80% of Success? Just Show Up.
There’s a famous Woody Allen quote that says: “Eighty percent of success is just showing up.”
That’s your Front-Row Friday message today: Show up.
For your life.
For your dreams.
For your purpose.
Meet Keynote Speaker Marilyn Sherman, who has spent years motivating and inspiring audiences to get out of their comfort zone and get a front-row seat in life. After starting her career in corporate America, she is now seen as the go-to motivational keynote speaker for corporate and association markets that want their people to improve their morale, teamwork, and communication skills and ultimately achieve more results. With her background as a training officer for a major finance company, Marilyn honed her skills to motivate audiences who are often hard to motivate. With her engaging, and fun personality, Marilyn connects with her audiences immediately and delivers content that they can immediately use when they get back to their office.
Lessons in Exceptional Customer Service from a Credit Union
When was the last time you experienced truly exceptional customer service? I’ve been diving into a great book called The Credit Union Way by my friend Lee Silber as part of my prep for an upcoming keynote to a credit union audience. It’s filled with story after story of relationship-driven service—real examples of credit union employees going above and beyond for their members.
Aggressive vs assertive: Why respectful communication matters
There’s a fine line between speaking up for yourself and speaking over someone else. That line is the difference between being assertive and being aggressive—and knowing the difference can transform your relationships, your leadership, and your impact.
The power of resolve, even if it hurts
A good friend of mine, Mark LeBlanc, is preparing for his fourth Camino de Santiago—a 500-mile pilgrimage from France to Santiago, Spain. It takes about 31 days of walking, day after day, rain or shine, with only your resolve and your backpack to carry you forward.
How to Find Hope When You Feel Lost or Overwhelmed
I was recently in a group setting where we were all sharing what we were hopeful for. It was warm, reflective, and full of possibility—until one person quietly said, “I don’t think I have any hope.”
That moment broke my heart. Because if there’s one thing I believe you should never run out of—it’s hope.
Spring Renewal: Four Simple Steps to Reignite Your Purpose and Passion
Spring is finally here—and with it comes a fresh invitation to hit the reset button. You’ve made it through winter (whatever your version of winter looked like), and now it’s time to step into something new.
Overcoming Life’s Curveballs: Lessons from Paige Bueckers
What do you do when life knocks you down? If you’re Paige Bueckers, you get back up. Again. And again. And then you come back stronger, faster, and more focused than ever before.
When venting doesn’t end: strategies to move to resolution
We’ve all been there… A friend or colleague needs to vent.
You listen, you empathize, you say things like:
“Wow, that sounds really frustrating.”
“I can see how you’d be upset.”
“If that happened to me, I’d be pretty irritated too.” That’s active listening—and it’s powerful.
When Your One-Week Mission Becomes Nine Months
This week, I was inspired by a story that’s literally out of this world. Astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams were supposed to be on the International Space Station for just a week. That was the mission. Launch. Dock. Test the systems. Return home. Simple enough… until it wasn’t.
Flip the Script: Focus on your wins
Let’s be honest—when you sit down at the end of a long day, and let’s say 99 things went right, and one thing went wrong, what do you usually talk about over dinner? If you’re like most people, the conversation centers around the one thing that went wrong.