We know that understanding if someone is an introvert or an extrovert gives us certain insights into their personality and why they do what they do. But how can that information be utilized in marketing our business? My guest today is James Wedmore, a proud introvert, serial entrepreneur and serious student of personality types. In this podcast, James shares with us a few tips on leveraging … [Read more...]
Good to Great & The Introvert Entrepreneur: Bright Shiny Objects
About a month ago, I attended BizTechDay Seattle. The room was full of geeky people like me, who love new technology and gadgets and programs that are supposed to make our lives more efficient, fun or connected. In between speakers, there were demos of stuff we didn't know existed, but now *had* to have. I left that day overwhelmed by all of the bright shiny objects I'd learned about and wondered … [Read more...]
Demystifying LinkedIn with Viveka Von Rosen (Part 1)
With the virtual landslide of social media options we have, a few have emerged as basic and necessary to anyone who has their own business or navigates the corporate landscape. They are like the social media triple threat: Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn. Of the three, LinkedIn has been the most mysterious. Conversations with friends and colleagues have revealed that I am not alone. Introvert … [Read more...]
Leadership & Animal Wisdom with Rachel Dexheimer
There is an emerging field called Biomimicry, which is a new discipline that studies nature’s best ideas and then imitates these designs and processes to solve human problems. The central premise is that nature, which is imaginative by necessity, has already solved many of the problems we are grappling with. Animals, plants, and microbes are the skillful engineers. They have found what … [Read more...]
Relationship-Building Through Social Media
Are you wondering how you can use social media to form real relationships, online and off? If you want to hear the woman who formed the most popular group on Biznik and has a growing and dedicated following on Facebook, this show is for you. My guest is Lynn Baldwin-Rhoades, owner of Marketing Shebang, founder of The Power Chicks, and successful introvert entrepreneur. Lynn shares … [Read more...]
Being a Tourist In My Own Backyard
If you work primarily from home, do you ever find you can go an entire day without once stepping outside? It happens to me, more often than I care to admit. I decided to get outside for some perspective today and share my walk with you in pictures! I hope these images add some peace and beauty to your day, as they did mine. Full screen/High Resolution Video: Being a Tourist In My Own Backyard Or … [Read more...]
Your Mission, Should You Choose To Accept It
How often do you find yourself not really seeing other people? In the marvelous book, Leadership and Self-Deception: Getting Out of the Box (Arbinger Institute), the authors contrast leadership behaviors and attitudes that are "inside the box" or "outside the box." To view people or situations from “inside the box” means that I am choosing to see them apart from me as objects and almost … [Read more...]
Would You Like Some Fries With That Meltdown?
This is not the post I originally intended to write today. I had planned to talk about progress and strength and patience. Since I'm feeling none of those things today, it would be disingenuous to claim to be grounded in them. Instead, I experienced a meltdown. Not a breakdown, which I see as falling apart but in distinguishable pieces that can be put back together again. No, this meltdown … [Read more...]
The Myth of “Self”-Help
Self-reliant. Self-help. Self-made millionaire. We are a culture that values independence and the "can-do" spirit of the individual. The words above are commonly used to reflect those values. I believe that by using such words, we are reinforcing an unrealistic and impossible expectation. While we are individuals, we are never totally "independent." The real heart and soul of life comes from … [Read more...]