Starved for Time? How to Find More

Gotta be honest. There’s no extra time to be found … anywhere. Sorry — Not sorry Extra time just does not exist. Each of us has the same

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Quick Tech Tip: How to Add Text Shadow Effect in Canva

I’m a big fan of Canva for creating blog post images, thumbnails for YouTube videos, and image-rich documents, such as ebooks, PDFs, workshop handouts, and more. I’ve got

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Pomp and Circumstance

It’s April 2020. Fifty years this June since I graduated Edwin Denby High School in Detroit. This year, 2020, … the year of coronavirus … has forced schools

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Spotlight Sunday: Sue Painter on 5 Steps to Recovering from Pandemic No Matter What

There’s a reason Sue Painter has been a longtime mentor of mine. It’s embodied in her engaging, down-to-earth manner, her business persona and tagline on her website. Confident

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Intuition and My Guy Einstein

If you know me, you know I’ve got a geeky science side. I’m fascinated by Albert Einstein, the life he led, the answers to questions he pursued, the

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5 Things I Won’t Do to Promote Your Book

It’s really quite simple. If you ask me to review your book, I’ll likely say Yes. I love reading. I love encouraging new (and seasoned) authors. But there

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LinkedIn Marketing Gone Wrong and What to Do Instead

You wouldn’t start off a conversation with someone you just met by telling them how awesome you are, how many thousands of dollars your business makes, how you

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The Value of a Nap

It reached a balmy 56 degrees in Michigan’s upper Thumb today. Cloudless blue skies above, grass greening up nicely below following last night’s storm. Amazing how lightning triggers

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Quick Tech Tip: What Color Is That?

Have you ever wanted to match a color in a photo or image you see online on your own website or in another graphic design? You can experiment

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Want to Change Your Life? Start with This

I didn’t always used to … but I do now. It’s habit. Ingrained in me as solidly as brushing my teeth and combing my hair. It’s made a

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