DSW | Laina Turner

I hope you all enjoyed listening to Elijah’s music yesterday. Him and I are now facebook friends…I am so thrilled:) Today has flown by. I have heard many heated debates today on the whole health care issue. As a human resource professional I have had people asking my opinion and sometimes you should be careful what you ask for. To be honest I have mixed feelings but then it can be hard to make one decision that will make everyone happy.

Book sales are going pretty well for Stilettos & Scoundrels. Just placed my second order for books to take with me to the DSW book signing on Saturday and a fellow Rainmaker, Amy Woodall, gave me this great idea of having a DSW US book tour. So my Rockstar admin, Amy Bucci, is looking into using this venue for other events. I need to get the schedule up soon but in April I will hit Indy and New York City. May I will be heading to Chicago and Las Vegas and June to San Diego. If of course we make enough money selling the books. It’s kind of like living paycheck to paycheck. Though if I could ever get the business book to print (yes it is a month overdue) I would be much better off. Everyone keeps asking me what my hang up is and I just don’t like it. Not an answer anyone likes but it’s all I’ve got.

I am also back on the bandwagon of building up Chiczofrenic so if you aren’t already a member go to Chiczofrenic.com and sign up!

Have a great day!
Laina

I’m sitting in the Phoenix airport waiting to catch my flight to take me back to Indy and it’s EARLY, 4am,. I was in Phoenix for a Capella meeting and commencements. I also got a chance to talk to people about my book and sell some copies. However, I’m excited to come home, see the kids, and start planning for Saturday’s book signing event at DSW. Before I start into the real purpose of this post can I just complain for a second that once I got past security, where as you know you can’t take any liquids through, it is so early that no places are open for coffee. My brain can’t function without coffee.
Anyways…anyone who reads this post knows that I have been searching for, well forever, to figure out exactly what my place is in life. Who do I want to be when I grow up? I’m this college professor, HR consultant, business women, and writer. My best friend told me last week to make a list of all the pros and cons of each thing. Now he is a very methodical thinker, and I don’t quite think that way, so I am sure he felt it would help to get it all on paper. Although the thought did cross my mind that he is so sick of listening to me complain that maybe this was just busy work to get me to shut up for a while. Then I laughed at the thought. As if I ever shut up.
I really enjoy all those things. I love my job at Capella. As Faculty Chair for HR and Retail Management I get to have an impact on higher education in the two fields I am most passionate about. I enjoy consulting from the aspect of helping business owners, and I love the challenge of business. Writing has always been my dream from the time I was a little girl and I want to be famous. I mean who doesn’t? When I try to figure out how to balance all those things I can’t. I’ve tried and after about two years burnt myself out to the point of no return. When I did my pros/cons it helped me identify one commonality. That I just want to be fabulous in all I do. I like to say crazy is an art form. Well being fabulous is a skill. So why can’t that be my skill. Why can’t I make a business out of it? Hell, I should have listened to Robby Slaughter a year ago when he told me that was my talent.
Off to board the plane. More on how I will pursue my fabulousness tomorrow!
Laina

Faculty Member at Capella University, an Accredited Online University, Authors New Book on Successfully Launching and Running a Small Business (eon.businesswire.com)

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