Author: Karen Cooper

  • **Friday Favorites**

    Can you believe the new year will be here next week? Time sure passes quickly. If you are anything like me you are probably itching to clean out and declutter for a fresh start to the new year … enter, Green Drop! You go to www.GoGreenDrop.com, enter your zip code to see when they will be…

  • Growing The Source!

    A couple weeks ago our team gathered at Jackie Fields-Gleadall’s office to watch Brian Buffini’s “Bold Predictions” (if you missed it, it aired last week on his podcast). It is always very interesting to hear his opinion on the state of the real estate market and where things are going. There were several great takeaways, but…

  • Goal Setting Formula!

    Have you started working on your goals yet for next year? The time is now! Don’t wait until January to get this done. Take some time now so when January 1st is here you are ready to hit the ground running. Here is my simple formula to not just setting goals, but making them actionable…

  • **Friday Favorites**

    Today’s Friday Favorite may not be the most exciting or “fun”, but I promise it will probably be one of the most useful! I discovered the Harris Teeter Express Lane courtesy of a friend probably 5+ years ago, and have been using it on and off ever since. The premise is simple … you go…

  • 2018 Take Away.

    Yesterday my team had our final meeting of 2018 and closed out the year together with our annual holiday potluck. To end our meeting we went around the room and each shared our biggest takeaway or lesson from 2018 and the thing that we are most looking forward to in 2019. We had several recurring…

  • 2019 Word Of The Year!

    My word for 2019 is Brave. Not necessarily brave like daredevil brave … jumping out of airplanes and the like. More brave like facing down hard things and moving forward, fear or not. Bravely having difficult conversations. Bravely facing exciting (but also scary) shifts in my business. Bravely forging ahead with another surgery in the…

  • **Friday Favorites**

    It’s that time again! Today’s favorite is not only one of my biggest household helpers, but it is also a huge time saver. I’ve given it as gifts, and even gave one away at my presentation last week. Drumroll please … the Amazon Echo Dot! Do you have one of these? We have 6 of…

  • Rising Above Critics

    Last week I had a really great conversation with a friend (actually, she’s the therapist I started seeing before my mastectomy, but she is a friend of a friend, and she reminds me of my friend, and so talking to her feels like talking to a friend. Anyway.). We were discussing Brene Brown’s book “Daring…

  • Time Mastery!

    This past Friday I had the opportunity to speak at the Virginia Women’s Business Conference about “Time Mastery” … one of my favorite topics to discuss! Every single one of us has the same 24 hours in a day, but then why is it that some people seem to be able to accomplish so much…

  • ***Friday Favorites***

    It’s time for another edition of Friday Favorites! This week I’d like to share my favorite clothing subscription service, Stitch Fix. I don’t always love shopping, and definitely don’t always have time to shop. I also tend to get tired of the same few clothing stores that are near me, and I just don’t have…