Rock Toys!

Looking for a fun way to make crafts with your kiddos and to make toys at the same time? I’ve got a project that literally kills those two proverbially birds with one STONE. I have fallen in love with painting rocks. :) It started when my three year old fell in love with the cartoon The Hive. Since it’s nearly

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Sell Me This Pen

I saw an interesting post on LinkedIn recently that prompted me to want to share insights on what the interview question “Sell me this pen” is used for. I’ve asked this question no less than 100 times while interviewing both sales and marketing professionals. Why? Because it provides interesting insights into how someone views the sales process. The Value Sales

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Sweet Bean Burritos

One of the biggest struggles of the week as a working mom is finding food my three year old will actually eat. Tonight we created a recipe that didn’t equate to tantrums at the dinner table. Sweet Bean Burritos 1/2 small purple onion, diced 1 tbsp garlic, minced 2 tbsp olive oil 1 can diced Italian style tomatoes, drained 1

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You Don’t Get Paid for the Hour

If there is one piece of advice I heeded early in my career that has made the biggest impact in my work ethic, and that I also believe a large portion of the work pool doesn’t understand today, it would be these 18 words: “You don’t get paid for the hour. You get paid for the value you bring to

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Confessions of a Recovering Workaholic

A little less than 24 hours ago I walked into my bosses office for our weekly Mentor Meeting. I had been at work since 5 a.m. plugging away at two marketing projects and the plan for onboarding a new team member. The prior day I had skipped lunch and rearranged my schedule to put every marketing project I was working

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Tips to Avoid Business Failure

When was the last time you took a day to focus solely on learning and thinking about how to improve your business?  For me, that answer is this past Friday.  Prior to that, I don’t remember when the last time was that I took an entire day to focus only on thinking about how to grow our business.  It is

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