My motivational quote for today is by – Stewart Stafford, “The greatest gift a parent can give a child is self-confidence.” I am proud of many things I have accomplished in my life. The thing I am most proud of is being a mom. For me my mom job has always been the most important job I’ve had. At time I have felt completely inadequate only to be surprised by something amazing my kids did or watching them interact with others using wonderful communication skills. compassion, and respect. So, I kno...
Dec 19, 2022•36 min
Connie's motivational quote for today is by – Steve Pavlina, “Recover from negativity, become conscious, live responsibly spiritually, and be present in your personal development.” YouTube: https://youtu.be/a3IyxWrGVQY Check Out These Highlights: I started my business when I was 39 years old and had two babies at home and felt like most of the time I was holding on by a thread of mom and business owner. I’ve heard people speak about professional and personal lives as separate entities and I have...
Dec 06, 2022•37 min•Season 1Ep. 272
Connie's motivational quote for today is by – J. Loren Norris, “If you cannot see where you are going, ask someone who has been there before." What a great quote and reminder that asking for help or advice can help you move forward quickly and efficiently. Mentorship is an important component to help us determine the best next steps when at crossroads in business or career. So how do you find a mentor and should mentorship even be in your future? YouTube: https://youtu.be/az6lgqpGRzY About Camer...
Dec 05, 2022•36 min•Season 1Ep. 271
Connie's motivational quote for today is by – Yohance Salimu, “We shine bright so that others may shine brighter.” As I searched for the perfect quote today, I wasn’t sure what I was actually looking for. Then I read this quote and it came together for me! I believe we all have gifts to share with the world. Understanding or clearly seeing our own gifts may not always be easy. You know the saying; you can’t see the forest from the trees?” When we are too close to our own stuff, life, and situati...
Nov 28, 2022•39 min•Season 1Ep. 270
Connie's motivational quote for today is by – Ayn Rand, “Money is only a tool. It will take you wherever you wish but will not replace you as the driver.” YouTube: https://youtu.be/ll0W5Y4kmCU Check Out These Highlights: Money is one of my favorite topics to discuss because we all have money issues. We have beliefs around money from our own experiences throughout our life as well as beliefs that have been handed down by parents, teachers, family members, etc. I believe we all desire happiness, h...
Nov 21, 2022•40 min•Season 1Ep. 269
I am fascinated with the number of people who seem to work from a reaction versus a proactive perspective when it comes to business. I also see how some leaders are feeling stuck with all the shifts over the past 2 plus years. My personal style is to move fast, move forward, and approach my business from that proactive vantage point. My challenge is sometimes I move too fast! Don’t get me wrong, I understand slowing down to be in the present and reacting to the situation as it unfolds is importa...
Nov 14, 2022•36 min•Season 1Ep. 268
Transformation is such a powerful word to help us create the life we image and desire. Yet, I am not sure I always know which direction to choose, or which avenue of change is the right next step. I know that I have personally faced disappointment when the change or next step I chose was actually a misstep. Yet I also know that each step, the right one or not, has still led me to where I am now. Connie's motivational quote for today is by – B.K.S. Iyengar, “Change leads to disappointment if it i...
Nov 07, 2022•40 min•Season 1Ep. 267
Connie's motivational quote for today is by – Pema Chödrön, “Rejoicing in ordinary things is not sentimental or trite. It actually takes guts.” YouTube: https://youtu.be/9r89lzyRBbY Check Out These Highlights: What a great quote. It takes guts to find joy in the little mundane things in life! I know I feel like I run from one thing to the next every day, and even on the weekend. Lately, I have been asking myself, “Why do I have so much going on all the time?” During my entire career and business...
Oct 31, 2022•36 min•Season 1Ep. 266
Connie's motivational quotes for today is by – Jim Rohn, “You must take personal responsibility. You cannot change the circumstances, the seasons, or the wind, but you can change yourself.” YouTube: https://youtu.be/2T27WdnS7vM Check Out These Highlights: I love this quote. I don’t know about you – I am committed to learning something new every day. So, part of my lifelong learning routine includes reading first thing every morning so I can continue to challenge myself and grow both personally a...
Oct 24, 2022•37 min•Season 1Ep. 265
Connie's motivational quote for today is by – Charles F. Glassman, “Thoughts frame your portrait, action paints it.” YouTube: https://youtu.be/C45jqz6_eqE Check Out These Highlights: What a great quote and reminder that we are truly the master of our thoughts and can create any future we choose with action. Sometimes I feel like we give away our power because we are not sure what the next step is or what action to take. So, I know, sometimes I hesitate to move forward for fear of making a misste...
