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The Uprising: When Toys Come to Life

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The toys are trying to kill me. I’m pretty sure I’ve discovered the source of all the mysterious bruises that keep appearing on my legs. Also, I may have a broken toe. I was sitting alone on my couch this evening, minding my own business, quietly typing away on a brilliant blog post for you. Only the living room lights were still on -- the rest of the house was dark. I thought it would just be a quiet night to sit back, write, and enjoy a nice glass of the Pinot Noir Aunt Stephanie provided as a distraction for gifting the muppets two Power Wheels. ("Do not try to drive over your brother!") I heard a slight buzzing noise behind me. I turned, slowly, as the rattling grew louder.  Read more >

Life Lessons Learned from My Daughter's Skateboard Coach

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I love Lola's skateboard instructor. For a kid in his mid-twenties, he is surprisingly intuitive about the psyche of a nine year old girl. Lola is a kamikaze. Sort of. She is very enthusiastic and not fearful of physical challenges. What she is afraid of is looking stupid and there are a lot of opportunities to do that on a skateboard.  Read more >

What If Your Fear Is Right

Fear of Entrepreneur

In the middle of the night, fear can taunt me with that thought. I woke up this morning with its voice loud in my ear.  You know what that's like, when the sunlight seems unable to scare away the demons that haunt you at 3am. I tried my usual tricks to silence fear's voice -- singing two songs at once (you think I'm kidding, but it works), counting sit-ups out loud and keeping myself occupied. Laundry at 7am, anyone? Then it hit me. It's time to look at what I'm afraid of.  Read more >

Trying to Control Your Life or Business - A Recipe for Stress

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When you go out on your own as an entrepreneur it can feel freeing and overwhelming. Yet most of us have an indomitable spirit that no matter what we can take control, make it happen, and succeed. For some that takes the form of being overly controlling (can you say control freak?). It's understandable, right? After all part of why most of us go solo is to have more influence and control over our own success (or lack thereof). So it seems natural that we'd want to control things. This comes at a cost and can ultimately bring you down though.  Read more >