Author Archives: molly

Girls Grasp Negotiation Tactics When We Show Them How

I’ve always treasured time with my three girls, especially knowing that in our society, daughters can have a hard time claiming their own unique voices to ask for what they need and want. It’s hard for any of us to know ourselves well enough to have that level of confidence. But it’s so important because […]

How Jay Leno Uses Humor to Connect as a Keynote Speaker

A couple of days before Jay Leno re-appeared as a guest on The Tonight Show where he had been a host for 19 years, I studied him and his comic timing in a keynote speech to a convention in Las Vegas. We were there for the PLUS 2014 convention, billed as three days of networking, […]

Has Your Passion Turned Into a Grind? Reignite With 3 Key Motivational Tips

I met her on the tennis court last month, and I almost couldn’t believe her back-story. She is a local coach, probably in her early 30s, and one of her players was matched against my daughter. As the two 10-year-old girls played, this coach opened up about how her best days in tennis were gone […]