As a strategist working with entrepreneurs, I get a request like this at least once a week: Hey Ciara! I have a launch/event/campaign coming up and I want to pick your brain on how to market it/get press/do everything. Can I take you out for coffee/lunch/a drink (on me!!!!!!) next week? xoxoxoxo – Person Ciara […]
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Some religions, such as Buddhism, aim to do no harm. I say take that one step further and aim to make a positive difference in the world. Each day, try to make a difference. Don’t just survive or sleepwalk through life. Each day when you wake, focus on the fact that you make an impact
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We reach a certain point in life where it’s required to give back. Not out of obligation, but because we are overflowing: with knowledge, experience, passion. With the understanding that generosity breeds exponential results. A few years ago I decided to test [The Universe]* on this whole generosity thing. I spent a week giving as
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Dana Corey presents her brand new workshop “The Five Fundamentals of Freedom, Flexibility, and Fun” at Pregame HQ on October 11 – sign up here. Sometimes I’ve been really pressed to remember the long term view instead of getting hung up on the short term. Usually, these bouts are prompted by a change in my clients. My
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Congratulations, you followed your passion and launched a business! You’ve officially joined the ranks of the dreamers, the innovators, the creators, the entrepreneurs… those with the can’t-ignore-it calling that can feel like both a blessing and a curse. When you’re driven to create, how can you make sure you don’t drive your business – or
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With this month’s focus on challenges, setbacks, and failures, I thought I’d share my favorite tool that keeps me grounded both in business and in life. The tool is actually a philosophy: Whatever is in front of you is your teacher. I use this phrase every day, when I come up against an obstacle or am
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A pivotal factor that makes Pregame different is our transparency. Where other success-oriented content can be simplistic and conveniently gloss over the hard work required, the Game Plan approach actively acknowledges obstacles so that we can proactively overcome them. Accordingly, this month’s theme is Obstacles: what gets in our way and how we deal with
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