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Role Model Series: How to Do it All – Featuring Julie Lenzer Kirk

In preparation for our 2008-2009 Hot Mommas Project Case Study Competition, we are focusing on ROLE MODELS. Do you or someone you know have a story to tell or lessons to share with others? Then get ready to write your own case. Our goal is to build the worlds largest women’s case study database for use in classrooms and women around the world. The top three winners will be published… Read More »Role Model Series: How to Do it All – Featuring Julie Lenzer Kirk

Building a Million Dollar Business Part Time #7: How to Implement

I also affectionately refer to this post as: “How to get s*&t done.” What are the big takeaways from today’s post?: 1. Focus 2. Focus 3. Focus Esther, pictured here (with our original business partner), and I have been religiously and regularly deploying the “F-word”: FOCUS, FOCUS, FOCUS. We have been very focused on results, and – unfortunately – not fun stuff like blogs. For the full post on our… Read More »Building a Million Dollar Business Part Time #7: How to Implement

Eastern Medicine for Stressed Out Chicks-Part 3: Chi or Chia Pet?

This is the 3rd post of a three part series on Eastern Medicine – featuring the Chi Master in China in the Bill Moyers series – inspired by learnings at one of my favorite girlfriend getaways (click here for a favorite girlfriend getaway site): Green Valley Spa in St. George Utah.

Eastern Medicine For Stressed out Chicks-Part 2: How to Meditate

This is a continuation on a series on Eastern Medicine inspired by a learnings by one of my favorite girlfriend getaways (click here for a favorite girlfriend getaway site): Green Valley Spa in St. George Utah. Today we have a guest author, Mike Rice, who is the spa’s general manager and teaches the meditation class out there. I will say, it is the only success I’ve ever had with meditation.… Read More »Eastern Medicine For Stressed out Chicks-Part 2: How to Meditate

Building A Million Dollar Business Part Time #6: Help Arrives

Pictured here is one of the team members selected for the Hot Mommas Project competitive internship. My first thought is “YAY. The cavalry has arrived.” Albeit, the cavalry looks like a Barbie doll. (No offense Jen). Why do I – and why should you – love Jennifer? We love Jennifer because she represents HELP. And a lot of you out there – you know who you are – try to… Read More »Building A Million Dollar Business Part Time #6: Help Arrives

Addendum: Got Chutzpah? Read These

As an addendum to the first post on Eastern medicine for Stressed out Chicks – Part 1,I am rolling out our April book club selection – The Whale Rider and our June book club selection: Go Put Your Strengths To Work by Marcus Buckingham. The combination of the two books explore the topics of strengths, personal discovery, and leadership in two completely different contexts. Set in New Zealand, The Whale… Read More »Addendum: Got Chutzpah? Read These

Eastern Medicine for Stressed Out Chicks-Part 1: Your Equation

This is part of a series on eastern medicine for major novices. First, readers, please accept my apologies for the gap in posting. Apparently there are quite a few readers as the founder of 'Holiday Golightly' informed me that the Hot Mommas Project Blog sent her a bunch of traffic from the April post on girlfriend getaways. So, thank you for reading. Shout out to Guy Kawasaki's www.Alltop.com which has… Read More »Eastern Medicine for Stressed Out Chicks-Part 1: Your Equation

Building a Million Dollar Business Part Time: #4 The Productive Amoeba

I. WHAT‘s WORKING? Let‘s start on a positive note. Doing my goals is working. I am accomplishing them, mainly due to the fact that they are hovering over me like a school marm tapping her watch. It prevents them from eking out into the abyss of 100%. Dennis Hightower, former big-time Disney exec, advised “Good general managers must be able to make decisions with between 40 and 70% information.” So,… Read More »Building a Million Dollar Business Part Time: #4 The Productive Amoeba

New study: Work Life Balance One of the Big 3 Challenges Globally

Holy moly! It's about time. Look at this study: http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release.do?id=843186 'The days of company-loyalty-at-all-costs are over,' says Andrew Dyer of BCG. 'Employees…often make caree decisions based on factors such as flexible work hours and emotional gratification.' Here is the bottom line: 1. Work life balance a major challenge in every region of the world except Pacific! 2. Due to this, and other reasons, getting and keeping talent may become harder… Read More »New study: Work Life Balance One of the Big 3 Challenges Globally

Microsoft Digs Chicks

There are a bunch of events getting women to go “rah rah” and start a business. Right? Not that there’s anything wrong with that. But, sometimes it is hard to know which ones are good vs slimy. Here is one that looks great for a couple reasons: 1. Microsoft is sponsoring, and they don’t put on shabby partner affairs from what I understand.2. Maybe because Microsoft is invovled, it is… Read More »Microsoft Digs Chicks