relationships

4 Lessons from My Mentor

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Thanks again for a great guest post by Nicole Martin of Employed Panache! Ladies, I have some bad news for you… College does not teach you everything you will need for your career.  For those of you who are not nodding your heads with understanding – don’t panic!  Take a few breaths and keep reading, [...]

November 4, 2010 0 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

Looking for Love? Let Blogging Open the Door to Romance

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A note from Nicole: To be quite frank with you, I almost didn’t accept the following guest post.  I read the title and the first few paragraphs and thought the concept was hokey. I rarely reject guest posts. But then I reminded myself of how many great people and friends I’ve met through this very [...]

October 14, 2010 6 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

Change Your Attitude, Be a Star in the Office

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There are many ways of being a star in your office, but one thing that I really struggled with is attitude. I don’t have a problem doing menial labor, even getting my boss lunch…in the very beginning. It got to a certain point, 3 years to be exact, when I just couldn’t deal anymore and [...]

July 21, 2010 5 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

How Did Your Mother Influence Your Career?

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I’m very lucky to have the Mother that I do. Born to Italian immigrants, my Mom did what most 1st generation Italian-American kids do: she joined the family Environmental Drilling business (honestly, she probably started there around age 6- labeling soil sample jars). At the ripe age of 15, my Mom’s boyfriend joined the business [...]

May 7, 2010 3 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

Get Real Valentine’s Day

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All of this Valentine’s Day talk is really starting to irritate me.  I can’t get away from it- horrible Kay Jewelers and Jared commercials.  The escapades on The Bachelor (more on this for viewers at the end).  Watching dumb girls give it up too soon on The Millionaire Matchmaker in hopes that they will get a [...]

February 9, 2010 15 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

Stop Devaluing Yourself

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If you can relate to any of the following, then please listen up: You want to make more money You hate Corporate America and dream of working for yourself You fear you don’t have enough experience You’re still getting used to this whole “new and uncomfortable situations” thing I’ve been following Ramit Sethi‘s blog iwillteachyoutoberich.com [...]

January 27, 2010 5 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

Goal Setting Can Move Mountains

As I woke up at 5:30 this morning to get a head start on my day, I was debating what to write about today. First, let’s start by saying that this whole 5:30 AM wake up call is new for me and is the result of doing a little 2010 planning and goal setting. It [...]

December 2, 2009 5 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

What do you want when you are FULL?

By, Vanessa Torres Last week I had coffee with an exceptional woman who is building a business in this shaky economy. But she believes so wholeheartedly in her mission that she is completely un-discouraged by news reports that imply certain failure. She knows she is on to something good, and that with the right plans [...]

September 3, 2009 0 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

Make Someone’s Day

On my morning run yesterday, I passed Chicago’s Anti-Cruelty Society. I happened to be wearing my pink baseball hat with a black lab on it (which marked me as either a totally cheesy and tacky lady, or an animal lover). There were two women standing outside in the pouring rain a few hours before the [...]

June 8, 2009 1 comment CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

Why is Online Dating Still a Taboo??

It’s 2009. We are all on Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn. We find our apartments online, our jobs online, and we shop online. We order food online, we keep in touch with friends and family who live far away online, and we look for pets online.  So why is it “weird” to shop for a significant other [...]

May 21, 2009 2 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →