Strategy in writing
Essays on wealth, leadership, and the power moves of midlife.
From Larisa’s desk
Sep 17, 2026The Big Pivot: Planning Your 2nd Act
Do you nerd out over statistics? Me neither, and yet, some numbers are worth considering inasmuch as they may relate to your situation, or be situationally…
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Sep 17, 2026What Financial Moves Can I Realistically Make?
I thought I'd be further along by now, said with angst by women 50-64. According to new AARP research on the midlife financial squeeze puts a number behind…
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Sep 17, 2026Five Good Reasons to Buy a Home Right Now
Have the headlines got you quaking and quivering in your boots? What people don’t think about is that news is presented on a global, widescale perspective.…
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May 13, 2021The Care and Feeding of Your Million-Dollar Asset
Funnily enough, recently I was listening to a presentation about life insurance and the presenter asked, “if you have a luxury car, a high-performance vehicle, wouldn’t…
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Apr 30, 2021Take Five, Superwoman: Self-Care for Working Women
To be clear, I am a proud card-carrying superwoman. There is no shame in my game: I am happy that I can “do all the things.” So, this will not be a blog about hanging up…
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Apr 23, 2021Are We in A She-cession? Shock and Awe for Today’s Working Woman
Remember how excited we were with the passage of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, which (I thought) was to equalize pay for men and women? How’d that turn out? As it…
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Apr 7, 2021Wealth is Created from the Neck Up
At first glance that headline might suggest I’m talking about supermodels or those who use their looks to earn money. As it just so happens however, further reflection…
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Mar 26, 2021Focus on Self-Awareness
Sometimes when I am out and about, and I encounter a flock of people, I feel like sometimes they lack spatial awareness because they don’t move over or speed up to make…
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Mar 19, 2021F.O.C.U.S. on Mindfulness for Self-Care
Never mind your dog, have you hugged yourself today? (I kid, I kid – no animals were harmed in the production of this blog!) Self-Care. Finally. Women are now realizing…
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Mar 12, 2021F.O.C.U.S. on Having a Successful Morning for Powerful Productivity
F.O.C.U.S. may well be the new sexy – but this view definitely is not! (No, your eyes are not playing tricks on you; do not attempt to adjust your screen.) To have…
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Jul 6, 2020Is That Really the Best Use of Your Time?
First of all, I really have no idea where the time went. And that’s the problem, isn’t it? I enjoy a good dose of “busy” as much as anyone, and yet we all know there is…
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Jul 6, 2020Well, the Going Has Officially Gotten Tough
You’re no doubt familiar with that old adage, “when the going gets tough, the tough get going”, right? This past week has been most telling. As a business owner, one is…
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Apr 29, 2020Do You Suffer from a Severe Case of BTD?
Are you Busy, Tired, and Distracted? Of course you are, so what are you going to do about it? Listen, high achievers feel pressed from all sides to do more, to be more,…
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Apr 22, 2020Resolution Rebellion
Super achievers, rise up! We all want to improve, take leaping bounds toward future magnificence, perhaps as yet undefined. But what about all the “hanging chads”…
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Apr 15, 2020So. About Those New Year's Resolutions...
How’s that working out for you? You’ve heard the experts: people usually bail on their resolutions by end of January if not sooner. It’s hard becoming faster, better,…
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Apr 8, 2020Referral Etiquette
Do you rely on referrals as part of your business development strategy? A referral-based business is often considered the “gold-standard” of success that many strive to…
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Oct 19, 2019Plan Your Work & Work Your Plan
Have you gone shopping lately? If so, no doubt you’ve noticed that the stores are full of the holiday trifecta, a mash-up of Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas…
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Aug 19, 2019New and Improved...Really?
All that glitters is not gold, and misleading labels that read “new and improved” are patently false. Ignoring the fact that the words actually contradict each other,…
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- L — Leadership (Career & business)
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- O — Out & About (Events, Speaking, D³, Travel, & La Vida Buena)
- P — Peak Performance (Money, Productivity, tech, AI, Mindset, Systems)
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