Our Rotary Club is awesome. We do good for other people. We also get together to have social fun. Take our “Literary Society.” Yes, we talk about the book we read that month. But we also talk about a lot of other things. Most of all it is about fellowship. My “Brilliance Nuggets” came up …
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It is the year 2001. I’m in Fiji. I’m firmly in the grip of the Scuba period of my life (I still love it – but haven’t been in a loooong time). I’m barely hovering above the ocean floor aiming my video camera at this cool fish that I just have to get on video. …
Last Saturday I gave a talk at a Women’s event called “Back to Basics.” Thank you, Tammy Dean, for inviting me. There’s a twist to this story; so bear with me for a moment. I decided to call my talk “Embrace Your Brillance and KISS Your Mission.” If you guessed that KISS has a double …
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It was around the year 1990 at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville (UTK). I had arrived there on August 11, 1989, as an exchange student. The plan was for me to study chemistry in Graduate school for nine months and get to know more about America. Then I was going to go back to …
In October of 2020, my dear friend Robert said to me “I think you should write a manifesto.” Robert Donnell This is the same Robert who suggested that I take on writing Short Brilliance Nuggets each day. “What even is a manifesto? It sounds political to me. Why should I write one?” I was full …
I think I will write this one later… just kidding. What causes procrastination? Why do people put things off? It seems to me, the most common causes are Fear (of getting it wrong or not being able to handle it) Need for more information Overwhelm Disliking the task at hand Feeling lazy (less common?) I …
Imagine this: Your company offers customs services. It could be consulting. It could be custom-built software. Or whatever other custom services you offer. Certainly, my services fit into this category, too. So, let’s take a look. My Realization (And Yours, Too?) Over time I realize: Clients love what I offer. What I offer makes a …
When did my entrepreneurial journey begin? Neither of my parents was an entrepreneur. They both worked as teachers in Germany. One might say my entrepreneurial journey began when I decided to earn money as a high school student tutoring others in math and Latin. I even started to write a program for learning Latin. (Can …
Today let’s play a quick “what if” game. Let’s Assume Seven Things You realize that you have expertise and experience that is of value to others (I call that “brilliance”) You want to pass this brilliance on to others – like team members, someone who might want to buy your company in the future, people …
