Advice I Live By

1. Always leave a place cleaner than you found it. Girl Scouts played a tremendous role in showing me the value of integrity and respect for ourselves and others. When you clean up your space and pick up litter, it shows respect for your surroundings and others to come. What is one thing you could do today to leave a place cleaner than you found it? Imagine how it would make others feel.

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10 Tips to Increase Your Mood and Metabolism and Meet Your Fitness Goal

Want to know a secret? I thought so.I want to help you boost your metabolism and feel happy. Are you ready to get off your butt and start moving? I believe you can do it.Here’s the catch. I have always been athletic, but I am not a skinny girl. I have been running and playing sports since 4th grade...

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The Innovation Engine Podcast presents "The Art of the Launch" with Monica Phillips

I recently had the pleasure of joining Will Sherlin at 3Pillar Global for a podcast on The Art of the Launch. I hope you enjoy it!

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Five Inspirational Quotes To Make It A Great Year

This year I started a new radio show called Powerful Conversations* to share insights from thought-leaders across industries including everything from entrepreneurship, law, and technology to yoga, mindfulness, and baseball.

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Life Hack for an Energy Boost

Do you need a dose of energy? This is a #lifehack that I use when I am running that could apply to many areas of your life. I just shared it with a friend and it worked so I thought I would share it here.

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Spark Plug Labs Featured in HIPerspectives Podcast Episode 1: The Joy Experiment

In our first episode, the HIPLegal partners share their perspectives on the Joy Experiment that led to the creation of HIPLegal, and close the episode with an invitation.

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Short on Time? What’s Your 90 Percent?

At an event hosted by Products That Count, Sami Inkinen (Trulia founder/record-setting rower, triathlete) shared his five principles to winning. Number 4 – “Stop doing 90 percent of things.”

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What’s Your Vacation Perspective?

Each day we get to choose to embrace a Friday mentality, what I call my “vacation perspective.” We just have to choose it.

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It's Not Too Late To Be A Rainmaker

Are you ready to take ownership of your practice and be the rainmaker you have always wanted to be? Rainmakers work effectively to build and foster meaningful relationships, identify top contacts, and use technology to aid in research, branding, tracking, and touch points.

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Own Your Journey

I had the pleasure of meeting Marcia Greenberger at a lunch program hosted by the Women’s Bar Association of DC. She is the founder and co-president of the National Women’s Law Center, which she started 40 years ago. 

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I dare you to like this post.

Warning – this post might offend you. If you don’t want a challenge, don’t read it. If you want what I want, please like it and share it. Maybe we can make a difference.

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Top 10 Quotes From the Inaugural Lead On Conference

5,000 women attended the sold-out, inaugural LeadOn Conference in Santa Clara, CA on February 24, 2015.

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Five Strategies to Break Old Habits and Lead a Thrilling Life

Many people get stuck in routine and a comfort zone with habits that don't allow them to do more and be more. We are often afraid of being great. It is easier to be average and do what's easy. When we are great, then others expect more from us. 

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Top 10 Inspirational Phrases

We all need a little inspiration from time to time. And sometimes we find it in the most unexpected of places - an image, a well-timed call from a friend, a favorite quote from a book. This week I was particularly inspired by the words of Maya Angelou. I am grateful that she shared her words with us so I start and end my list in memory of her. She had so many incredibly inspiring words.

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Five Questions for Authentic Leadership

Coaching strengthens emotional intelligence and gives leaders the ability to recognize how other people are feeling in a business context and to react appropriately for mutual benefit. Consider some of these key thoughts from research on executive coaching.

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Monica Phillips
You Are Beautiful Just As You Are

Who are you? Do not define yourself by the things that can change – material possessions, age, career, gender. 

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Get to the Top with Momentum

I had a goal to run a marathon before I turned 30 so I did. I ran the Twin Cities Marathon when I was 28. I had just finished my master’s degree while working full-time and learning piano. My running and exercise regime had been inactive to say the least and I knew I needed some help to get to the finish line.

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Seven Steps to Stay Motivated and Reach Your Goals

Happy New Year! I have had some inspiring conversations with clients this week. It is so rewarding to work with people who are passionate about what they do and focused on what’s next. 

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