FEAR, FAILURE, AND THE VOICE OF WISDOM

May 3, 2008

In my years of working with women investors I have come to appreciate our ability to acknowledge and manage complex and intense emotion. Does this sound like the words of a psychologist or a financial advisor? I believe that you cannot advise people about their wealth and the market place without a strong understanding of human motivation and behaviour. This will become quite evident as we enter 2008 and experience periods of volatility.

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HOW TO FIGHT WITH A MAN AND WIN

April 11, 2008

I have found that when you are going to confront the husband about whatever it might be, it is useful to have a strategy. My strategy is this: “I have decided that I do too much of the crap work in this house. I have also decided that it is now your job to take care of the garbage and recycle. I am no longer doing this job whether you do it or not”.

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THIS MONTH IN DISCOVERY GIRLS : DARE YOURSELF TO FAIL

April 4, 2008

Embarking on the unknown road that will lead to success is not daunting. Not knowing what form that success might take is not demoralizing either. The real fear, the only fear, for me, lies in the event that I will walk this road to find that it leads nowhere.
Part of me fundamentally believes that that is not possible. My other part, hopefully a smaller size than the first, is not so sure. Though my intention is to shape my own future, rather than just react to the things that might happen to me, I’m not always operating at full intentional power.

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IS “FEEL THE FEAR, DO IT ANYWAY” WRONG?

March 8, 2008

Feel The Fear, Do It Anyway is the title of a great book by Susan Jeffers. For a long time, I used that phrase to guide my actions. I figured “You stay outside your comfort zone, you continue to beat down your demons.”
Then the Law of Attraction, or LoA, came along in the form of Esther and Jerry Hicks. You can read my article on their book, The Amazing Power of Deliberate Intent. That book did more to change my life than any other “self-help” book has

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7 THINGS I’D SAY TO WOMEN IF I WERE ON OPRAH

November 20, 2007

1. You’re always enough for yourself. You don’t need anyone’s praise, reassurance, motivation, or encouragement. You have everything you need to accomplish your desire already in you. Let it have a louder voice.
2. You are so important. Your presence in the world means more to the people you contact than you can ever know.
3. Never [...]

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