Dear Sheryl Sandberg, When you wrote your book to tell women to lean in, did you presume that every woman wanted power and money money money, in a rich man’s world? Did enjoying those precious moments with your child not outweigh the green stuff filling your bank accounts? Have you always had a healthy relationship […]
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Emotional Balance at Work
In order to have work / life balance, there is one rule. Balance has to exist either at work or at home. And let’s face it, if you are a time-starved mom or dad, achieving balance at home is next to impossible! That’s why I believe it’s important to find emotional balance at work. What […]
What I’ve learned away from work
When I worked too hard, I barely had time to think. I was so emotionally engaged in my job I think I was practically “on” all of the time. I was a people pleaser. A do-er. A multi-tasker. A work horse. When I left Company Z, it was like rebooting at ground zero. Waking up […]
Why Networking Events Are Exhausting
In my job, I have to attend at least 3 networking events a month. Preferably 4. For me, as a results oriented gal, I am signing up all over the place. The same can be said for other stats that I can measure. I’m both analytical and weird that way, but I LOVE measures. Yet, […]
The Dave Matthews Effect
Remember the Butterfly Effect? The butterfly effect is a common trope in fiction when presenting scenarios involving time travel and with hypotheses where one storyline diverges at the moment of a seemingly minor event resulting in two significantly different outcomes. I’ve renamed and redefined it the Dave Matthews Effect. The Dave Matthews effect is a […]
Deprogramming our Genetic Make-Up
I want to test a hypothesis: Can professionals who care too much at work, learn to care less and still succeed? I was having lunch with a friend and we were talking about my recent “a-ha” which I shared in a previous blog: Being Essential at Work. She had a similar story. She had two […]
Being Comfortable in Your Own Skin
Today I met with a company executive at an ad agency in town, and she and I immediately hit it off after five minutes into the conversation. We were set up to meet by her company founder and didn’t really have more context than the fact he thought “you two should meet”. Maybe it’s one […]
Scrap A.D.D. – We are all just S.U.R.V.I.V.I.N.G.
Whenever I turn on the radio, if it ain’t bad news, it’s news about some syndrome we all have. Mine is the same as many folks in the creative industry – A.D.D. It’s not just creative types who have it. After working with a friend on his business goals and talking about all of his […]
Did I mention Coursera?
I feel like the new marketing maven of Coursera.org – an online consortium of universities with a ton of classes. I am becoming a junkie – on my fifth course – and evangelizing like crazy! One that I found helpful was Developing Innovative Companies – which Agent N and I took together. Every teacher is […]
Today’s Goal: Simplicity
At a workshop, I was completing my project and was approached by some participants who were politely asking what it represented. (I am being a little covert about it to entice you to come learn more about this “project”!) Although I have some pretty lofty goals, my big goal for the day, and maybe for […]
