I Am Madeleine

We always talk about the seasons mother nature goes through. Summer/fall/winter/spring.What we don’t talk about is the seasons we go through in our lives personally!

I come across so many people in a day - because of what I do - I have to be open to work with different suppliers - and through out my years of being in business I’ve come to recognize that there are two groups of people - The ‘I CAN’ and the ‘I CANT’S’ !!

It bothers me so much when I am in a meeting, we're all brainstorming and I share an idea with the client and the supplier is first to jump in and say - "well that’s not really gonna be possible!!!!" OK hoooooollld on… we all know it’s possible - it’s possible because I am showing you a photo of it - it’s possible because it’s not rocket science and its possible because it's been done before!!! Their...

A few years ago over a cup of coffee in New York City a man asked me: Are you seeking Fame or are you seeking Fortune?  I was confused.  What do you mean I said??  Don't they come hand in hand?? The answer shocked me but was so logical.  

He gave me two name:

The first one was of a world renowned celebrity wedding planner who has done top celebrity weddings, published many books and had numerous TV appearances - if you know anything about weddings - you would know about this person.

The second name -  I had never heard of before in my life.  

He went on asking me who I wanted to be?? No hesitation - the first one!!! At the time I had a...

I've been struggling for years now with this question.  You meet someone and within minutes into the conversation - comes the question: So what do you do?? 

Why is it so important what I do? Why do you really care to know?  It's because we are all programmed to categorize people in our heads and put them in a  box.  

So typically the conversation would go like this:
 

Me: I design events.

Jane: Oh ya?? What kind of events?

Me: All types of events?

Jane: Oh do you do weddings???

Me: Yes we do weddings? OMG so you're a wedding planner - that's so amazing, what a job, do you have any bridezilla stories??

At...