I recently gave a talk on mentorship for NYC Lady Project (fantastic organization). Since mentorship is such a loaded word these days — I decided to look up the actual definition just for fun. But the funniest part was the pop up I encountered: “Mentor is currently in the 1% of lookups and is the 308th most popular […] Read more…
Posts Tagged ‘career’
40:20 Vision Asks: One Thing I Wish I Knew…About Business
I wish I knew that business is irrational and the people that own businesses are not superior beings. They are humans. They are people who have limited attention spans, partial capabilities and egos… often big, big egos. Then there is the cultural stuff is. When you’re trying to deal with different cultures or even genders […] Read more…
Find Your Luck
On these hot days of summer it’s easy to get listless….instead maybe now is the perfect time to get restless. Find your own luck. Read more…
Where Hiding From Fear Gets You
It’s natural to be afraid but don’t let that fear force you into some hiding out place. I think that happens a lot. I think I did it a lot. Whether it is fear of being alone or fear of not dong a good job at work….there are a lot of places to hide. I […] Read more…
Taking Maternity Leave: What I Learned
Preparing to go back to work after giving birth can be challenging no matter your age or title. Here our guest poster, Melissa Wallace, VP of Marketing at Splash, gives her advice on what she learned during her recent maternity leave. By Melissa Wallace, Vice President of Marketing, Splash A friend of mine asked me […] Read more…
Why I quit my job
Today we have the guest post from Andi Teggart who hopes others feel empowered to take a life leap, even when they least expect it. ~ earlier this week, i shared a blog post about what really matters to me – relationships, authenticity, adventure/travel, being my best self – and how i wanted to stop […] Read more…
Light Your Professional Fire (Just Don’t Call It Passion)
A few weeks ago I wrote a post about following your career passion – Work to Live or Live to Work. I came out on the side of following your passion with pragmatism. In other words, finding a way to feed your passion where there is a market […] Read more…
Be Thoughtful About Your Career Decisions in Your 20s
The twenties are really about trying to figure out who you are. Looking back on my twenties, one of the things that I wish I had done was follow my passion more. I had this amazing career but I think that I would’ve done things differently if I had really thought about it at the […] Read more…