What are the responsibilities of leadership? Why are some born to lead and others chose to follow? Is it DNA? Is it environmental? As a leader what is your charge? Inside our bodies are chemicals that are trying to get us to do things that are in the best interest of us. If you've ever had a feeling of happiness, pride, joy, love or fulfillment all of these feelings are chemically produced feelings; produced by four predominate chemicals. We will explore: endorphins, dopamine, serotonin and oxytocin. The chemicals serotonin and oxytocin is what makes our society great... this is where leaders are born.

The millennials joining your workforce are employees born between 1980 and 2000; or 1989 and 1999, depending on the source. Unlike the Gen-Xers and the Baby Boomers, the millennials have developed work characteristics and tendencies from doting helicopter parents. "The children now love luxury; they have bad manners, contempt for authority, they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise." This quote may read like an older worker talking about Millennials, but it's actually attributed to Socrates over 2,000 years ago. The quote echoes the conventional wisdom about millennials in the workplace: they are lazy, narcissistic, entitled, job hoppers it is said. If that is indeed the case, how do we manage them? Let's explore!

There are a number of advantages and disadvantages of niche marketing. By definition, a niche market is a subset of a market on which a particular product is focused. Niche marketing defines product features, production qualities, demographics and price range to satisfy specific marketing needs.

Understanding the market means you are able to identify the unique needs of your potential audience, provide new and compelling products, tailor your products in the right way, communicate efficiently with the target group and identify how you will position against your competition.

The Advantages are:

• Less competition
• Brand loyalty
• Best for giving marketing insight
• Saving on your marketing dollars

The Disadvantages are:

• Smaller market means smaller profits
• Limited growth potential
• Fickle nature of your patrons

Lets explore.

A wife of noble character who can find? She is worth far more than rubies. Her husband has full confidence in her and lacks nothing of value. She brings him good and not harm all the days of her life. Her children arise and call her blessed; her husband also and he praises her. How do you juggle your marriage?

Are you a Boss? Or are you Bossy? When you have power, influence or authority, look for ways to leverage your leadership by serving others. Leadership is stewardship!

Do you offer boutique styled goods and services or bargain basement? Your life is formed by the perspectives and philosophies you adapt. Changing your perspective can create an immediate shift in your life and business. To succeed as an entrepreneur, you must consistently look for ways to sharpen your perspective. One of the greatest philosophies I've learned in business is, you get paid for bringing value to the marketplace and if you bring no value, you don't get paid much. If you understand this powerful philosophy and implement it into your life, you will develop a substantial advantage over those who don't! Welcome to Mom-e Nation!!

If I say golden arches, Mickey D's or Happy Meal... instinctively, each of you know exactly what I am talking about. That is a brand. A brand is anything - a symbol, design, name, sound, reputation, emotion, employees, tone and much more... that separates one thing from another. In the case of McDonald's, the golden arches became part of the brand. Those arches separate their products from all other fast food restaurants and they're a recognizable symbol even with kids.

Two brands died this week and our hearts are broken... RIP Kate Spade and Anthony Bourdain.

The biggest problem people have these days is too many irons in the fire. you will never be successful at ANYTHING, unless you focus at being your best at ONE thing. The notion of having multiple gigs is a recipe for disaster. Focus on one, be successful at that and the rest will follow. On this episode, we interview Ehmandah Ramsey owner of 210E Workspace, a co-working location in Claremont, California (www.210e.co). Ehmandah is also the founder of She Stories where real women share real stories (www.shestories.co). Listen to her story of how with tenacity and perseverance, Ehmandah was able to overcome her "Denise Huxtable" phase.

Broke people talk about people and problems, successful people talk about ideals and goals... your conversation chooses your destiny! Do you debrief at the end of each day? What is one thing that went well in your day and one thing that went bad? Write it down and take inventory on the successes and modify and adapt as it pertains to the failure. This will help you determine what is working.

I observe my thought and entertain only those that empower me. The first step to change is awareness. If you do not know there is a problem, you can never exact change. Your desire to be successful or your desire to be wealthy does not always translate into your ability to put in the work. You can't just be in the right place at the right time, you also have to be the right PERSON in the right place at the right time.