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In the end, we are what we think about. And we get to decide what that is. When we throw out the mental clutter, we clear our souls.

Do you think the digital age has made us more or less organized? As senior vice president of global communications, I led the re-positioning of Avon as the leading “women’s company.” To make good on that vision, I launched the Avon Breast Cancer Awareness Crusade (which has raised more than $700 million) and created Avon Lifedesigns, a division of the company dedicated to enabling women worldwide to have not only successful careers, but fulfilling lives.

Board directors Child Care Action Campaign. You can’t grow if you don’t let go! Delete!

What other tips and advice do you think are essential for business owners, especially women business owners? A presidential candidate remarked, “You’ve enabled me to find qualities in myself I didn’t know I had and express myself with power, grace and persuasion.

The delete button’s not there for nothing! An edited version of that conversation follows.

What is your leadership philosophy?

I believe strongly that leadership is not a job level or a title, nor is it a skill set or a process (although these things are important in their place.) Leadership is an attitude. Her newest book is called “Throw Out Fifty Things: Clear the Clutter, Find Your Life.” Blanke was one of the youngest female senior vice presidents of Avon Products  and was chosen as a keynote speaker for the National Association of Women Business Owners 2011 Women’s Business Conference.

Vice president Allen & Dorwood Advertising, New York City, 1969-1972.

Vice president communications Avon Products, Incorporated., New York City, 1972-1991, senior vice president corporation affairs andcommunications, 1991.

Career

Manager Lifetime Sports Foundation, Washington, 1965—1966, Columbia Broadcasting System, New York City, 1966—1969.

Vice president Allen & Dorwood Advertising, 1969—1972.

We can’t move forward if we’re weighed down by all the physical and emotional debris — or “life plaque,” as I call it — that clogs the arteries of our lives. And that goes for the too-tight sweater and the too-small view of yourself, the dried up tubes of Krazy Glue and the old grudges, the makeup from your “old” look and the relationship that depresses you.

As entrepreneurs, we have to stay agile and light on our feet. It’s vital to take control of our lives through constant editing. Recipient Gold Key award Puerto Rico News, 1987. Blanke is a graduate of Sweet Briar College in Virginia and majored in acting at Yale University Graduate School of Drama. Ms. Blanke’s book, Between Trapezes: Flying into a New Life with the Greatest of Ease, about thriving on change and mastering the art of self re-invention, was published by Rodale in August 2004.