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Always Say Yes To An Invitation

by Dayna on November 4, 2011

Whenever possible, always say yes to an invitation to do just about anything – a lunch, a meeting, anything with anyone.  It is always a great way to grow your network.  Speaker and author Craig Price took me up on a Facebook invitation posting and ended up on this podcast. www.speakercraigprice.com Click here to listen: Speaker Craig [...]

Survival Tips for Road Warriors

by Dayna on November 3, 2010

For those of us who spend days, weeks, months on the road – standing in security lines, squeezing into too tiny airline seats, eating bad road food, trying to remember what color car we rented, what tonight’s hotel room number is and wondering how long the meeting will go on – I have some suggestions [...]

No, It’s Not Sex, Drugs & Rock and Roll

by Dayna on August 23, 2010

Why does everyone insist on using the phrase “sex, drugs and rock and roll?”  To me, it has always been “sensibility, determination and rock and roll.” I spent years around some of the most successful rock stars, producers, record company and star management personnel.  The ones who were wildly successful (many of whom continue to [...]

Well Endowed Customer Service

by Dayna on June 6, 2010

Kill’em with kindness.  You get more flies with honey.  Engage the customer. All strange things to be thinking while sitting stage side in the Hustler Club on Bourbon Street in New Orleans but that’s how I think. The first five dancers to hit the main stage starred at a spot on the wall, never smiled [...]

Gene Simmons of KISS was asked a few years ago what was the one thing he attributed his success to?  He said, without hesitation,  ”I read everything I can get my hands on.” I loved that answer.  I am who I am and I do what I do because I read and I’ve never stopped [...]

Making a Plan for Success

by Dayna on April 3, 2010

Another deserving family will receive a new home and be featured this Sunday on ABC’s Extreme Makeover: Home Edition.  This particular build happened close by and I was able to drop by a few days in a row and watch the process.  It really is quite amazing to watch it all happen in just about [...]

Spring Break has come and gone along with a few dollars out of my wallet.  Charlie the Wonder Husband and I packed up the boys and headed to San Francisco last week.  While Daddy worked, the boys and I hit every San Francisco landmark we could – Golden Gate Bridge, Sausalito, Coit Tower, Muir Forest, [...]

As long as the work gets done, gets done in a timely manner, is quality work and keeps the ledgers on the profit side – do you care where your employees are or when they work?  If so, why? Despite the fact you really couldn’t call what I do “playing golf,”  it is what I [...]

Coffee with a Side of Kindness

by Dayna on October 5, 2009

The Q Kindness Café suggests customers pay for the next guest – a cup of coffee, their entire breakfast; just do something to pay it forward.

Back to School: Classes They Should Offer

by Dayna on August 31, 2009

We’ve got a week of school under our belts and everyone seems to be reasonably happy with teachers, classes and the homework schedule. It is interesting to me to see which schools/principals/teachers are utilizing email and social media and which ones still aren’t sure how to turn a computer on.