Fuel Your Inner Drive
Lynn Nelson has over 20 years of experience in public relations, public affairs and communications. She’s owned her own consulting firm, LINPR, for over 15 years and maintains a balanced life of wife, mother and working professional.
Despite the satisfaction of completing a project completely, I often fail to finish my work thoroughly. I don’t have to look far to see partially competed work projects: flowers half planted, boxes still packed, crafts started but not completed. What gets in the way of being completely complete, and what would my life look like [...]
When I began writing my new book, Getting Your Life into Balance, I began with the premise that Type A people like me wanted to change their behavior. After I finished the first draft of my book, I circulated it to some of my friends, many of who have Type A behaviors similar to mine. [...]
My client and I were meeting a reporter for lunch 20 years ago. The reporter and we’d never met, so I described my client and myself: “We’re in our 30s, blonde, … .” She responded: “I’m in my 50s, and my face is melting into my neck.” I was stunned and not sure what to [...]
Make the holidays memorable by focusing on what guests will remember We’re in the midst of Passover, and Easter is a few days off. Women everywhere are beginning to stress about how clean the house is, when they will find time to buy groceries, and what they will serve for the family meal. Not to [...]
Add the kind of structure you apply to your work to achieve your dreams Throughout my life I’ve reached a lot of professional goals: executive level at a Fortune 100 company, a master’s degree from the University of Minnesota, a black belt from National Karate, a job in the editorial department of a daily newspaper, [...]
When I was 35, my professional life was going great, but my personal life was not. I’d been married twice and divorced twice. I left my first husband, and my second husband left me. Both situations were terribly painful. In an attempt to save my second marriage, I began seeing a therapist. I dreaded the [...]
Regrets. They make you feel sad in the pit of your stomach. Optimists ignore them. And pessimists dwell on them. All of us have them. Often they involve things beyond our control. The most piercing ones involve things that were within our control. Most of mine involve my previous marriages and what I could have [...]
Most Americans take pride in their ability to accomplish much without asking for help. I confess, I am one of these. But a recent move from a three-story home to a 1,800-square-foot apartment has broken down my resolve. I’ve had to ask for help over and over again. And I’ve discovered a few things along [...]
I set out to get my black belt because my five-year-old son was taking classes, and it looked like fun. It was also a stretch for me. I was a decent athlete but nothing special. Karate required extraordinary coordination, flexibility, strength and discipline. It also required extreme respect for the teacher and following her advice, [...]
My business mentor is an independent marketing consultant who’s been in the business for 40 years. He’s made an impressive income, worked with people he likes and has remained true to his values. He’s a great networker. He does it because it feeds his business, and he loves it. When I told him I was [...]
