Lisa Robbin Young

Author: Lisa Robbin Young

  • Modern Woman

    This week, we’re playing fast and loose with Billy Joel. Hopefully, I don’t offend him. I recall an interview – I think during his summer stint on SiriusXM this year – where he said that “Modern Woman” was his least favorite song. Every entrepreneur I’ve ever met has a project from their past that makes…

  • Profits Redefined

    What does it really mean to be profitable? With my newly-minted certification as a Profit First Professional coach (huzzah!), I’ve spent more than a few hours thinking about this question. Profit First is a concept (and now a book) penned by business author (and my friend) Mike Michalowicz. The book drives home the point that most business…

  • I Want A New Drug

    This week’s tune is officially the toughest tune we’ve managed to swing to date. According to Des, taking 80’s pop and jazzing it out is about one of the most difficult departures you can do. I was kind of bummed when he said that, because I always thought of Huey Lewis and the News as…

  • Undeniable Gifts

    For a few years now, I’ve talked around the idea of Undeniable Gifts: the idea that every single one of us has something unique, special, and just for us to share in this world. But I’ve never given it a post unto itself. Until now. That special something… You’ve heard it before: “the world needs that special…

  • Bob Dylan, Walt Disney & Richard Marx walk into a bar…

    Brace yourself. You’re getting a couple of “firsts” this week. I’ve been working on a musical mash-up for several weeks featuring Bob Dylan’s “Make You Feel My Love” and “A Whole New World” from Disney’s “Aladdin” – but it was missing something. It wasn’t as easy to tie the tunes together as I had hoped.…

  • Humanity & Divinity

    I’ve been wanting to write a post for a very long time about a concept I dubbed “the two I’s”. Inasmuch as we have two eyes through which we see the world, there are two “I’s” through which we see the world: our divine self and our human self. You can try to dodge them, but…

  • New York State of Mind

    “Sometimes, friends are as family.” – an inscription from The Secret Watch A couple of weeks ago, I took a trip to Great Barrington, MA, to reconnect with myself and some friends from an online group through which we all met. On the way, I stopped in Lewiston, NY to visit my friend and long-time…

  • DUMB goals: How to achieve success in what really matters most

    “Dreams without goals are just dreams that ultimately fuel disappointment.” – Denzel Washington You know what SMART goals are, right? It’s a helpful little acronym that breaks your goals into something that’s: So many people use SMART goals – and for a lot of people that works. But not me. Not for a lot of big…

  • Dream On

    About 18 months ago, I met this kid, Des. He’s got an amazing gift for playing piano. Watching him perform is like watching God sit at the piano… It’s almost like Des isn’t even there… just music direct from the Divine. I was looking for an arranger. For this song, in particular. For a few…

  • The prize at the top of the waterfall

    This past week, I was fortunate to be able to travel to the Berkshires and visit with great friends. Actually, they’re more like sisters. As one of the inscriptions reads in my book, sometimes friends are as family, and these ladies are it. We met during Amy Oscar’s Soul Caller retreat last year, and we’ve kept…