by Andrea Vahl | Mar 9, 2017 | Pep Talk
Why did you start your business? What do you believe in? What do you stand for? These were some of the questions I was recently wrestling with at a recent meeting of the National Speakers Association Colorado Chapter. The topic was how to stand out from the crowd and...
by Andrea Vahl | Nov 4, 2016 | Pep Talk
I remember the first time I found out that I wasn’t the only crazy one. I thought that other entrepreneurs had everything all together and that once I “made it”, I would also have it together and know exactly what to do next. But I was talking to...
by Andrea Vahl | Sep 1, 2016 | Pep Talk
So I did my 2nd triathlon. Which is kind of shocking since my first triathlon was so horrible that I had to blog about it. But I couldn’t let the story end there. I signed up for my 2nd one after my friend Sandra sent me an e-mail. Peer pressure in Boulder is...
by Andrea Vahl | Aug 24, 2015 | Pep Talk
So I signed up for a triathlon. Before you go jumping to conclusions, signing up was not the dumbest thing. Lots of people do triathlons. I love running, I love biking, and I’m a decent swimmer. So why not? The problem was I signed up for the wrong triathlon. A...
by Grandma Mary | Jul 28, 2014 | Pep Talk
You might think that promises to other people are more important but you need to respect your own promises, too. Here are my thoughts on how you can be more successful at keeping those promises. I also have a different take on “SMART” goals – watch...
by Grandma Mary | Jul 21, 2014 | Pep Talk
There are naysayers and dream-stealers out there who might say some negative things about what you are doing. Don’t let those turkeys get you down. The thing is, most of the time, those turkeys have some ulterior motives. Whether it’s the turkeys in your...