Cortney Donelson

Enlightened Leadership Blog | Pro Tips for Writing Well in Your Pro World (Part 2) | October 2024

By Cortney Donelson / September 26, 2024 / Comments Off on Enlightened Leadership Blog | Pro Tips for Writing Well in Your Pro World (Part 2) | October 2024

In this month’s post, we dive back into the pool of pro writing tips for professionals: business owners, entrepreneurs, and other leaders. (Revisit Part 1 here) No matter what kind of leader you are or the industry in which you work, writing is a frequent activity, used to inform, instruct, inspire, and initiate. Whether via…

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Enlightened Leadership Blog | Teaching Your Teen How to Communicate through Writing | August 2024

By Cortney Donelson / July 26, 2024 / Comments Off on Enlightened Leadership Blog | Teaching Your Teen How to Communicate through Writing | August 2024

The most recent year I can find comprehensive writing statistics related to teenagers is 2019. That’s half a decade ago. Today, a simple online search reveals pages of statistics on teenagers and their use of social media, including screen time and its effect on mental health. Spoiler: it’s not good. I have experiential evidence to…

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Enlightened Leadership Blog | How Books Bolster Business Development | June 2024

By Cortney Donelson / May 23, 2024 / Comments Off on Enlightened Leadership Blog | How Books Bolster Business Development | June 2024

In today’s competitive climate, entrepreneurs and small business owners must continually seek unique strategies to stand out and succeed. A book can be an excellent tool for branding and marketing your business and support your efforts to reach new clients, building your credibility as a subject matter expert (SME). Or is it the other way…

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Enlightened Leadership Blog | Pro Tips for Writing Well in Your Pro World | April 2024

By Cortney Donelson / March 27, 2024 / Comments Off on Enlightened Leadership Blog | Pro Tips for Writing Well in Your Pro World | April 2024

No matter what kind of entrepreneur you are and no matter the industry in which you work, the chances you write often are high. More than high. I’ll bet you spend a portion of every day writing. Your daily written communication might be as simple as an email, or it might be you’re writing your…

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Enlightened Leadership Blog | Get to Know Jennifer Musser: How Learning and Life Shape My Entrepreneurial Spirit | March 2024

By Cortney Donelson / February 24, 2024 / Comments Off on Enlightened Leadership Blog | Get to Know Jennifer Musser: How Learning and Life Shape My Entrepreneurial Spirit | March 2024

An Interview with Cortney Donelson This month, we go behind the scenes with Jennifer Musser, the founder and owner of JLM & Associates Consulting. We live real lives filled with visions and realities just like you.  Okay, let’s get the conversation started. Cortney: What is your vision for your business and the role you play…

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Enlightened Leadership Blog | Not Just Another Gratitude Blog Post | December 2023

By Cortney Donelson / December 1, 2023 / Comments Off on Enlightened Leadership Blog | Not Just Another Gratitude Blog Post | December 2023

This morning, I counted seven emails in my inbox with the words gratitude, thank you, grateful, or Thanksgiving in the subject lines. (The rest mentioned Black Friday sales—I’m writing this on the Tuesday before Thanksgiving.) We’ve entered what many call the Season of Thanksgiving, the Season of Giving, or the Season of Gratitude. It’s the…

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Enlightened Leadership Blog | What is Ghostwriting? | October 2023

By Cortney Donelson / October 5, 2023 / Comments Off on Enlightened Leadership Blog | What is Ghostwriting? | October 2023

Whether you’ve heard of ghostwriting before or not, the term itself conjures up the perfect image for the Halloween season. A ghost is often thought of as a translucent or white wisp of a form that comes and goes so quickly and so easily, that you can’t quite decide if you saw it or not.…

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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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