Cortney Donelson

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Enlightened Leadership Blog | 10 Pro-Tips for Effective Self-Editing for Business Owners | August 2023

By Cortney Donelson / August 10, 2023 / Comments Off on Enlightened Leadership Blog | 10 Pro-Tips for Effective Self-Editing for Business Owners | August 2023

A moment of honesty, if I may? (Thank you.)  If I see headlines while I’m scrolling through news feeds, blogs, or online magazines that intimate there are lists within the stories or articles, I get excited. Lists are time-savers. If I click the link and scan the article, and it has no clearly marked list…

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Enlightened Leadership Blog | How Collaboration between Small Businesses Leads to Growth | June 2023

By Cortney Donelson / June 8, 2023 / Comments Off on Enlightened Leadership Blog | How Collaboration between Small Businesses Leads to Growth | June 2023

My opponent glared at me from across the net. Kelly was a senior; I was a freshman, having just stepped onto campus and unpacked my belongings into my dorm room the day before. On the blue-painted college tennis courts, underneath the bright cerulean mid-August sky, day four of the team tryouts had started. The final…

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Enlightened Leadership Blog | Writing Tips for Entrepreneurs | April 2023

By Cortney Donelson / April 1, 2023 / Comments Off on Enlightened Leadership Blog | Writing Tips for Entrepreneurs | April 2023

The greatest leader I know is a storyteller. People have gathered around him for years as he shares tales from his professional and personal life. His animated voice and the belly laugh that causes his eyes to nearly close at the climax of every funny story he tells are magnets drawing people in, never letting…

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Enlightened Leadership Blog Stories Connect Us February 2023

By Cortney Donelson / February 3, 2023 / Comments Off on Enlightened Leadership Blog Stories Connect Us February 2023

What gives humanity the capability to engage, learn, bond, discern, and grow like no other being on earth? The answer is the soul. Our souls comprise our thoughts, feelings, and will, or choices. Some people call the soul “the heart” of a person. Every soul is as unique as the striped pattern painted on every…

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