Dear Colette, As a female entrepreneur who advises small business start-ups, I’m often approached at networking meetings and asked, “Can I pick your brain on something?” I’m always in an awkward position as I want to be generous and helpful, but I also want to develop new clients. To date, when I’ve provided detailed…
Dear Colette, Since attending your seminar, I’ve been asking for what I need to be successful at work and enjoying the results. My problem is with my teenagers. I ask all the time for them to perform simple tasks around the house, and they still don’t do a thing until I yell. It’s exhausting…
Dear Colette, I work in a private Doctor’s office and there are two of us up in the front dealing with patients on a daily basis. Due to the Doctor’s choice, we are no longer accepting certain types of insurance and need payment in full the day of service. This is clearly communicated when…
Dear Colette, My friend recently joined a direct selling company and keeps bugging me to host an in-home demonstration party, and I keep saying it’s not a good time. When she’s not pushing me to coordinate this event, she’s always showing me her new catalog and saying how great the products are and encouraging…
Dear Colette, I thoroughly enjoyed your presentation today and found myself chuckling as I was reminded of miscommunications between myself and the men in my life. My question is: I am the mother of 2 girls, ages 5 and 3. As a mother are there things I can do to help them “speak their…
Dear Colette, My brother-in-law will once again be gracing our holiday table this season with his white lies. I don’t know how my sister deals with it (they’ve been married for over 17 years), but I’ve had enough. While telling a story he not only embellishes, but he’ll make stuff up, such as, how…
Dear Colette, With Halloween around the corner, my husband and I are once again in a stupid battle over costumes for our children. You see, I have a pre-teen daughter who wants to be Alice in Wonderland for Halloween, but the costume she wants to purchase is a bit revealing. My husband says there…
Dear Colette, I am very blessed and live in a spacious home with a beautiful, built-in pool in the backyard. My husband comes from a large family and every summer we entertain various members of his family on weekends and those who arrive from out of town for longer. Although I love spending time…
Dear Colette, I have a colleague who always wants to go to lunch, and I do enjoy her company. Trouble is, she is cheap. She is quick to pull out her wallet, throw down an amount and say, “That should cover my share” but she never thinks to include tax or tip. Once after…
Dear Colette, I’m responsible for coordinating and running a bi-weekly meeting with colleagues, and I’m over-the-top frustrated with how many individuals stroll in late. I keep these meetings short, have an agenda and stay on task. Since everyone needs to hear the information, I don’t want to start without at least half the members…
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