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Sustainable Success
10 Characteristics of Savvy Business Women 
What good is success if it doesn't sustain you? Or as one client of mine put it, "I want to know how to cope with a job that does not fit with being a person." Sustainable success need not cost you what is priceless about you.
Instead, try on for size 10 characteristics of savvy business women who have built and run thriving enterprises. As you read this list, notice what naturally and effortlessly fits you.
Where Are You On The List?
Sylvia Warren
in Effortless Results, confidence, success, business women, women in business, professional women, women entrepreneurs, small business, business success
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The Fringle Benefits of Failure
Importance of Imagination 
J.K. Rowling, author of the best-selling Harry Porter book series, leveraged her leadership when she presented the commencement address to Harvard graduates on June 8, 2008. She talked about her failure as a young adult and how it taught her to achieve inwardly in order to manifest outwardly. She shared how imagination leads to living courageously when its definition includes the... 
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"human capacity to envision that which is not"
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"power to empathize with humans whose experiences we have never shared."
Her message is a sterling invitation for us to be leaders of our individual and collective human destinies. See for yourself. Watch the live video recording at Harvard Magazine. Let me know what you think. Post your comment below.
Sylvia Warren
in What's Possible, Leverage Your Leadership, leadership, achievement, professional women, women entrepreneurs, results, goals, J.K. Rowling, Harvard
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So You Want What?
Spring Forward 
With the arrival of spring equinox it's not uncommon for us to feel like it's time to literally spring into action. The challenge? Hidden beliefs, feelings and frustrations stand between us and what we say we want to do.
One creative approach to resolving this dilemma comes from one of my clients. She wrote a list of the "Top Ten Things That Get Between Us and What We Really Want." After emailing me her list, she was genuinely ready to get back to work on her ambitious goals.
What Gets Between Us and What We Really Want
5 Concerns of Smart Women - From a Client's Top 10 List
Sylvia Warren
in Client Wisdom, Your Professional Best, achievement, confidence, motivational, success, personal growth, personal development, professional women, results
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Super-Achiever Lessons
Client Wisdom...
Today a client who has run more than a dozen marathons talked about her most recent and life altering "aha" moments. She said for years she was only destination-oriented. This marathon mindset shaped her approach to work and the rest of her life. Her racing mantra was: "Let me get there. Let me get back. What I experience in-between is just a blur."
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Her experience is not uncommon for super-achievers. Most may not run physical marathons, but the pace they keep is akin to a long distance race to the finish.
Sylvia Warren
in Client Wisdom, Make Yourself a Real Priority, confidence, motivational, personal power, business women, professional women, results, goals, super achievers
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