I’ve been updating my travel “wish list” with some of the locations I’ve always wanted to go to. Having a lifestyle business, its very motivating to me to know where I plan to travel next. I tend to keep a running list in my mind, especially when I run across a great article in Spa [...]

Recently I spent some time in Sydney Australia with some colleagues as we were speaking for Christopher Howard’s Ultimate Marketing Seminar.
After three days of being completely upside down in my time zones and presenting at this conference of over 700 people, I was exhausted. But I was committed to enjoying some of local Sydney life [...]

It’s been awhile since I’ve been to one of my favorites…The Marriott Desert Hot Springs Spa Resort in Palm Desert, California.
As a spa junkie, I love that this beautiful resort is very close to Los Angeles (in the “leer-cecedes” it only takes 90 minutes to get there.) Knowing that I desperately needed a little get [...]

I keep seeing these funny articles in different magazines like “What does Carrie Underwood listen to?” or “What’s on Matt Lauer’s IPOD?” It struck me as kind of funny until the other day when someone asked me, “Melanie, what do you listen to that helps you have a success mindset?
For me, it happens in multiple [...]

Wow, this was one of the nicest places I’ve ever stayed.
I’m not typically a big Mexico enthusiast. Not being a big partier and knowing that the water in Mexico is always a risk to Montezuma’s Revenge, I tend to keep to the Caribbean and Hawaii for my exotic vacations.
As luck would have it, as we [...]

Sunday my partner and I decided to find some sunshine in Palm Springs, CA to work on our “vacation tans.” As we were driving out to the desert, we spontaneously migrated from our usual spot at the JW Marriott to La Quinta Resort.
La Quinta is a Waldorf-Astoria 5-star resort just past Palm Desert. It’s lay [...]

This past weekend I conducted my first 2008 Platinum Elite Mastermind retreat in Palm Desert California at the Miramonte Spa & Resort. It’s a smaller boutique type resort but I have to say, it’s a big winner in my book! 

I decided to treat myself and come in two days early just so I could have some [...]

My fourth Glazer-Kennedy Super Conference was outstanding. for some reason, it really stood out from any of the other events I’ve attended (even theirs.) Why?
Well my friend Ari Galper and I mused over what was different. One of the possibilities is that the Glazer-Kennedy team finally hit a tipping point.
There were over 1200 people, some [...]

It’s Sunday, 4:30 pm CST and I’m in Nashville Tennessee. I’m about ready to leave a 4 day conference (which I’ll share with you separately) when my friend Kristi Frank (you probably know her best from The Apprentice) buzzes by saying, “Crap, my flight to LA got cancelled!) Hmmm….she was on an earlier flight than [...]

As entrepreneurs and business owners, we make a serious of choices every day that can make or break our success. As a business coach for many years now, I’ve learned that it’s often not even the big things that have the greatest impact… 
It’s the small, almost unconscious decisions we make that can influence the shape [...]