Weekly – Are You Ready to Mow Down the Grass?
Uncontrollable Growth Can Do Damage When you live on 20 rural acres in the Willamette Valley of Oregon the grass, and brush, and trees, flowers, weeds, grows fast. It’s an explosion of growth, most of which is green and it’s vibrant and beautiful and a huge job to mow. Getting ready for this growth, like […]
Weekly – May Be, May Be Not
This is the Month for Maybes May – Mother’s day, my mothers birthday, Mayday. Did you know that the term “Mayday, Mayday, Mayday!” is a distress call and as the idea of a man named Frederick Mockford, he came up with the idea for “mayday” because it sounded like the French word for máider, which […]
Weekly – Are You in Command of Yourself?
To Give an Authoritative Order As a pet lover, I give my pets commands. Sit, Stay, Whoa, slow, things I want to happen when I’m with them. It works too – especially when I’m consistent in my asking/commanding. Do we do this for ourselves? The definition of command is to give an authoritative order. An […]
Weekly – Leadership Lessons from Pet Leaders
Global Pet Expo Insights When you connect and interact with leaders, a smart idea is to have some questions to ask them. Let’s face it, they are in the “know” and they are living it so why not find out how they do it or what they have learned along the way? At Global Pet […]
Weekly – Do you have the right intention for a live event?
As you read this I’m in Orlando, Florida for the Global Pet Expo – put on by the American Pet Products Association and it’s a big deal for sure, especially for those manufacturers and suppliers to the professionals that provide products for pet lovers. I have a very clear intent. This is imperative for anyone […]
The Weekly – A Wee Bit of the Irish… 1 way to add a bit of the green
Are You Ready for St. Patrick’s Day? Is every holiday a time to promote? That’s like asking, is every day a day to sell? Ha! So St. Patrick’s day is this weekend – what is 1 thing you can do to add more green to your business? You probably have more ideas than the one […]
The Weekly – People Make Up Stories…
Women in the Pet Industry Network Skips a Conference Year! Here’s to another successful 5 years of GROWTH! “Did You hear that Women in the Pet Industry Network is canceling their conference this year?” “No, I didn’t! What’s going on, do you know? “No I don’t but it can’t be good. I mean why would […]
Pet Women Weekly – You are a Gift! So Let Me Give You One!
Giving to You Makes Me Happy! The day a person is born is a day for celebration. The woman who labored to bring this life forth. The man who provided the seed, the family that welcomes and loves the new addition – celebration! And the infant knows nothing of it. Later that “birth day” […]