I read a very disturbing blog last week about how you can tell someone’s age by their typing! The big controversy….one space or two after a punctuation mark. When I read the headline, I said to myself, “Of course you ALWAYS space twice after a period. WRONG!  Only old people do that.”  After 5 minutes…

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My brother Stevie is one of my hero’s. We are close in age…just three years apart; however, my life has taken a very different path than Stevie’s. You see, Stevie has Cerebral Palsy (CP) which is caused by abnormal development or damage to the parts of the brain that control movement, balance, and posture. In…

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Your company is demanding more of you. Competition is fierce and margins are squeezed.  Your family is sucking you dry…emotionally, physically, and financially.  Your back is boasting 5 new knots and the things that you once enjoyed, like cooking or browsing the isles of TJ Maxx, seem more like a tedious chore.  YES!  I’m talking…

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Over the years I have discovered managing a business while raising a family is the best way force yourself to focus on the discipline necessary to experience personal and professional growth. From my early days in the development of Community Care College to now running our ever-growing corporate brand of businesses; I have had to…

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Don’t believe me?  Doubting a former dental assistant may not be a wise move!   To some, this topic may sound ridiculous, but observing professionals over the years…first, from a dental assistant’s perspective and now, over the past 20 years, as a business owner, I can share this with confidence. For the record, this has…

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I’m often on the defense when other business owners and managers around my age (aka: OLD) start complaining about the entitlement-driven Millennials (born between early 1980’s to early 2000.) I work a lot with this generation and they are some of my finest employees and are committed to pushing our company’s mission forward with excellence.…

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I love Pizza!  And I especially love that “taste of Italy” that you can only achieve with a brick oven!  My dream of having my own pizza oven is finally coming to realization…we are building one on our side patio off our kitchen.   But, as with a lot of projects I do with my husband,…

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Business success depends on a healthy corporate culture.  Whether you agree or not, culture outranks strategy in order of importance when we are measuring the bottom line.  So how does your team rank in the three critical factors:  substance, strength, and adaptability?   A happy (and emotionally strong) team is a profitable team.  Stop fooling…

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“I once was lost, but now am found… …was blind, but now I see…” Crafting a killer Vision statement is top priority for most companies where senior leaders paint a picture of the future position of the company.  Most often, elements of the vision and mission statements are combined to represent the organization’s purpose, strategy,…

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    I’m a Netflix Junkie.  I’ll never be satisfied with a TV series again in which I have to wait one week for the next episode.  I’m not proud of this, but it is a fact of my life. If my phone is slow (despite the latest update) or if my office computer takes…

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