Oct 17, 2022•37 min•Season 1Ep. 264
Connie's motivational quote for today is by — William S. Burroughs, “Your mind will answer most questions if you learn to relax and wait for the answer.” YouTube: https://youtu.be/iYKVoB43d-Q Check Out These Highlights: When I read this quote, I felt like it was speaking directly to me. I move fast all the time and forget to slow down enough to hear and feel the answers I am seeking. It has been a lifelong challenge for me to slow down enough to allow me to speed up. At first, this concept seeme...
Oct 10, 2022•38 min•Season 1Ep. 263
Connie's motivational quote for today is by – Nicola Yoon, “For most immigrants, moving to a new country is an act of faith. Even if you've heard stories of safety, opportunity, and prosperity, it's still a leap to remove yourself from your own language, people, and country. Your own history. What if the stories weren't true? What if you couldn't adapt? What if you weren't wanted in the new country?” YouTube: https://youtu.be/87yT44JEUM0 Check Out These Highlights: Growing up in a very Italian h...
Oct 03, 2022•38 min•Season 1Ep. 262
Connie's motivational quote for today is by – Yohance Salimu, “Find your natural rhythm and harmonize with it." YouTube: https://youtu.be/xgpkXiAmtYg Check Out These Highlights: Lately, I have been reflecting on my life, career, business, and level of success. Being in sales for 40 years I have the expertise to teach others the art and skill of having dynamic and effective sales conversations that convert to business. How did I get to this level of skill? Great question! In the past decade, I ha...
Sep 26, 2022•38 min•Season 1Ep. 261
I love hosting this show because I get to share some amazing guests with you to help you on your journey of change. The byproduct is that I also get to hear and learn new strategies to help me with the changes I am navigating in my life and business. Many of us know we need a change, an overhaul of the way we “do” life. We feel the need to move forward but we aren’t sure where to place our feet to take those first steps. The learning and growing never ends and if we allow new ideas and strategie...
Sep 19, 2022•36 min•Season 1Ep. 260
Connie's motivational quote for today is by – Oprah Winfrey, “Every time you state what you want or believe, you’re the first to hear it. It’s a message to both you and others about what you think is possible. Don’t put a ceiling on yourself." YouTube: https://youtu.be/Qh-e19986zk Check Out These Highlights: As I write this introduction and reflect on this quote, I realize the importance of not putting a ceiling on ourselves. This can be tough for business owners. We are often in our own worlds ...
Sep 12, 2022•39 min•Season 1Ep. 259
Connie's motivational quote for today is by – Shaili Jain, “Take avoidance to an extreme, and you have denial: a deep burial of the trauma.” YouTube: https://youtu.be/nJDVF-U6oMI Check Out These Highlights: Did you know that the aftereffects of emotional trauma can last long after the initial events? And that they can be healed now? I am always fascinated to learn about my inner voice, brain function, and how my life today may be affected by past traumas. Things like self-criticism, insomnia, ni...
Sep 05, 2022•36 min•Season 1Ep. 258
Connie's motivational quote for today is by – Carlto Cuse, “The creative process is not like a situation where you get struck by a single lightning bolt. You have ongoing discoveries, and there are ongoing creative revelations. Yes, it's really helpful to be marching toward a specific destination, but, along the way, you must allow yourself room for your ideas to blossom, take root, and grow.” YouTube: https://youtu.be/nL5ppWNC4Ms Check Out These Highlights: The creative process is designed to p...
Aug 29, 2022•40 min•Season 1Ep. 257
Connie's motivational quote for today is by – Sean Covey, “Depending on what they are, our habits will either make us or break us. We become what we repeatedly do.” The quote hit me when I found it online. I think most of us are routine people whether we realize those habits or not. I love habits and when I am coaching or training my clients, I share the value of good habits and how systemizing them (rinse and repeat if you will) allows us to stop thinking about the habit and allow it to just be...
Aug 22, 2022•38 min•Season 1Ep. 256
As I look back over the past 20 years of being in business, I reflect and think about the many ups and downs. Because of my 40-year working career, I know that ups and downs are inevitable. That doesn’t mean it is ever easy to navigate and move forward. Burnout for me was always just a step away and I sometimes felt like I was losing the battle. Help is on its way! Podcast Super Summit Link: https://bit.ly/3Qo9YbY Connie's motivational quote for today is a Chinese Proverb, “ If you get up one mo...
Aug 15, 2022•39 min•Season 1Ep. 255
Podcast Super Summit Link: https://bit.ly/3Qo9YbY Connie's motivational quote for today is by – Amit Ray, “You are your master. Only you have the master keys to open the inner locks.” What a great quote and reminder that we are truly the master of ourselves. Sometimes I feel like we give away our power because we are not sure what the next step is that we should be taking. So, I know for me, sometimes I don’t move forward for fear of making a misstep! What I have also learned through the years, ...
