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Category Archives: Business
Shaping Serendipity as a Way to Make New Friends
If serendipity is the aptitude for making desirable discoveries by accident, then trying to increase that encounter with luck would be what we call “shaping serendipity.” John Hagel, one of the authors of The Power of Pull, spoke last fall … Continue reading
Posted in Books & Movies, Business, How To?, Making Friends
Tagged Access, Achieve, Attract, female friendship, Friendship, GirlFriendCircles.com, How to Make New Friends, how to meet people, Increase Odds, increasing luck, John Hagel, luck or hard work, Meeting People, mirror neurons, Networking, New Friends, Power of Pull, Shaping Serendipity, Shasta Nelson, Social Network, Three levels of Pull, Tips for, Vulnerability
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My Coming Out as a Feminist
I won a $1,000 ticket to a Ms. magazine fundraiser luncheon featuring Gloria Steinem last week. With only thirty women in attendance it was a coveted win. Feminism: a word I didn’t like I’m slowly waking up to feminism. Half … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Difficulty & Challenges, Politics, Social Causes
Tagged backlash, bacnd of wives, equality, female statistics, feminism, feminist, Friendship, GirlFriendCircles, Gloria Steinem, inherent worthdirty word, Katie Couric, Miss Representation, Ms Magazine, women in HOllywood, women in politics
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My GirlFriendCircles.com Hopes for 2012
Frequently a new coaching client will say to me “I feel stuck.” And I always respond– “That’s simply not true. The fact that you called me proves that you’re moving forward.” It is easy though sometimes to feel like we’re … Continue reading
Posted in Business
Tagged 21 Day Friendship Journey, community update, company growth, get involved, GirlFriendCircles.com, Goals, New Years
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Common Friends: My Savor the Success Mastermind Group
I’m dedicating two postings this week to my left-side friends. This is my second one. I’ve found that most of us fall into one of two camps when we look at the 5 Circles of Connectedness. We either tend to … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Circles of Connectedness, Making Friends
Tagged April Hreno Yarahmadi, Ayesha Mathews-Wadhwa, business friends, Cindy Lin, Circles of Connectedness, Common Friends, Cristina Moe, Dhana Eco KidsErin Shields, Entrepreneurs, Kat McCaw Gordan, Left side friends, Mary Irving, PixInk Design, Shamini Dhana, Shasta Nelson
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An Example of Contact Friends: “The Friendship Circle”
I love watching little light bulbs go on when I talk about my 5 Circles of Connectedness. It’s not that describing different types of friends is revolutionary, but I love how seeing the spectrum validates us both for the amazing … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Circles of Connectedness, Making Friends
Tagged About.com, Best Friends Forever, Britt Michaelian, business friends, Cherie Burbach, Circles of Connectedness, contact friends, Dabney Porte, Debba Haupert, female friendship, Friendship Circle, Friendship Doctor, Friendship Guide, Frietimacy, Girlfriendology, girlfrndcircles, Irene Levine, MamaBritt, MWF Seeking BFF, Rachel Bertsche, SMgirlfriends, social media, twitter
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Mixing Friendships and Work, by Dr. Christina Schlachter
Note from Shasta: For Friendship Month this September I’ve invited some women to guest blog for me, adding their voices and experiences to our journey. I’m honored to host this posting by Dr. Christina Schlachter (bio at the end). I … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Difficulty & Challenges, Guest Blogs, How To?
Tagged All Lasting business is built on friendship, business buddies, Christina Schlachter, clear objectives, colleagues, friends at work, Friendship, office friends, rules of friendship, She Leads, top of the ladder, working with friends
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Is He Really a Friend? I’m Doubtful.
I admit I’m a bit more obsessed with the word friend than the average person. I seem to see and hear it everywhere. The same way you begin to notice everyone else has your car once you buy it, how … Continue reading
The Mistake That Cost Me a New Friendship
On Saturday morning, a beautiful girl stood on the Spark & Hustle stage. She was the only speaker of the 3-day conference to wear tennis shoes and jeans. Her stylish t-shirt proclaimed “Save the Ta-tas.” Julia Fikse’s presentation, which was … Continue reading
The Flywheel of Friendship
A Few Years Ago… During my first year in San Francisco I felt exhausted by the lack of comfortable and meaningful friendships. Moving away from phenomenal friends in Southern California left me knowing what I was missing in my new … Continue reading
Posted in Books & Movies, Business, Consistency, Making Friends
Tagged Energy, Flywheel, Friendship, Good to Great, How to Make Friends, Jim Collins, Move to New City
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How Friendships Can Contribute to the Power Vs. Likability Conundrum
“Women can be powerful. Women can be likable. Being both is hard to do.” says Fortune editor Patricia Sellers in her post this last week, “Facing Up to the Female Power Conundrum.” My Own Power Struggle I totally resonate with … Continue reading