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Vulnerability, Power and Connection

I have to say it’s been quite a ride the past few days. There was a bit of drama bubbling up in my family of origin. And as someone committed to both my own way of thinking and living but also to maintaining harmony in my family, honoring both of those can sometimes be tricky.

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Trust Is Everything

Buckle up, because today you’re getting something fresh… hot off the presses. Something brand new, but that I have been doing a lot of thinking about. And something that I realize is true with every fiber of my being. So listen up… because if you get one thing out of this meeting… hell, if you

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Our Elevate Community

You may or may not know that I am just a wee bit of an introvert. What this means is – I love spending time and connecting with my friends. But I need my solo time curled up in my favorite lounge chair with a good book. So, you might imagine that while all of

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Integrity

Typically, when we use the word “Integrity,” it tends to be related to trust. “I trust her, because she has integrity,” or, “I wouldn’t work with him, he has no integrity.” And there’s some judgment in it. For the purposes of what I’m saying this morning, I invite us all to leave the judgment out.

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Make More Money With Your Upstream Partner

NYC Elevate is a networking community organized to help our members make more money through structured collaboration and referrals. Recently, we learned that we are sitting on a gold mine here at Elevate, and if you know anything about most modern gold mining, it’s that it often happens near a stream. So the important question

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Sustainability, Community & Gratitude

It’s clear to me — now more than ever — that the secret to happiness is not in what we have, but in how we feel about what we have. More about that in a minute. For some reason the word “sustainability” has been floating around in my mind for about a week. When it

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Make More Money Learning Lessons

NYC Elevate is a networking community organized to help our members make more money through structured collaboration and referrals. The other day I was training with my tennis coach and a girl in the tennis class on the next court missed a shot and she screamed “I’m horrible!” The coach immediately said “You’re learning.” And

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Get Your Nose Bloody

Think about what happens when you touch a hot stove. The speed of the nerve impulse through your neural network can be as fast as one hundred meters per second. It’s almost instantaneous — and there’s a reflexive action even before your brain gets the time it needs to process the threat. There’s no thinking

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Make More Money in Your 10th Year

NYC Elevate is a networking community organized to help our members make more money through structured collaboration and referrals. As Amy stated at the top of the meeting, I have renewed my membership in Elevate for the 11th time, and I started thinking about how the longevity of my membership has contributed to my success.

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The Power of Yes and No

Welcome back everybody. And just welcome if you’re a guest and this is your first time at Elevate. I hope you had a nice July 4th break, enjoyed the holiday weekend and made the most of last Wed’s reprieve to sleep in, or whatever you did in place of your typical Wed morning routine. It

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