Friday Happy Hour | Annmarie Kelly

Money Changers

One change most people say that want to make is to make more money. That always makes me laugh – even when I say it myself. First of all, what does “more” mean? When someone is my Optimal […]

Women are often encouraged to forgo their own needs so that someone else can receive them. There is something to be said for being a little sacrificing, but when you treat everyone else better than you treat yourself, […]

Is Change A Pain?

Change reveals you to yourself. It brings you the opportunity to embrace something different or retreat into your personal comfort zone. Yes, change is uncomfortable. So is a toothache. Sometimes you want things to stay as they are […]

Behind the Eight-Ball at Work?

One of the biggest mistakes women make, and one that you have total power to change, is buying into your socialization. Women are socialized differently than men. You surely know that an ambitious, career-focused man is thought of […]

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Embracing Change

Here are two things you can do to embrace change, whether you choose it or it chooses you: 1 – Remind yourself of past changes and how you managed them successfully. After my mom died, I was busy […]

SWOT Yourself

In the last post I asked you to day dream about the changes. This time my challenge to you is to pick a daydream, “paint” a mental picture of it and put yourself in the picture. Have fun […]

New Year New You

January is always touted as the NEW YEAR NEW YOU time. I often laugh at that, but it doesn’t stop me from making resolutions. So as many of us see January as a clean slate and a new […]

How do I prioritize for my self?

Priorities are set either by choice or by emergency. Unless you have never-ending dramas in your life, the first thing you need to do is create your own personal priorities and have your own agenda. Think about it: […]

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The company called YOU INC: Where's the Luck?

One of my mentors, Robbie Motter, says that success is all about SHOWING UP. I think she’s right. But what do you do when you show up? Here’s a tip from Barbara Bush: “You don’t just “luck into” […]

Advance Your Career

Studies have shown that two-thirds of your success depends on your emotional competence. If you are reinventing your career/business, YOU INC, so that you will be more successful in the New Year, you have to marry your experience […]