by Gwen Bortner | Mar 28, 2017 | Training & Instruction
Marketing has always been one of my weaker areas when it comes to running a business; it has just never come easily to me to figure out how to sell what I make to the right people. Recently I came to the realization that maybe that’s because I was trying to make...
by Gwen Bortner | Feb 7, 2017 | Training & Instruction
To be successful at most things, we have to be good learners. Unfortunately, as adults we have bought lies and falsehoods into our own minds that ultimately prevent us from achieving the best results. I have spent the past 15 years focused almost exclusively on...
by Gwen Bortner | Jan 24, 2017 | Confidence, Training & Instruction
Confidence is the key to taking on new challenges, meeting your goals, and achieving success. There is no doubt that hard work and perseverance also play a critical role, but confidence is the kick in the pants that we need to get the ball rolling. During the early...
by Gwen Bortner | Jan 17, 2017 | Training & Instruction
Momentum is a familiar term in the world of physics, but is becoming more common in today’s vernacular. The physics definition is the quantity of motion of a moving body, measured as a product of its mass and velocity. Although physics experts would probably...
by Gwen Bortner | Mar 22, 2016 | Training & Instruction
It doesn’t matter how you define it, doing the hard thing is, well, hard. But the hard thing is most often the thing that we really need to do to make a difference for ourselves or others (often both). Regrets rarely accompany doing the hard thing and often go...
by Gwen Bortner | Mar 15, 2016 | Training & Instruction
Everyone has fears; however, where once they were the basis for daily survival, in a world of prosperity and opportunity most are now based on less helpful emotions. This is particularly true when we consider the fears that are associated with our professional worlds....