Time Management – Picking Your Stuff
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Dear Girlfriends, Are you habitually late? Not just occasionally running behind schedule; I mean if you arrive at your girlfriend’s party on time she asks you your mother’s maiden name because she’s sure aliens have kidnapped you and taken over your identity. If this is you, then there is clutter in your schedule. Or maybe you daily ask yourself, “Why …

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Less is More – Getting Rid of the Stuff
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Dear Girlfriends, Are you sometimes just so overwhelmed with family, life, home, and work that you feel like you’re drowning in “stuff”? I once felt that way, too. My list of responsibilities – both at home and away from home – were all-consuming. I realized I wasn’t picking my priorities – they were picking me! One of the first places …

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When We Don’t Walk the Talk
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Dear Girlfriends, “I’d never made as much money before in my life, but I’d never traded more of myself for it.” Liz Perle, Money, A Memoir: Women, Emotions and Cash Girlfriends, I can really relate to this statement. I realized at the height of my career that I had a disconnect. I was a walking, talking contradiction of my values …

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Could You Take Control Tomorrow?
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Dear Girlfriends, Most women are surprised to learn that even though I run my own businesses, I haven’t paid a bill in over nine years. This situation leaves me in a precarious position. If something happened to Steve – my CFO for all three companies and the Miller household – not only would I be devastated personally, I would be …

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