A Blog by Adrienne Wallace

I hope you know the secrets of your own heart and can find them in your business life as much as you do in your private spaces. Trust your instincts. Sell only what you would buy. Don't work for anyone who does not think that you deserve to eat what they ask you to hunt. Promote what is real. Maintain your integrity. Be at peace with your God and learn from every experience of embrace or attack. Do the work and perfect your skills. Do it now. Innovate, change, get online and connect. Collaborate. Listen and learn. Write it down. Be humble, but not shy. Be honorable to your customers .. Do not deny your friends or family your time or love. Turn off the smartphone and computers and turn on the laughter. Connect with your heart. Care about your team. You want the same thing. Ask about your clients hobbies and family and mean it. Choose what to cheer and recruit for each day. Understand what requires private counsel. Know who has your back. Have faith in your risks and work fo...

I have often said that the opposite sex confuses the term "courtship" and thinks that it allows for games.  This is not only true of the opposite sex, but it happens in an analogous fashion in  the business world as well. In business, you  may come across people who are in roles that they are not well suited for or competent to fill. They coast along playing games and doing subpar work until someone comes in to lead and demands a certain business acumen and a sense of urgency,transparency,a consistent and clearcommunication style and what I like to call "thorough- putting" that are often missing.  These are the same things missing from courtship.  . When those screwing up the business opportunity are evaluated we often see that they had no goals set and no mentors. Likewise many men do not plan for their dating lives and often did not have role models that served as good relationship mentors as it applies to courtship.  They see other men mistrea...