March 25, 2019

Building Your Personal Brand

Whether you have no following or a celebrity following, the five principles below are important to keep in mind as you build your brand online. (And they’ll make the social…

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May 2, 2015

The Silent Home Run

Sometimes we don’t know who we really are and what we’re capable of doing. We need to be shook and told by someone else that we’ve hit a home run….

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March 22, 2015

What Steve Nash Can Teach Us

Steve Nash is one of the most decorated basketball players known to the sport. As the recipient of countless awards and a frequent record breaker, there is no doubt Steve…

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March 20, 2015

Life Hacking & Slacking

Imagine if you could decrease your email volume by more than 70%. I did. You can too. For years, I’ve lost sleep over my email inbox, thanks to a phobia…

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August 20, 2014

Tales of an Entrepreneur

My company, Digital Royalty, just turned five! In social years, which is like dog years, that’s more like 35 years old. As I approach my 5th anniversary as the company’s…

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March 4, 2014

30-Minute Power Sessions

I have the attention span of a snapchat. It’s become a slight problem and it’s a core reason why I took up knitting. If a meeting goes beyond than 30-45…

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March 2, 2014

Vision vs. Sight

During a recent formal (wink) board meeting, I encountered a moment I’ll never forget. Each month, I meet with my Board of Directors. We’ve…

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August 5, 2013

My First 365 Days in Las Vegas

I’ve sat down to write this post a few times. For someone who’s written a 55k+ word book, you’d think I’d be able to easily write a simple blog post…

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July 14, 2013

Step Back to Lead Forward

While reading The Pause Principle by Kevin Cashman, I came across the message below. Wise words from an anonymous 74-year old chairman of a public company: “Early in our careers…

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May 19, 2013

Pays To Be Late

Imagine this. The next time you’re late to meet someone, you owe them money. But here’s the catch, the money doesn’t go in their pocket. The money goes to their…

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May 3, 2013

Sleep Your Way to the Top

When I was younger, my father would say to me, “Amy Jo, you can’t bank sleep.” Evidentially, I thought I could deposit and withdraw hours into my mystical sleep account…

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May 1, 2013

Lean In and Listen Louder

“The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any.” ~ Alice Walker Until not too long ago, I ignored the women in business…

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