It is always such a pleasure and honor to be nominated  by people who like  and appreciate what you do. So I was really touch when I received a message from Melody Lesser, author of the online magazineEverBeautiful , (devoted to beauty, fashion, health and fitness for ageless women) who nominated me for The Very inspiring Blogger Award!

Thank you so much Melody.

Winning an award is a great way to start the year, to get more visibility and to share the blogs/sites that I like the most too.

The Very inspiring Blogger Award rules are as follows:

As the recipient you should

• -Thank the person who nominated you by linking to his/her blog

• -Display the award logo on your blog

• -Link back to the person who nominated you

• -State 7 things about yourself

• -Nominate 15 people, link to them, and notify them about their nominations

So here we go 7 facts you didn’t (or may not) know about me:

1- I am very shy –  that is one of the reasons why I started organizing networking events in New York 10 years ago – So people will come to see me and say hello, so I won’t have to approach them. If I feel more comfortable now in a business event or environment, I am still the one in a corner of the room waiting for somebody to talk to me if I go to a social event…

2- I am half black (I know it is not obvious when you look at me). I love and I am very proud of my black heritage.

3- I have the dream to build an orphanage.

4- I get bored after 5 days of vacations and need to go back to work.

5- I won the skate championship from Normandy when I was 12 years old

6- I studied Law to become a cop!!! (Yes I know!)

7 – I have a phobia of cats and can’t even look at them 🙁

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Here are my nominations; 15 incredible people who have touched and inspired me in different ways. Hope you will love them too:

1-De Harris fromwww.WOWNetworkforWomen.com– My long time friend even if we never meet in person. Empower women for so many years

2- Heidi Richards Mooney fromWomen in Ecommerce, who do so much to help women in business.

3- Jacinth Tracey fromwww.wired2succeed.comfor her help and support writing my book and all her great advices.

4- Camden Hoch  fromCamdenHoch.comfor her support and friendship, who help women to stay zen and relax.

5- Wendy Weiss fromWendyWeiss.comfor her 10 years friendship and being the very 1st entrepreneur I meet in New York.

6- Desirable Jones fromPurpose Driven Publications, for her magazine helping women.

7-  Varian Brandon fromVarianBrandon.comthat I admire since the 1st day I met her. Chic, Elegant, Gorgeous, Smart and Successful, she gives effective advices on Marketing, Mindset and Money.

8- Patricia Weber fromPatricia-Weber.comwho like me love networking and give great and effective tips helping introverts to stand out.

9- Christina Rowe fromChristinaRowe.comwho is always there and said Yes, when I need her help and empower women to grow their business, learning how to master their brand.

10- Jacqueline Nichols fromExperts Discovery Academy, for all the events she organizes to help women entrepreneurs.

11- Michelle Brubaker fromMichelleBrubaker.comfor all the great advices she provides on her site.

12- Simone Kelly fromOwn Your Power.biz, my long time friend, who organizes great events from New York to Miami, and always have so much energy that she shares with her audience.

13- Leslie Flowers fromStyleandMindset.comfor her great advices for women and new book Champion

14- Eyenie Schultz fromTechnicolorpriestess.commy good friend. And as a personal stylish myself, I love blogs that help women to look out standing, class and elegant.

15- Last but not least – Carl Reid – (Yes A Man)  fromSavvy Intrapreneurand his long time friendship, support and believing in me since day 1. And his great advices for people to grow their business.

Thanks to all of you for everything you do to help other people and entrepreneurs. Showing them the faster way to success.

I Hope that like me you will enjoy their blogs/sites.

Blogger awards are a great way to spread the word about blogs/sites that we enjoy and impact us and to give back. We can always use some help getting the word out for more visibility.