Author: Donita Fowler

Have you ever heard someone say that negative thinking won’t get you anywhere? Or maybe people have told you to just stay positive. Maybe you’ve been told to stop thinking negative thoughts and you’ll be better off. Negative thinking never helps anyone, and it won’t help you. Well, today I’m here to rock the boat…

I’ve been working with my therapist for just over 18 months, and one of the tools that she suggested (with some resistance from me, of course) was journaling. I thought journaling was fluffy, not effective, and only used by people who weren’t serious about success. Definitely not me. I’d never journaled of course, and my…

It really doesn’t matter what industry you are in, or how you run your business. The inevitable will happen. You will eventually do something, whether it’s for work or your peers, that just doesn’t land well. As in, you created something or you presented something and flops. And sometimes, it will flop hard. As in…

There is an old saying, “it’s lonely at the top”. And by old, we are talking 15th century. This is the most famous line in William Shakespeare’s play Henry IV, spoken by Henry himself as the English king. He is tired, sick, sad, and alone in his misery. His remark expresses the persistent idea that…

I started something new a few months ago. If you weren’t here, or don’t know, I started my coaching certification with Jay Shetty. I will graduate mid-January 2023, and I have been immersed in the program. I love it, and I love where it’s taking me. I will get to coach alongside my hubby, Vince,…

Relationships trump cold marketing. There, I said it. It’s the thing that not everyone wants to admit. And certainly not a previous marketing consultant, such as myself. I sold people on the fact that cold marketing to strangers works. And for some business it does – widgets, groceries, commodities, slurpees, roofers, and so on. But,…

I heard a really interesting story nestled inside of Trevor Moawad’s book Getting to Neutral.  Sometime in 1977, then New York Mayor, Ed Koch, tells a story of riding through New York with then president, Ronald Regan. The car was crossing 42 street amidst a throng of well wishers. Out of all the people cheering,…

I’m going to switch gears today because I often get asked marketing questions, probably because even though I am a performance coach, I worked as an online marketing consultant for small businesses owners for about 8 years. And in that time, with my boutique marketing agency, I did it all. And that included everything from…

Small steps. That’s what gets us through the day. Small action steps that create momentum in our lives. Some call it 1% gains, but I call it a small step. And if you add up all of those small steps, they count. And they count in a big way. Towards big priorities or goals. These…

My husband is an ultra athlete. He has run 5 ultra marathons in the past 12 months, and done thousands of miles of training for said ultras. He has researched gear, bought accordingly, been consistent with sports therapy, chiropractic, physio, and done all that he can to prepare for those big races. And so, with…