Nicole’s “Life as an Entrepreneur “Journal

Reader Career Question: I Want to be a Life Coach

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Dear Nicole,  I recently graduated with my Masters of Education degree in Psychology. What I’m being advised to do by many is to go on and pursue a Phd, but I don’t want to become an academic- I want to become a life coach.  The PhD would not let me be creative and I’ve been needing [...]

April 2, 2012 1 comment CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

Pay it Forward: Leave Me a Small Business Tip

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Hello readers! Remember me?  The person who started this blog but never seems to find time to write on it?  Yeah, hi… In the spirit of attempting to keep you updated on my life as an entrepreneur, here’s a post!  Life has been busy over here at MCG Media.  I’m getting comfortable selling my service [...]

March 6, 2012 4 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

A Sure Way to Fail: Being Ms. Independent

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I must have spent days upon days in my cubicle dreaming I could be self-employed and working from my adorable home office. I wanted independence. I did not want to have to rely on other people so much to make a living. Now I AM self-employed. My home office is NOT adorable. And, I’ve learned [...]

January 27, 2012 13 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

#MCGConnect Chat Starts Tonight & Dating Columnist Wanted!

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Happy 2012!  We are super excited to bring some great new content to you this year at Ms. Career Girl.  Since the blog is going into its 4th year of existence, we figured it was time to spice things up a bit. Who is “we,” you ask?  Well, you’ll be hearing a lot more from Kovie [...]

January 4, 2012 0 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

My #Rewind2011

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I hit up Twitter on my 6:30AM train out to the burbs this morning and saw that #Rewind2011 was a trending topic.  So naturally I thought back to what had happened to me in 2011 and realized a whole hell of a lot has happened in my world this year. March: Bought a new car, [...]

December 28, 2011 21 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

What’s New at Ms. Career Girl – November 2011

In honor of Ms. Career Girl’s 3rd birthday and looking ahead to 2012, I decided to start an e-newsletter that will provide snippets of additional content to loyal readers like you.  Subscribers will be the first to hear about: Cool job & business opportunities, events, books, products and communities I think you’ll love The inside [...]

November 18, 2011 4 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

Nicole’s Entrepreneurial Life: I’m on an Ideas Freeze

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I haven’t written an update about my “Entrepreneurial Life” in a while and with so many people asking me how things are going, here it is. The last few months have been interesting.  I went from being overly optimistic about my layoff being a huge “blessing in disguise,” into somewhat of an identity crisis to [...]

November 13, 2011 2 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

Beware of Interview Liars: A Warning

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As many of you know, I was laid off from my job about 6 weeks ago. When I started at the company, I was promised a long-term career path full of opportunities for growth, autonomy and even shares in the company.  I would be a leader who built out a department, launched the company into [...]

September 4, 2011 25 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

Announcing #AnnieSez Twitter Chat Tonight!

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Hi Gals, If you’re like me and love TJMaxx, Marshalls, Nordstrom Rack and the like, then you will love that I’m working with retailer Annie Sez to bring you guys discount codes, free gift cards and free merchandise! Every other Wednesday I’ll be hosting #AnnieSez chat starting at  at 9pm EST on Twitter.  For tonight’s [...]

August 17, 2011 0 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

Become a “Frugalista” with Me

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Happy Monday! I returned to the “big city” last night after spending a week on a quiet lake in northern Michigan.  It was a great vacation but it’s always wonderful to be home… especially after spending the last night of the vacation on a rainy camp site.  I had never been camping before and I’m [...]

August 8, 2011 7 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

The Best Week Ever

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For those of you who have been following my journey since getting let go from my job a few weeks ago, I must say that not many weeks could top this one!  Week 3 was an exciting one both personally and professionally (thus the creative title of this post!). First, I got over my huge [...]

August 2, 2011 19 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

Recap of Week 1 of Self-Employment

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Hello Dearies! I’ve survived the one-week mark of unemployment/self-employment.  Although I started out with a completely positive, and even excited attitude, there have been those dips everyone warned me about.  These emotional “dips” include sadness, confusion, anti-social tendencies and a bit of fear.  Overall, I’ve survived and if I didn’t feel some of these things [...]

July 19, 2011 17 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

Day 2 as an Entrepreneur

Good Morning! Today is Day 2 of my life as a new Entrepreneur!  As promised, I’ve shared my thoughts on the last few days via the below video.  In case you aren’t able to view the video while reading this, here’s a recap: I’m still super excited to be out on my own! (Let’s hope [...]

July 14, 2011 15 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →