Go DARE
Go DARE: PLANT the SEEDS to Your New Garden!
Here are 7 SEEDS of ideas to get you growing and sowing. After all, Mother Nature herself needed seven days to get the earth in BLOOM, and even SHE rested! To PLANT your SEEDS of accomplishment for 2010, first decide what you want to reap. Do you want to learn valuable new skills, gear... »
Take Our Facebook Quiz: Women Over 40—What’s Your DARE Profile?
Our quiz will give women over 40 a sense of their DARE Profile: the degree to which they Drive, Advance, Rule, or Express their efforts to improve their careers, community, or lifestyle. So, how do you DARE? DARE to take our quiz and find out! Click here: http://www.facebook.com/apps/application.php?id=224095350662. (Sign-in to Facebook, if necessary.) Click... »
When You REVOLT to Improve Your Life, You RULE
In conquering the unhealthy diet and exercise habits I had developed over the course of 20 years, I didn’t do it with drugs, I didn’t do it by starving myself, I didn’t do it by wasting excessive time in the gym or obsessing about every piece of food I consumed. I did do it... »
Now, That’s What I Call a REVOLT!
On June 19th, 2009, I turned 57 years old. The day after that was my graduation from business school – I was awarded my MBA in Finance and Leadership from NYU’s Stern School of Business. On that day, I was elated. As my name was called to go up on the dais to receive... »
Be Prepared to Halt Your REVOLT
The first few months of last year were sheer hell as I struggled with dieting (online through Weight Watchers – excellent!), launching a company (The DARE-Force Corporation – challenging!) and trying to exercise at least five days a week (I belong to a gym but most days I just walked for an hour in... »
Give Your REVOLT a Jolt!
Create a slogan for your REVOLT. What really helps me achieve my SMART goals – in business, in life and in causes I care about – is a call to action, a slogan, a tagline that I share with people who support my REVOLT and spur me on. In fact, what distinguishes the most... »
In 2010, Resolve to REVOLT
In the face of strong REVOLT, resolutions are mere wimps. In order to stage a successful REVOLT against my weight, I needed to be a strong Ruler – of my time, my resources, my diet, my exercise. If you’ve ever staged a REVOLT – for your life, your career, for a cause you care... »
To REVOLT, You Need a Lightning Bolt
For a big, brash and believable REVOLT, you need a lightning bolt. To jolt myself to lose 60 pounds last year and keep it off, I decided to literally scare the fat out of my body (that Catholic-school fear thing again). I set out to research all the ways that my appetite was a... »
Stage Your REVOLT in Sprints
You say you want a REVOLUTION? Surprise! Not so fast! You have to start by setting smaller, believable and achievable goals. A lot of us want to change ourselves, our careers or our communities in a year. But, a REVOLT of that magnitude – a Big SMART Goal – can be daunting if you... »
To Get DARE, Get S-M-A-R-T!
As management geeks know, the acronym of SMART means S = Specific, M = Measurable, A = Attainable, R = Realistic, and T = Timely. If I didn’t set a specific, measurable, attainable, realistic and timely goal—with benchmarks, a deadline and timetable, I would be as sunk as I had been in previous years... »
REVOLTING is Exciting!
Early in my career, the crusty cigar-sucking CEO of the ad agency where I worked used to preach to all of us creative types that “Nothing happens until people get excited.†Believe him! At the beginning of 2009, as I had done at the beginning of very year for the past ten years, I... »
DARE Revolt!
If you really need to D A R E something new, different, better, more life-affirming for yourself, your career or another worthwhile goal this year, forget resolutions. By the time we’ve reached 40, 50 and beyond, we’ve learned that resolutions are the “would have, could have, should have†promises to ourselves that come back... »
Top Five List of TREASURES for 2009
‘Tis the season for joys, toys, and noise, for buying and baking, for sending and re-gifting, for gorging and gulping. Over the next month, the cacophony of commercialism will be all but intolerable. Whacky widgets, gabbing geckos, syrupy singers, butt-naked bimbos—not to mention those panoramic palettes of eye shadows and lipsticks pawned off... »
Go DARE: BRAND Your Own Self!
Over the past few weeks, Maria Shriver—the Kennedy daughter and First Lady of California—has been prominent across more media outlets than Octo-Mom, Kate and Jon, and Balloon Dad—combined. By now, we all know that Shriver is the coauthor—along with TIME and the Center for American Progress (a politico-educational think tank founded by President Clinton’s... »
Go DARE: Starter Tips
Right now, you’re probably thinking – “Hah, who is SHE to tell ME to Start something new?†It’s not easy to DARE Start. Not even for someone relatively fearless like me! It was cruelly humbling to squeeze my middle-aged middle into tiny seats in overheated classrooms surrounded by buff 30-somethings who could thumb-stab multiple... »
Go DARE: PLAY!
A poll conducted last year by Opinion Research Corporation found that 29% of American workers took no paid vacation time in 2007, and another 24% took a week off or less. According to ORC, in 1980, people in only 10 other countries lived longer than we do.  Now, people in 41 other countries live... »
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