Someone Called Her Unreasonable...

Someone called me unreasonable today. And after thinking about it awhile, I think they’re right!!

About Success…I am Being Unreasonable…
About Financial Freedom…I am Being Unreasonable…
About Choices for My Family…I am Being Unreasonable…

I’m being Unreasonable by:

• Being Uncompromising – by sticking to my goals no matter what
• Being Demanding – by expecting more, not less, from everyone around me (and myself!)
• Being Critical – by changing old systems that just don’t work
• Being Outrageous – by creating my own Business Brain Trust of those who challenge and educate me
• Being Prepared – for real success on my terms

So…thanks for noticing that I’m being Unreasonable!! I wish that for YOU too!

Posted by Carrie Wilkerson, The Barefoot Executive
Online Business Strategy for At Home Professionals

eWomenNetwork CEO Women's Success Imperative Panel

On Tuesday, March 23, 2010 eWomenNetwork members and guests met in Tampa for its annual visit from eWomenNetwork Founder, Sandra Yancey. She is an amazing woman and we love having her here in Tampa.

We met Monday night at Gold & Diamond Source, courtesy of Julie Weintraub for a VIP event to network and chat with Sandra. (Elizabeth, Sandra Yancey and Julie Weintraub)

Not only did we get to look at and try on beautiful jewelry we also got to network with some great women. Here I am with a great friend and business acquaintance, Michelle Griffith of Clearview Communications & PR Inc.

On Tuesday we met for lunch in Tampa for the CEO Women's Success Imperative Panel with Sandra Yancey and Tampa Members; Toni Sexton of Fusion Healthcare, Inc. and Marleen Geyen of The Geyen Group, Inc.

Great event...if you are not a member of an eWomenNetwork Chapter in your area...seek them out and meet some great business partners! Check them out at http://www.ewomennetwork.com/.

The Dream Game...

Next time you are at a cocktail party, playgroup or the gym, try playing the “dream game”. The rules are as follows:

Ask your fellow woman enough questions about herself and her life until you get to the root of her dream, the idea she wants to launch, the business she has not yet started, the project that’s on hold. The bottom line is: Every woman has a dream...

Victoria Colligan, Founder, Ladies Who Launch.

http://www.ladieswholaunch/

Living On Island Time...

I was fortunate enough to be able to break away from the office last Friday and fly down to Key Largo for the weekend to spend some time with my Aunt and Uncle who I adore. When I was a teenager my Aunt worked at our High School and her daughter who was a year older than me was my best friend so I spent many a day and night at their house.

It was so great to spend the weekend with them...I felt like I was 14-years old again and I have to admit it was quite comforting and relaxing to be away from the world and feel like you had no worries at all...You know there is a lot of truth to the phrase; "living on island time"...cause the only times you have to worry about are what time your flight comes in and what time it goes out. There are no other time restraints when you head to the Keys.

Everyone needs a weekend like that once and a while to clear their mind and thoughts and forget about your responsibilities and cares. The water and the fresh ocean air were heavenly and to be able to sit out in the sun and feel the warmth on my skin after such a crazy winter was also heavenly.

I have to admit that while I did work almost the entire time I was there...it in no way felt like work. Catching up on my reading and writing while sitting out on the deck in your bikini catching some rays is the only way to work offsite!

I think the Keys and I will be seeing more of each other in the weekends to come this summer!

Do you know the difference?

People often confuse mentoring and coaching. Though related, they are not the same. A mentor may coach, but a coach does not mentor. Mentoring is “relational,” while coaching is “functional.”
Okay, let’s talk about the differences:

Coaching is about…

• Managers coaching their staff as a required part of the job.
• Coaching takes place within the confines of a formal manager-employee relationships.
• The focus is to develop individuals within their current job .
• The interest of the relationship is functional, arising out of a need for individuals to perform the tasks required to the best of their ability.
• Managers tend to initiate and drive the relationship.
• The relationship is finite, ending when an individual has learned what a coach is teaching.
  

Mentoring is about...

• Mentoring occurs outside of a line manager-employee relationship, at the mutual consent of mentor and mentoree.
• It is career-focused on professional development that may be outside a mentoree's area of work.
• Relationships are personal - a mentor provides both professional and personal support.
• Relationships may be initiated by the mentoree.
• Relationships cross boundaries - mentoring on all areas of career development.
• Relationships usually last for a specified time period in a formal program or may continue over a long period of time, or lifetime.

How Insecure Are You?

"No matter how confident you are, your competence can never out weigh and over come your insecurity. It's only a matter of time before your insecurity will sabatoge your confidence" Success Magazine