Take yourself seriously. No really. Do It.

by maya on July 10, 2010

This series has been cooking in my brain for a while - thanks to Andy Sack when he gave the Get F&*%ing Aggressive talk at Ignite Seattle. These thoughts just exploded after I had a talk with Liz Strauss after a super session by her and Carol Roth at EVOConference. And then, [...]

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So, What is YOUR story?

July 7, 2010

Having a spectacular life or a unique life experience certainly gives us great stories to tell. But what about those of us that do not have anything insanely awesome to talk about? Should we just wait by the wayside until we have something sensational to talk about?
Wait, I won’t answer that right away.
I will just [...]

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Get out of that Comfort Zone

July 2, 2010

The more crowded the world gets, the busier our lives get - there is a lesser probability for serendipity and surprises. Have you noticed that? We over schedule our lives - who we meet, who we talk to and who we do business with.
And then, just once in a while, if we get out of [...]

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Maya and Margaret - Stories of life, family and entrepreneurism

May 6, 2010

My title is indeed inspired by the movie Julie and Julia - such is my own relationship with Margaret Rudkin!
This past weekend, I stumbled upon the story of Margaret Rudkin – the lady who founded Pepperidge Farm. It was the right story that came along at a perfect time – one I needed to [...]

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Time to be alive again!

April 12, 2010

It has been rather quiet around here for a while. The time has come for me to decide, make choices and create priorities.So here goes - from today - it is one blog - just one blog, right here. A blog that will be alive and kicking
WHY?
1. I am way too busy. I [...]

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Why is storytelling important?

February 11, 2010

In the last few months, our family  focused a lot of time on getting over the death of our doggie the best we can. We had a lot of support in twitter, on facebook and wonderfully helpful responses on my blog post.So first off, thank you for that.
My husband and  I were a little concerned [...]

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Reflecting on life

December 7, 2009

As I was busily cleaning some clunky jewelery boxes of mine over the weekend, I found a little something that made me stop.
Stop and reflect. On the beauty of life.
I discovered a pile of cards safely tucked away in one of my boxes. Honestly, I have NO memory of them at all.
A pile of cards [...]

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Goodbye My Gentle Giant

September 28, 2009

That is Charlie - in the picture. We lost him today. Just a few minutes ago.
My gentle giant. As I weep my eyeballs out, all I can think of is how he enriched our lives for the years he lived with us. How little he asked for and how much he gave.
And I worry a bit about my girls and what I will tell them when they wake up in the morning.

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A Gift for a teacher

September 27, 2009

I have never done any giveaway or advertisements on my blog. This is really neither of them, but it is an effort from Office Max that I have chosen to support with a blog post in order to help a teacher. I have done so for two very important reasons -
1. Since start work on [...]

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Money and Happiness? My journey so far

September 22, 2009

It has been a long time - and more than ever before, I have had blog posts sitting in my head.
I have had no excuse - except that I am so insanely busy that I have turned into somewhat of a scatterbrain.
And the fact that I have been thinking about money. Since after all the [...]

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