Three Tips to Achieve Success When Others Don’t Believe in You

October 13, 2011
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It’s easy to let one little thing stop you from achieving great things in your life and in other lives, too. I think back to a time before I wrote my first book, How to Start a Home-Based Gift Basket Business, and remember the negative words said to me by an uncle who didn’t think [...]

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How to Accomplish Your Goals Piece by Piece

September 8, 2011
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Anyone who decides to start a business immediately goes into overdrive. Your head begins to swell with a laundry list of tasks and plans. It’s as if everything that must be done to achieve this goal is due at the same time. That’s when overwhelm happens, and the idea of starting a business begins to [...]

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Why a Cup of Tea is Best Shared by a Large Audience

August 15, 2011

One of the most-elegant gift basket designs I’ve taught in my many gift basket classes is the tea basket. There are variations on this theme according to the class size, type of audience, and preference stated to me by conference planners. Small groups create this design with a china cup and saucer filled with items [...]

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Two Ways to Keep Attendees Watching and Planners Happy

July 15, 2011

One goal I’m sure to achieve during each of my presentations is adding a generous portion of visual interest and a pinch of humor. Although I’m not speaking about medical or science topics (both of which benefit from these additions), I find that these points help the audience to retain key information to increase their [...]

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