{Wonder Woman Wednesday} Marisa Langford, Fit Kids Playground

Stories, Wonder Women, work

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{Wonder Woman Wednesday} Marisa Langford, Fit Kids Playground

I truly believe that each person we meet, we meet for a reason: whether they are brought into our lives to inspire us, to teach us something about ourselves, to give us new perspective, to challenge our comfort zone, or even just to make us smile when we didn’t realize we were frowning. Marisa and [...]

Strategy, work

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Get It Done

Inefficiency drives me bonkers. I hate wasting time. Yet, there seems to be this thriving illusion in this culture that if we meet more, email more, create more spreadsheets, discuss and strategize more, we get more done. Wrong! Meanwhile, all I can think of during the meeting, discussing, emailing, strategizing is this: I could have [...]

{365 Days of Social Media} Day 13: Working Social Media Slowly Into Small Business

365 Days of Social Media, social media, Strategy, work

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{365 Days of Social Media} Day 13: Working Social Media Slowly Into Small Business

I was presenting a social media workshop to a group of Community Inspired Professionals the other day, and they truly inspired this post. So many of my colleagues and clients are intimidated by social media, but especially entrepreneurs and small business owners who already have so much on their plate. They know they *should* be [...]

Vacation: The New

friends & family, motherhood, work

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Vacation: The New “Conference”

My name is Marlynn, and I take a lot of vacations. BWAHAHA. If you know me – or are a fellow parent entrepreneur – you know that sentence does not just roll off the tongue. For the past six years as a serial entrepreneur, I have traveled only about 4-6 times a year, and most [...]

motherhood, work

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Hot Sun, Warm Bloggers, Cool Cocktails

When I started this blog in 2004, the blogosphere was a much different place. Like many folks, I took a break here and there to get my bearings, re-evaluate my reasons for blogging, secretly wish karma attacks on the ridiculously mean anonymous commenters… but I always came back to it. Something about this place has [...]

work

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Leavin’ On a Jet Plane

Remember a few months back when I was just itching for a trip of my own? Just me and the ability to hear my own thoughts? My wish for a trip by myself has come true in a way I had never imagined. I love it when life is full of unexpected excitement! Tomorrow I’ll [...]

work

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I can see clearly now the mess is gone…

I am the first to admit: I’ve got a lot of issues. One being: I cannot work or really even start to think clearly if I am surrounded by a mess. It’s as if I need to wipe the physical slate clean before my mental slate can start fresh and hit the ground running. But [...]

Airplanes, Hotels and Formula...Oh My

kids, motherhood, work

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Airplanes, Hotels and Formula…Oh My

New York City is without a doubt the most invigorating city in the world. The whirl of the cabs, the deli guys yelling to the delivery guys across 7th Avenue, the pick-up-your-pace foot traffic forcing you to play Frogger on city sidewalks. It’s the lights, the skyscrapers, the people. It’s the city people love to [...]