I was listening to the news and a recent report about high school students skipping a year before starting college. It’s referred to as taking a “gap year”. According to experts, this is highly recommended for many students so they can go into the world and learn more about leadership and empathy. I’ve been thinking […]
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Why We Are Time-Starved
Remember your parents telling you to ‘go outside and play’? When’s the last time you heard it? Said it? Thought it? Well I think about it all the time. I dream about the day when unstructured play trumps our over-scheduled child’s lives. Maybe I’m dreaming. But it’s a big contributing factor to why parents today […]
Being Supportive
Within my community, I’ve been very fortunate to have positive support during each new phase in my life. The old adage continues to ring true: when choosing your community, choose wisely. It was easy for me to believe in myself, when a handful of friends immediately told me I could reach my goals. There is […]
Battle Scars
Although some might say they have career woes or regrets, I can honestly say that, when I can look back at all my jobs, my only regret is that I didn’t believe in myself sooner! Knowing that, I probably would’ve made slightly different decisions, but accumulatively, I’m better for it. I’m fortunate enough to be […]
Is It Who you Know or What you Know at 18?
I suppose at 40, I can say that career success is a combination of who I know and what I know. But at 18, can networking really help? At coffee with a friend, she mentioned how she was mentoring her niece and somewhat surprised that she lacked any sense of structure around goal setting and […]