This week Starred Items comes to you from Sunny New Jersey… where I’m sitting on my parents’ couch wrapped in blankets and sweater.

And my other half is home, finishing up some recording and being generally bachelor-ish. He says he misses me but secretly I think he’s enjoying not having to shave…

I’m up here for two reasons. First, I’m not going to see my family for Christmas. We alternate holidays since our families live in different states.

Second, I went to Times Square to see Suzanne Evans & crew for the NYC stop of the Help More People Tour which was 9 hours of intense teaching & blitz networking.

I’m most definitely NOT a super-networking-gal, so I met a few people and got to know them a bit better. However, there was lots of great info passed on to everyone. My favorite quote of the day was

“Stop bitching and start a revolution.”

And I have an announcement to make. You know the thing that I’ve been hinting at?

It has a name and a site. Whee!

So go see my new thing at Thrive Creative Coaching, where I help creatives kick the snot out of their soul-sucking day jobs and create business that makes ‘em money doing what they love.

So, on to the linky goodness!

The Big Secret to Success? Run With What You Have: I’m a big fan of Dave Navarro (no, not the musician, but he’s not half bad…), so you’ll probably see lots of his stuff here.I’m a big fan of just getting stuff out there, even if it’s not 100% perfect. If you wait ’till the right moment or until everything’s absolutely perfect, you’ll never do anything.

So get your arse in gear and put yourself out there.

Kissing ass, quantum leaps, and the power of being unqualified: Danielle LaPorte is unqualified. But she doesn’t let that stop her.

Why do you?

Who do you think you aren’t? A bit more on doing it anyway. Acknowledge your limitations. Evaluate if they really are limiting you.

And do it anyway.

What other coaches & bloggers are saying about goal-setting: Cath Duncan’s continuation of exploring goal setting that makes sense. Good thoughts from others. My favorite is Ken Robert’s:

“Focus on Small Daily Action”

The Key to Consistent Creativity and Productivity: This is a long post. I have to read it again since I tend to skim (as most web-readers do), but I recommend you read it a couple times through to get the full benefit.

I particularly like the explanation of the task switching cost. It’s the time that you lose from disengaging from one task to engage in a different one.

So, what have you been reading lately that’s impacted you?