I used to work a lot with women - leading organizations, speaking at workshops and conferences and writing specifically for women. But about 15 years ago I walked away from it. My passion and drive was gone (or is that buried). I went down another path.

Then, in March of this year, something started to happen in me. A renewed sensitivity to women began to show itself. Women sought me out to talk about some really big stuff that was going on in their lives - some happy, some very sad. My mind ran with ideas of things to write for women.

But, instead of grabbing hold and going back down a road I'd been before, I decided to wait - let everything simply unfold and see where it took me. I didn't feel anxious. I didn't feel like I had to "do" something. I was just open - watching, listening, and continuing to work my existing coaching business with men and women business owners. I am a natural strategizer, list maker, planner, and let's-get-the-job-done kind of person so this approach was quite different for me.

Since March, I've met and talked with some amazing women who desire to take their business to the next level, fulfill a passion they've kept quiet until now, and/or create a life that honors a balanced lifestyle. They are all leaders from different arenas. All daring to step beyond the expected and outside their comfort zone.

Then it happened. I was driving down the highway and three words dropped into the car with me - When Women Dare."

I've registered the url www.whenwomendare.com , tossed around a few ideas, and talked with others about what exactly “When Women Dare" means to them - what it is; what it could be.

So - here are two questions I'd like to throw to you for feedback.
1. What do you think of when you hear “When Women Dare?”
2. What is important to women who dare?

I really look forward to your thoughts. This is a concept/vision in process.

Thanks for listening.

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Tonight I got a call from a good friend to say that an old friend of ours had passed away.

If you've ever received a similar call, you know what I mean when I say that all kinds of things ran through my mind. I felt sad, heavy, and thankful for her life. All at once.

The other day, Peg came to my mind and I thought that I should go visit her so we could catch up on the years that have passed since we last saw each other. It would have been great to talk with her.

Peg was a wise woman. She had known pain, sorrow and happiness in her life and yet her gentle spirit and warm heart always had room for others. I will forever be grateful for the part she played in my life - especially when I was a little girl and later as a young mother.

I hope you don't let time run out for you and someone you care about.

In 1903, George Bernard Shaw said, “The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man.”

Stepping beyond our comfort zone is just what the prolific Shaw was talking about. And to do that we often have to be (or appear to be) unreasonable. So why do we think everything has to be perfect - right now. Uncle George didn't tell us that the unreasonable person is perfect in trying to adapt the world to himself. He said that the unreasonable person is persistent. And persistence means get moving.

And when we're moving we're bound to experience the three F's of success - Fail Forward Fast. That's not one "F" - Fail. Or two "F's" - Fail Forward. It's three "F's" - Fail Forward Fast.

So what are you waiting for. Get moving. Fail Forward Fast. And get on with Success.