Victory Tips

The Janet Evanovich Chapters

How many changes of life and career can you have? A lot – and they ain’t over unless and until you decide to quit. Before becoming a bestselling author, Janet Evanovich turned a lot of pages in the […]

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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 […]

Invest in Yourself

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, […]

From Journal entries to a published book

I started writing in high school with papers for English classes. In my twenties, while I was going through a lot of personal angst, most of my writing was in my personal journals. In my thirties I wrote […]

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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 […]

Too Late for A Change?

Too many women think it’s too late to start over and be successful? You aren’t, as long as you have a dream and a goal. Here are some women who proved it’s true: Grandma Moses started painting in […]

Top Ten Diets

Coming from a wonderful Italian tradition with a mom who was a wonderful cook, I grew up eating pasta three times a week and snacks and desserts were always a big deal. So, like many of you, I […]

The 'Sweet Spot" of writing – guest post on Celtic Lady's Reviews

“It took a couple years for me to find my writing “sweet spot” – that time when I’m mostly likely to write easily. I think everyone who writes has one and, if s/he can find it, I believe […]

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Your vote counts!

Last night was the first Republican Presidential Primary, the Iowa Caucus. The caucus is the first election stop for Democrats and Republicans in a presidential election year. That’s why they make such a big deal about it on […]