Business & Banking (10 posts found)
Clay Drayton – Break the Circle of Circumstances
I wrote a song with a chorus that went, “I keep circling back, keep circling back just to get another heartache.” The reality is life can be just like that – like riding a painted, wooden horse on a merry-go-round, circling round and round with lots of movemen...
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Love, Respect, and the Big Rocks
Two words command every type of relationship. In his book Love & Respect, Dr. Emerson Eggerichs mentions that every woman has a deep need for unconditional love and every man has a deep need for unconditional respect. He goes on to say that communication b...
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Seize the Moment!
Ahhhhh – a New Year is here! A time for new goals, new beginnings, and for some of us, a new life! But – what happened to the dreams we had last year as this same time approached? And what about the prior year?
Many times in our lives, we say to ourselves: ...
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New Beginnings
As we welcome the holidays, we begin to project what it will be like to spend time with family and friends. There’s a special energy when holiday decorations appear all around us. Pandora and Spotify begin promoting their holiday music channels, and conversati...
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Funding Your Trust
“Funding” is a common term used by estate planning attorneys. Once we create a trust for our clients, we discuss the importance of funding their trust. This is usually met with, “What do you mean, ‘fund’?”
Executing a trust provides an orderly disposition o...
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A New Conversation
Four weeks ago in New York City, I was honored to be invited to join the “Fortune Top 50 Most Powerful Latinas.” At the ceremony, we were wined and dined and attended workshops throughout the day where we got to know one another. Patty Sellers, executive direc...
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Preventing Costly Communication Mistakes
Do you and your employees sometimes have trouble understanding each other? Is your company wasting time and money due to communication breakdowns and costly mistakes? Miscommunications and misunderstandings cost companies 37 billion dollars a year, which is re...
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Teachable Moments
Recently, while dropping my 4-year-old twins off at preschool, my son Michael clenched my hand, saying he didn’t want me to leave. When I told him that I had to go to work, he quickly changed his tactic, this time asking me why I was going to work. Recognizing...
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