Recently, I walked into a Sprouts Grocery Store to go food shopping. As I was walking in, a clerk stocking the bread area was in front of me, so I said "I'm sorry" (as I was trying to push my cart out of his way). He replied "I'm only here because of you, you go first." It was so kind and unusual that it stopped me in my tracks. I turned to him and said "You are so sweet. That's very kind of you." We struck up a brief conversation and then I thought about what he said all day

Throughout my career, I have been truly grateful to managers who motivated me in positive ways. While some managers ignored me when I had a bad month and others micro-managed me when I had a bad month, I did have co-workers and a handful of managers who knew how to motivate me! Some of your best salespeople can actually be the people that get under your skin at times but they are no less valuable than the ones who appear to be consistent (hitting quota every month). The "cons

I was reading a book years ago and the author said that a man by the name of Gil Bailie was told by his mentor: "Don't ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive, and go do that, because what the world needs is people who have come alive." It saddens me to hear that people think that they can't work and do what they love. Maybe you don't love your job or your career but that doesn't mean you can't go do things that make you come alive! This coul

I recently attended a leadership conference and one of the speakers was talking about "Being vs. Doing". He was saying that we need to "Be" first and "Do" last. In other words, work life balance. Or as a networking friend said to me last week, "life work balance." A couple of notes that I took from the leadership conference said this: If you find yourself "doing" without the priority of "being", you will end up "frying". When you're too busy "doing", you lose your "being". L

Up until September 15th, 2017, I had always worked for someone else. While being a W2 employee gave me many opportunities and skills that I never would have learned any other way, I knew it was time for me to start my own company. One of the things that I love about the merchant services industry is that nearly every business has to accept credit cards, so there is always an opportunity to help someone! It was only natural for me to stay in the industry in which I had 14 year