CDM – Sell Your Books Not Your Soul By Laurence O’Bryan It is my great pleasure to welcome Laurence O’Bryan as a guest this week for our future entrepreneurs and writers. Laurence and his BooksGoSocial.com team hosted my #ShineThroughtheNoise reading in Dublin, Ireland on my first visit...
Inspiration with Best-Selling Authors A.J. Finn and Gillian Flynn “We learned, we laughed and we can't wait to get home to finish this book!” ~the American Writers Museum team on point We’ll open our discussion on inspiration to the chapter on A.J. Finn and Gillian Flynn. They...
Dreaming Out Loud -------------------------------------------- U2360gradi, from headquarters in Rome, Italy Q: We have the honour to meet Akasha Lin Garnier, a well-known author, filmmaker and a great fan of U2! She has some exciting news to share with us! Your last book is called Secrets to Shine Through...
"Improv is a language for your life and rules for engagement." ~ Kelly Leonard “Yes, And” Comes into Play I pay attention when synergy comes knocking at my door. When we are on the right path, we feel “in the zone”. When things come together in synergy...
If I cannot have too many truffles I will do without. ~Colette Entrepreneur Spotlight Chicago's real Italian gem in Wicker Park, Nando Milano Earlier in my life, I was much more of a go-with-the-flow girl. Serendipity. Synchronicity. Meeting friends with sailboats my first summer in Chicago...
I wish our youth mission could reach or exceed our $15k fundraising goal to start the new year off. This wish isn't about me, it's about changing the lives of youth in my community and helping them maximize their greatness. Let me explain...
"A new day is on the horizon."~Oprah, Cecil B. DeMille Award speech, 2018 Golden Globes It has been an honor to be in LA and cover the Golden Globes last night. This Future Entrepreneurs audience has responded to our #DayoftheGirl and #MeToo blogs in 2017, so...
Balance is not something you find. It is something you create. (Popular wisdom quote.) This year I wish you bright ideas and balance! ~Akasha Garnier This came up during my top influencer conference in LA, as well as in Social Media Week trends in New York and...
“Remember Red, hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies.” ~Andy Dufresne: [in letter to Red] “The Shawshank Redemption” (based on Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption, a novella by Stephen King, from his 1982 collection Different Seasons, subtitled...
"With every experience, you alone are painting your own canvas, thought by thought, choice by choice." ~Oprah Whew! Sometimes during the holidays, it’s hard to keep up. You may feel overwhelmed, exhausted, ineffective or frustrated. Maybe you feel like no matter how hard you work, you can...
