by belindaleesmith | May 30, 2018 | business, personal, Thoughts, women
Have you ever heard of Pareto’s Law? Pareto was an Italian economist who confirmed that 80% of our results in our work is determined by 20% of our time spent. It’s called the 80/20 Rule. So think about it, if 80% of our success is based on 20% of our efforts,...
by belindaleesmith | May 16, 2018 | business, Thoughts, women
I sat across the table from her as she took another drag on her cigarette. I was facing a woman I had just met, but about whom I’d been told a lot. Her home was in active foreclosure, her divorce was final, she had no job and no plan. And, curiously, she had no...
by belindaleesmith | May 9, 2018 | Thoughts, women
I rescued two of my dogs, Jack & Webster, from a hoarding “rescue” in Anna, Illinois. I drove 3 hours to get them, paid their bail money to spring them from years of living in a tiny cage with no access to sun or grass, and I brought them back to Nashville where...
by belindaleesmith | Mar 25, 2018 | business, Thoughts, women
Years ago I participated in a free challenge online. I was super new to the online space, and I was trying to figure out how to be “me” while also trying to conform to what I thought I was “supposed” to be. I showed up every day for that challenge, and I would...
by belindaleesmith | Jan 6, 2018 | business, women
I recently sang a theme song in Chicago for around 6000 people. The song is called, “Own It,” and it is the theme song for the incoming National Association of Realtors’ President, Elizabeth Mendenhall. Elizabeth invited us to sing it for her inaugural. Super fun and...
by belindaleesmith | Oct 17, 2017 | business, women
I showed up in Nashville thinking I could be a songwriter… knowing a drummer. [Wow, now that I say that, I don’t even know what happened to Greg Frump.] Anyway, I showed up in Nashville pretty certain I could write a decent song. I honestly figured that all the...
