MAINTAINING WELLNESS WHILE TRAVELING FOR BUSINESS
As I continue sharing the journey of wellness with my clients, I realize more and more how important it is to business success to maintain a high level of wellness. Being well provides the foundation for strong leadership, mindfulness and clarity – all essential skills for running a small business. …
Read MoreNational Women’s Wellness Week Begins on Mother’s Day
In celebration of National Women’s Health Week, I wanted to share my Top 10 Tips to for Losing Weight and Living More. 1. Feed Your Soul with Primary Food. The concept of Primary Food comes from Joshua Rosenthal, founder of the Institute of Integrated Nutrition. Primary food is friends, family, …
Read More5 Tips for Marketing Your MWBE Certification
1. Identify Your Target Audience; identifying your target audience is not just about finding government agencies or corporations that are buying products and services that you are selling, it’s about where you will have greatest impact in the shortest amount of time. Be realistic about your capabilities and focus your …
Read MoreUnderstanding the Purpose of MWBE Certification
There were a number of eye opening moments in the first session of the MWBE Success Bootcamp entitled “Understanding the Purpose of Your MWBE Certification and How to Use it to Increase Sales”. Many participants believed that MWBE certification programs were designed to give them access to contracts that were …
Read MoreMAKING THE CASE FOR WELLNESS: WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF YOU GOT SICK??
I made appointments for my routine annual physicals as I normally do every year. Things were a little different this year as I had to make some adjustments because I had recently moved. One test after another came back fine, and my doctors applauded my perceived healthy life style as …
Read MoreCERTIFICATION DOES NOT GUARANTEE SUCCESS
Certification as a minority or woman owned business does not guarantee success; and that should be pretty obvious given that only 25% of certified firms won government contracts in 2012 according to a recent article in the Daily News. http://nydn.us/1mQwUzY In 2013, I worked with a number of small, minority …
Read MoreMAKE THE DECISION TO STOP STRUGGLING
Here is what one of my teachers and guides said during a training session this week, “I made the decision to stop struggling, and in that moment everything changed for me”. He went from nothing to owning multi-million dollar global training school. When I heard this statement, it immediately caught …
Read MoreMAKING THE CASE FOR WELLNESS: DON’T WAIT UNTIL UNTIL IT’S TOO LATE
During a visit with friends over the weekend, I learned about a young mother (45 years old) diagnosed with Stage 4 Colon Cancer. Although I don’t know this woman well, my heart sank as she shared information about her diagnoses and treatment. I was amazed by this woman’s positive attitude …
Read MoreCOMPLIANCE ALERT: Tips for Avoiding Fines, Penalties and Debarment on Government Contracts
Compliance on government contracts begins at the solicitation stage of the contract. Some of my earliest mentors taught me the importance of reading government solicitations two and three times to ensure that the proposal writing team had a clear understanding of expectations and compliance requirements. In essence the first read …
Read MoreFive Top Reasons to Identify Your Target Audience with Government Buyers
I remember the days when I first got certified, I spent countless hours connecting with corporations and government agencies which I now know would never do business with my firm. The agency/corporation I was approaching wasn’t outsourcing what I was selling, and in many cases my firm did not meet …
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