by Michelle Lopez | Feb 5, 2017 | Blog
Today I was doing some writing when my gaze wandered over to my calendar. It has an image of a cupcake for the month of February, along with a Walt Whitman quote that reads: “I dote on myself: there is that lot of me and all so luscious.” I remember...
by Michelle Lopez | Feb 1, 2017 | Blog
Sometimes sitting there, I’m thinking, “WTF do I write today?” Sometimes there’s a 100 ideas sitting there, waiting to be sculpted and shaped into something readable…other days, there’s nada. I guess today I’ll write about this amazing guy I met recently. (And I’ll...
by Michelle Lopez | Jan 14, 2017 | Blog
Recently I’ve been talking to people who are extremely gifted at what they do — but they haven’t quite yet figured out how to monetize their gift to the fullest extent. In speaking with them, I could quickly see that most of their energy was going...
by Michelle Lopez | Jan 5, 2017 | Blog
A Low Value Conversation (LVC) is one that has little or no value. At best, it’s small talk or chit chat. In its worst form, it can create or reinforce negative ideas in the minds of those participating in the conversation. LVCs are dysfunctional on some level,...
by Michelle Lopez | Dec 5, 2016 | Blog
As I was hand-washing my newly painted car, running the towel over the metallic black surface, watching suds spill over onto the pavement… I thought about how simple it is to actually carry out a task. Doesn’t matter what the “task” is,...
by Michelle Lopez | Dec 3, 2016 | Blog
The first time I wrote a sales-generating email was in 2010. I remember it like it was yesterday. I wrote ONE email for a client, and the result was $1500 worth of sales in a single day. This was after months of her struggling to get ANY sales at all. She was floored....