This recently happened to me…

After 48 years, I know myself pretty well. I also know very little about me is going to change despite the ‘Old Dogs New Tricks’ theory. I also know something else about me – I like all of who I am. And then…it happened. Someone who doesn’t know me decided they didn’t like how I…

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Data Privacy – it’s very real and requires your attention

Your employees did some charitable work and you want to share how proud you are of them on Facebook. Your colleagues had a lunch date and you want to post the photo on Twitter. You and your clients went to a concert together and it would be a great marketing picture for other clients to…

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#FridayReads – Girl, Wash Your Face by Rachel Hollis

I’m going to say the thing you’re not supposed to say – I didn’t want to read a self-help book. And guess what? I didn’t! This is a self-CARE book and that is 100% different. At 220 pages, it was a pretty quick but I kept stopping to underline great stuff like: …and there I…

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I love to brag on my friends…

I work with a great marketing guy at SPS Family. He’s pretty humble about the stuff he shares so today, I’m using my platform to give him some props! Keith Craig is a marketing consultant and has a really great newsletter called the M@rketing Minute at the firm. He recently posted an idea about keeping…

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Long-Term Care isn’t an awareness month…

For the third year in a row, I have attended and spoken at the International Long Term Care Insurance Conference and this year’s event in Chicago did not disappoint! With more than 1100 in attendance, it was not only well-run but virtually paperless! Here are my top three takeaways…and some awesome pics in between! You…

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Sleep becomes you…

I think John Lennon had it wrong. It’s not love we need more of…it’s definitely sleep. After suffering from three weeks of bronchitis, laryngitis, and a sinus infection where my faithful physician doled out all the right meds. In the end, what finally cured all that ailed me was…NyQuil. It konked me out and I…

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What’s your reputation number?

I live in Missouri. I grew up here and I plan to stay put. However – my business is all over the country and yet, everyone seems to think financial services has such a wonderful reputation no matter where they are and I am here to tell you that’s an ‘alternative fact’ and there’s a…

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This is not about politics – it’s about people #ShutdownStories

Before you go sending me a bunch of messages about the shutdown, reasons, policies, and politics, stop – this post is not about any of that…it’s about the people afflicted by the shutdown. Those people are real and suffered financially – you might want to ask yourself, “How can I help them best?”  Community Leadership…

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Are you ready for the new Twitter layout?

This is the reason NOBODY is an expert. I went to sleep one night and woke up and *POOF* Twitter upgraded to a new layout for the desktop application. This time, though, I approve. It wasn’t really a surprise… Twitter has been hinting at an upgrade and on January 22, 2019, they posted that some…

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