There’s a one-act play out there that should be mandatory in all marital counseling, pre-marital counseling, and dare we say Sales Training. “Defending the Caveman” takes a hilarious peek at the fundamental differences between men and women, and how, going back to the days of cavemen, the same truths were born.  We’ve seen it a few times (our last was with @raymondmcanally as Caveman) and its just as funny -and just as true- each time.  For example, Caveman truth: Men take pride in being the “hunters” while women take pride in being “the gatherers.”  This got us thinking.  We, as women, are GREAT not just at gathering shoes and purses at Nordstom’s half yearly sale, but we are really great at gathering information, which is code word for listening, paying attention, empathizing and planning how to help…. all at the same time.  Makes for a great entrepreneur, dontcha’ think!

Lets face it.  Doing business, and certainly succeeding in business, as a woman is often a very different experience than as a man. Dare we say its all about perception?  Dare we say the woman who worked her way to the CEO position did so through tireless hours of learning, perseverance, and straight up ass-busting (not ass-kissing)?  She did not sleep her way there, or bat her eyelashes to get there.  Her confidence is not arrogance or snobbiness, her work ethic is not child-neglect, her perseverance is not stubbornness, and her smile is not fake.  She is the master of organizing and time management, and the genius of relationship building.  She can bring home the bacon and fry it up in a pan.  She is the Waooh-man.  And no doubt, She is a Rock Star.

So we asked a few successful women we know one question:
” Of all your “rock star” qualities, which is the one quality that best serves you in building your World Tour of Success as a woman?”

Here’s what a few of the very cool ladies said… (more…)

As the old saying goes, money can’t buy happiness, we disagree.  We say it can.

“Now that I no longer have to worry about having a roof over my head or where my next meal will come from, I am happy.  Money now pays my bills, but it also pays for my housekeeper.  The fact that I do not have to do laundry, I promise, makes me crazy-happy!” -Aly

But money does not buy joy.  When we truly seek and find joy, regardless of our circumstances, happiness will follow.  Remember this:  Happiness can always exist without joy, but joy will never exist without happiness.  Here’s how we know:

Suffice to say, there was a period in our lives encompassed by circumstances seemingly straight out of a bad Hollywood script.  A really bad one.  It was the script that intertwines a pile of sh-doo-doo, and then adds a little more on top of that.  Yeah, that one.  Skip to scene four and open with single mom, six kids (we were in junior high), food stamps, and nearly homeless.  We said nearly.  And by “nearly,” we mean by a thread.

So, yes, we were in a dumpy house.  But the car was even dumpier.  Is that a word?  Having experienced that tin can on wheels, we say it is a superlative, noun, and a verb.  Dumpier must be a word.  This car was a chocolate brown station wagon that we affectionately called, “The Dragon Wagon.”  (says big, echoing voice) (more…)

It’s always cool to go away from an interview knowing, “That was a rock star woman in business.”  And that’s exactly what we said to each other when we wrapped our interview with Millionaire Moms Media founder, Edie McCrae last week.  Pronounce it Eee-die, not Eddy.  She’s not a dude.  She’s one cool mom who knows not only how to make it happen in the office, she does it while keeping her husband and two kids a priority, which is critical in our Rock Star U curriculum.

Edie’s in the business of helping other women succeed in large part through social media.  What’s the inspiration for Edie’s song?  She told us, “I have this overwhelming desire to help people to help themselves.” And she didn’t always know that desire was going to form up in the fashion of social media either.  Her first (of three) careers helping people was as a nurse.  For ten years in her nursing career, she did just that- helped people.

But after the birth of a premature baby, nursing rightfully took a back seat to the care of her newborn.  Fast forward a bit, and soon Edie was juggling healthy little ones with a new, but highly successful career in direct sales.  Learned a lot, made a lot (of dinero), but missed the fam a lot.  Sound familiar?  (more…)