Posts Tagged ‘book’
Discover what your professional and/or personal brand demonstrates about your personality!
My family friend and fellow author Ibrahim Lahoud, who is the Business Director & Head of Growth at Brand Lounge helped me thinking about my of branding, when I received an email from him, yesterday. Branding Report Eby’s email included a informative and insightful report, which was entitled Navigating Brands in Uncharted Territory. When I…
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Discover how you can create more kindness, empathy, and understanding of others in your community!
I keep reading and hearing about people wanting to create more kindness, empathy, and understanding of others in their communities. Each time I am reminded of why I wrote Princess Shayna’s Invisible Visible Gift in 1997. I wrote my “Community Parable” because children rarely are offered opportunities to identify their own personality traits and talents.…
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Discover why people worry and what they worry about during the Coronavirus?
I have noticed that people are worrying about a variety of issues during the Coronavirus. These observations got my Green Brain thinking about what causes people to worry and what each Brain Color personality worries about. William Ralph Inge said, “Worry is interest paid on trouble before it is due.” The verb worry means to give…
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Celebrating my best-selling book’s 13 birthday & 20th printing in 2020!
This year is my book’s 13th birthday! What Color Is Your Brain?® was published in 2007. Last Wednesday, I spoke with Stephanie Portnoy, Senior Vice President, Health Care Books and Journals, and Mary Sasso, Vice President, Sales and Marketing at SLACK Incorporated about a new book project. Before we concluded our call, I asked Stephanie…
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Brazilian Project Managers Celebrate “What Color Is Your Brain?”!
A group of Brazilian Project Managers recently enjoyed celebrating What Color Is Your Brain?® and Carnival! My Brazilian friend Ayrton Silva, PMP, who is a certified project manager, project management consultant, speaker, and professor, sent me the following email message, “I finished teaching another Project Management class and had the chance to teach about WCIYB®.…
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Fairy tale helps children feel loved, safe, encouraged, confident, and respectful of others!
23 years ago, I celebrated the publication and arrival of the first edition of Princess Shayna’s Invisible Visible Gift with my Fun Orange Brain friends, Susan Dobbe-Leahy and Carol Campbell. The actual book launch party was on February 2, 1997, the actual birthday of the fictional and nonfictional Princess Shayna. The 1st edition of Princess…
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It’s No Bunk, today is the 1st Anniversary of “No Bunk, Just BS (Business Sense)”!
I am delighted to announce that today is the 1st Anniversary of my 6th book: No Bunk, Just BS (Business Sense): 50 Timely and Timeless Truths Business School Cannot Teach You! “I wish companies today would follow this business format… Working with these suggestions listed in Sheila’s book never gets old. I highly recommend this…
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Celebrate National Nurses Week by Acknowledging the Nurses in Your Life!
This week is National Nurses Week. An important time to honor the women and men who care for us and our loved ones. The purpose of this week-long celebration is to raise awareness of the value of nursing and help educate the public about the role nurses play in meeting the healthcare needs individuals and…
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Perfect Present for the Readers on Your Holiday Gift List
Are you looking for the perfect present for the readers on your holiday gift list? If you are, No Bunk, Just BS (Business Sense) 50 Timely and Timeless Truths Business School Cannot Teach You! is that perfect present. Why? Because readers get two books in one: A motivational business book and a inspirational memoir! “I could…
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No Bunk – Achieving and Maintaining Success #5 – Have Confidence in Yourself!
Today’s post is from the last No Bunk Truths chapter in my family business memoir, No Bunk, Just BS (Business Sense), which is my latest book that is being celebrated at my Book Launch, this Saturday, October 27th at 2:00 pm until 4:00 pm at Arboria of Long Grove. This post is an excerpt from Chapter 5 …
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“Learning Is Sweet!” – A Family Tradition!
On Sunday afternoon, our family gathered on our porch for an Orange Brain Fun Celebration of the first week of school and our daughter-in-law Sheryl’s birthday. The beginning of the school year always evokes a copious memories from my childhood, my teaching career, and our sons’ experiences from nursery school (that is what it was called…
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How to Solve the Mystery of Writing a Book?
I find it fascinating that so many people are eager to know how an author writes a book. On Sunday, I enjoyed attending Laurie Buchanan’s exciting outdoor book signing event for her splendid new book, The Business of Being: Soul Purpose In and Out of the Workplace. Several attendees asked Laurie questions about how her writing…
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