Aug 08, 2022•42 min•Season 1Ep. 254
I believe we all love a good story. In fact, we watch movies and TV shows because we love the storytelling that happens within them and the journey they take us on. But somehow in business, I think, we get a disconnect between storytelling and our brand. Like me, I am sure many businesses spend tons of money on marketing, believing that it will make a difference. Sometimes I feel like we are missing the greatest marketing advantage each of us has…and that is telling our story…our unique story th...
Aug 01, 2022•40 min•Season 1Ep. 253
I love this quote and have shared it in the past. I feel so many of us feel like we are on that darn hamster wheel, running and often going nowhere! I often think about how we can stop and choose a better balance in our lives. Believe me, I know this is not an easy objective. I do know it’s a critical objective to think about and create change wherever possible. Connie's motivational quote for today is by – Gary Keller , “Work is a rubber ball. If you drop it, it will bounce back. The other four...
Jul 25, 2022•36 min•Season 1Ep. 252
As I write the intro for this show I must pause and think about what it has meant to me to have a powerful presence and maybe for the first time ever look at my life from this perspective. Kind of cool! I am just under 5’11’ and growing up was always taller than everyone (including boys) my own age. I learned at a young age to hold my head up high and as my uncle Barry would say, Strut my stuff!” This is funny because I have always lacked confidence because of my size! Yet as I age and my wisdom...
Jul 18, 2022•34 min•Season 1Ep. 251
Change is inevitable (COVID taught us that) and in business a necessity to continue to grow and build a thriving future. For larger businesses, I feel like change can be a bit daunting and hard to change the direction of the organization's culture. Connie's motivational quote for today is by – Albert Einstein, “We can’t solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them. Think anew”. I love this quote because I feel like it embodies the essence of this podcast. Being ...
Jul 08, 2022•36 min•Season 1Ep. 250
Every day I wake up and feel my body clock either feeling rested and firing on all cylinders or sometimes I may feel a bit sluggish. I’ve had friends and family who had to travel for business, pre-pandemic and the jet lag and other side effects were sometimes detrimental to their health. I am over 5’10” tall so airplane travel has never appealed to me, so as my career grew I made sure that extensive travel was not part of the demands expected from me. Perhaps post-pandemic this is not as big an ...
Jul 04, 2022•36 min•Season 1Ep. 249
As I reflect on my business and personal life, I often use the analogy of the ripple effect caused by a pebble in the pond. Often, we have no idea that we can cause a ripple effect in our life and business by how we show up for the people in our orbit. I love using visual cues like this because it explains so much of how we are all connected in a deep and meaningful way, whether we realize it or not. Connie's motivational quote for today is by – Dalai Lama “Just as ripples spread out when a sing...
Jun 27, 2022•34 min•Season 1Ep. 248
As I was searching for today's quote I wanted to use today, this one jumped out at me. It is by Leonardo DiCaprio, “If you can do what you do best and be happy, you are further along in life than most people. “ In my experience and working with my clients I find many approaches to happiness as a result - something that you get when you reach a goal or a milestone. I have heard many people say things to me like, 'I'll be happy when I get my promotion, or I’ll be happy as soon as I get more busine...
Jun 20, 2022•37 min•Season 1Ep. 247
I was raised to save for a rainy day. Good advice that served me well when COVID hit, and the world shut down in March of 2020. My income stopped, my husband’s company closed, and we had two kids in college and no income. What did we do? We needed to use our savings to get through the yearlong rough patch. Here’s the reality, how many times have you hit rough patches during your life. No one is immune to financial distress. Without a plan, you may be navigating devastating results versus coming ...
Jun 13, 2022•34 min•Season 1Ep. 246
I have always approached my career and business with a focus on my personal and professional growth, by learning something new every day. The biggest lesson I have learned is that learning something new is a wonderful habit, as long as the information is useful for me and my clients and that I am able to put the information or new skill into action. Action creates reactions, which in turn creates change and growth. Connie's motivational quote for today is by – Steve Maraboli, “Once your mindset ...
Jun 06, 2022•41 min•Season 1Ep. 245
As I reflect on my life, career, and business, my Italian upbringing definitely influenced how I have (and I guess still do) approach my professional journey. For me, the concept of hard work was at the core. In the past decade, I have realized that hard work alone doesn’t guarantee a positive outcome. In fact, I feel like the more I pushed forward with determination and effort, when things weren’t going as planned (COVID) sometimes made the bad situation even worse. I know and choose to keep le...
May 30, 2022•39 min•Season 1Ep. 244
