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Comfort Zone Relocation

by Karen Keller

What is it that propels women into zones of great accomplishment from zones of pleasant safe comfort? I call it – comfort zone relocation!

Lisa Weber, 46, the daughter of a New Jersey taxi driver who was president of Individual Business for MetLife Inc., one of the world’s largest providers of insurance and financial services – a hulking enterprise with $19 billion in revenues and some $1.5 billion in operating profits – has definitely set the bar for moving out of her comfort zone.

Weber hesitated in 1998, fearful she had no sales background, when asked by Rob Henrickson, MetLife’s CEO, to take a role in operations. She could have stayed in a position that required little risk, no need for competition, and few reasons for assertion.

Did that stop her? [Read More]

This weekend two little girls put up a lemonade stand next door. They did this on a day when several neighbors were doing lawn work, moving furniture and hanging out. Of course, I take every opportunity to support budding entrepreneurs. When I went to buy a glass I noticed they were charging 15 cents for a half glass and 50 cents for a full glass! Well, I shared with them how they could make more money by charging 30 cents for the half glass. One of the little girls smiled at me and told me [Read More]