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May 20, 2010

• When we are “forced” to make thriving choices…

  How many times have you dreamed about stopping what you are doing and stepping out courageously to build a new life around your passions?
  How many times have done it?
  Well, I know that when I lived in the corporate hamster wheel, I peered out and admired people who just stopped and decided to get off the [...]

May 15, 2010

• The “Power of Purpose” for our health and success in life, a new reminder…

  Theodore Roosevelt said: “Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.”
  Aesop said: “Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow.”
  And likely our current day “expert” on purpose, Richard Leider said (and says!) “The purpose of life is to live a life [...]

May 6, 2010

• Lesson's From The Animal Kingdom-Harvey Mackay

  My gift to all of you this morning is this delightful article by one of my favorite authors here in Minneapolis MN, Harvey Mackay.
  In my businesses I see a lot of people terrified about getting out of their comfort zone…and their growth is stifled by this fear-both in business and their
  personal lives. Read this and [...]

January 22, 2010

• The big LOOMING project and why DO we procrastinate?

  Hi, I don't know about you, but I too often seem to have that BIG LOOMING project that I can't seem to get done, make progress on, get started.
  OK, sometimes it is not that BIG, but it feels big.
  Please tell me I am not the only one….pretty please!!
  Well, my husband also does it, my sister [...]

January 15, 2010

• Happiness? Success? A few suggestions to jump start your day?

  Back to Dr. Brothers…
  Some of you may have read my post from a few weeks ago.  I found an article from 2000 (yes, 10 years ago) while helping my 83 year old mom clean out some drawers filled with “stuff”….as only a depression era baby can fill them.
  I was struck that as we all contemplate [...]

January 11, 2010

• Great tips for entrepreneurial success as well as fun!

  Happy Monday!
  There is so much to do!
  The start of a new year is always such a crazy time.
  I always seem to need to unbury myself  from the pile of all the added activities and "stuff" that creeps upon us during the year end holiday season.
  In addition, there is that sense that the new year ALWAYS [...]

December 31, 2009

• A lot has changed in 10 years, but how we move forward toward happiness/success hasn’t?

  I was cleaning out some drawers in my almost 84 year old mother’s house last week, a habit that I have decided to do each time I visit.
  She is a depression era baby after all. A penny saved is a penny earned. Read every spec of every periodical ever received and clip those great [...]

December 23, 2009

• Any of you stressed? A few tips from Mayo Clinic…

  Hi, as we have arrived in the midst of annual holiday times, I am reminded again of the choices that we have to make around this busy time of year?  In addition to our already challenging entrepreneurial ventures, we have all the OTHER stuff to get done by year end, right?
  Are we going to choose [...]

December 2, 2009

• Top 10 Things To Do If You Become Unemployed

  Hello Everyone! Here it is post Thanksgiving in the USA and suddenly we are decorating trees and listening to holiday music and launched into holiday and festive season mode! Or are we?
  ……I read in CNN Money over Thanksgiving that the real unemployment is looking more like 17% here in the USA-and that is a [...]

November 26, 2009

• Habits of one of our favorite successful marketing mentors?

  Hi, if you have been active in the internet marketing world, you likely are familiar with Alex Mandossian.  If not, you may want to check out his work and advice sometime!
  Alex is an inspiring, successful, and clever internet marketing expert who like many of us aspires for extraordinary business success AND personal fulfillment by creating [...]

November 11, 2009

• No time for Reflection?

  Feel like you don’t have enough time each week to get it all accomplished?
  Join the crowd.
  One thing that I have found as a corporate refugee and an aspiring entrepreneur is that only I…that is ME, can change my personal habits of how I tackle each week. I still run a to-do list that is [...]

October 27, 2009

• A Plea To ALL Creative Entrepreneurs-Get OUT OF YOUR OFFICE!

  Balance = happy = creative = productive. Repeat.
  "We are living in interesting times. Never before have we been so connected. Our ability to interact is nearly unlimited. Technology is a most formidable tool, the driver, a catalyst in the laboratory of life.
  Thanks to Joe Duffy our guest writer today..from Minneapolis  Minnesota ( Where I [...]

October 21, 2009

• Mid-Life Entrepreneurs Can Change The World!

  What is the biggest fear of entrepreneurs and those who are entertaining the whole notion of becoming free agents in this crazy economy-particularly at midlife? Do  you know  the answer? It is Fear of Failure! Yup that mind numbing feeling of  that hits you at 3:30 AM, you turn on the soothing Hawaii ocean CD…then [...]

October 19, 2009

• Passion at Work-You Must Have Warm Feelings At The Very Least!

  This is a great article on my favorite theme of working with passion and finding fulfillment in life-especially for those of us who are midlife entrepreneurs! Do you agree with this writer from the New York Times? I found this link to this article in the New York Times from one of my favorite business [...]

September 8, 2009

• Defeating Procrastination in Social Media and LIFE!

  Here we are ….back to school days…crisp air, crisp apples and new ideas and plans for our small business.
  I have a sense of being revitalized and ready to GO GO GO at this time of the year! So with that attitude in mind…
  there will be a series of practical steps and ideas to follow this [...]

August 27, 2009

• How Social Media Can Help You Find Talent! (and a job)

  Hello everyone….I know I have been back from vacation now for 3 days..and this is my first post!
  So sorry..and thank-you for asking me where I have been!

  There has been so much to catch up on. So much in the news to share..the big question is
  "where do I start?"
  So my new enhanced focus is in the [...]

May 27, 2009

• Relationships are messy and yes take time-even in social media!

  People keep asking Barb and I over and over again what can possibly be accomplished using social media sites that they couldn't do through more traditional means-sigh…
  Well new ideas take time I know especially in midlife it appears. Admittedly we are all stretched in finding time for fun and play ..much less getting [...]

May 3, 2009

• Is Twitter dying?

  Good Morning everyone! A glorious early Spring morning here in Minnesota!
  Thought I'd pop in a post from one of my favorite writers and thinkers,
  Seth Godin, who weighs in on this recent provocative topic…Our mission at newprimetime.com
  is to educate, inform, and inspire enough of you in midlife to join us as we teach AND learn all [...]

April 22, 2009

• Which one is better for Coaches and Solopreneurs-Twitter, Facebook or LinkedIn?

  What's Better for Coaches and small business owners and solopreneurs? Twitter, LinkedIn, or Facebook?
  Great question isn't it? One that Barb and I are constantly being asked by the many people we are teaching in our Social Media for Midlfe newbies programs. It is amzing how many of our demographic group are all jumping on board [...]

April 18, 2009

• Has Dave Lakhani gone too far with his Social Media rant?

  One of the promises we made early on in our new PRimetime.com blogworld was the promise to bring you interesting posts and articles-as we found them. Today Dave Lakhani, a well-known marketer posted this on my on FACEBOOK wall (don't you just love the new language?),I followed his thread to this blogpost and believe it [...]