losses and new stock market lows, maybe a 1% increase in retail sales isn't anything to chirp about. I beg ... http://innermedia.biz/blog/?p=93 Did you hear that there was a recession going on?  They are talking about it on all of the newscasts and at the coffee shops.  I've watched a little of it.  It's fairly disturbing news.  Although I've worked through a few recessions, this one doesn't feel like any of the previous ones. Growing ... http://innermedia.biz/blog/?p=9