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I am in the middle of reading Seth Godin’s Linchpin and it is rocking my world.  [As an aside I will be talking about the book and how to apply it to small businesses in my new Small Business Book Club. You may want to check it out. It's free.]
Linchpin is the “it” book now [...]

Who wants you to be successful?  At first, this seems like a silly question with an obvious answer. You may think, “Of course *I* want to be successful. And my spouse/partner, my Mom/Dad want me to be successful, too.”
Then, the smarty pants among you are going to say, “What do you mean, ’successful’? How do [...]

Hey, have you seen the most recent Newsweek article by Sharon Begley?  It seems antidepressants don’t work. Apparently, 82% of the improvement people feel is placebo effect.  If you are a mental health professional, you know this, whether or not we want to admit it.
Let’s face facts, folks. When it comes to curing mental illness, [...]

I started my career working with gang bangers, sexual offenders and grand theft auto convicts.  All of them were under the age of 18.  It was one of the best jobs I have ever had.
In no particular order,here is what those kids taught me about life, work and business.
1.  People want to be good.
2.We need [...]

Here is a 10 minute video I put together on hot trends in mental health. The times are changing and people need your expertise. Take a look. Am I on track? Do you have other ideas of what our profession will look like in the very near future?

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I know I’m always nagging at you to choose a practice specialty. Now I should probably give you a few tips on HOW to do that. Wouldn’t that be helpful?
Let’s start here:  Who is your ideal client?
But, before I start discussing your  ideal clients, I need to remind you I’m big on building innovative [...]

(For those of you who are of the literal persuasion-no one has physically kicked me. These are people who put me through an intellectual boot camp experience.)
I read a lot of blogs. Most of them are about developing small businesses. Some are about health care. One is about child psychology. [As an aside--we need more [...]

I have this cool, new blog. It has lots of features I know how to use.
It has lots of features I don’t know how to use.
There are features I want that aren’t installed yet. And I have a vague idea how to track them down and install them. Hazy. It will require some time and [...]

To write a blog, you must read blogs.  And there are some mighty good blogs out there!
In fact today I learned that I should be reading a lot more challenging literature to improve my writing.
And that in marketing simple beats complex every time.
I discovered that I’m not the only one who is afraid to promote [...]