time management

Monday Must-Reads: Evaluate Yourself and Have a Good Week

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I hope you all had a great weekend!  The weather here in Chicago was beautiful.  The highlights of my weekend include: Putting on a very fun “Social Media 101″ workshop in the suburbs where I met lots of great people. Indulging in Mari Luangrath‘s “Foiled Cupcakes.”  They beat out any fancy-schmancy $80 dozen of city [...]

April 12, 2010 9 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

How 8 months of Unemployment Turned out to be a Blessing in Disguise

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Unemployment can be a really frustrating time. If you’ve just come out of college you might be feeling pretty disillusioned and thinking, “I went to college for this.” I feel ya. I went to grad school and came out of school into a recession for the second time in my life. Talk about a rude [...]

April 5, 2010 23 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

Your 1st Quarter Review: Create a System if you want to Change Your Life

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It’s almost the end of 1st quarter already-whoa!  For those of you in sales- good luck hitting your numbers during the next week or so.  For accountants- our thoughts are with you during busy season. Many of us started 2010 with a few goals  We wanted to make this year better than the last.  We wanted to [...]

March 22, 2010 7 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

Are You Suffering from “Entrepreneurial Perfectionism Syndrome”?

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With all the serious blog posts about resumes and interviewing tips lately, today I decided to share a personal story. I have a feeling many young entrepreneurs have experienced something similar. I had a bit of an emotional melt-down this week. It was one of those weird mid-twenties moments where you feel the need to evaluate your life from [...]

February 19, 2010 9 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

Routine: Think Less, Accomplish More

Routine: boring or amazing? I always thought it was boring.  Lately I think it’s amazing.  This is the perfect time of year to take an honest look at your routine.  You probably have some goals for 2010.  Maybe you want to lose 15 lbs, save $5,000 or pay off $3,000 in credit card debt.  Our daily habits become [...]

December 28, 2009 7 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

Cool Career Girl Technology: Eye-Fi

How annoying is it when you are super excited to upload your pictures from the weekend, and then you can’t find your stupid cord ANYWHERE?  I hate it.  I also hate the times when I avoid uploading pictures for weeks at a time and then have to deal with organizing them and waiting for everything [...]

May 15, 2009 0 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

How Do You Stay Organized?

 By, Jessica Lawlor As a student and future career woman, it’s extremely important to learn the fine art of organization. Here are the three main ways I stay organized: 1. Planner- I write down everything in my planner: school assignments, meetings, appointments, weekend plans. I check each item off as I complete them. My planner [...]

February 10, 2009 0 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

Make it a Great Week!

Happy Monday!  Today is the start of the last full week before many of us go out of town for the rest of the year, which means it has to be a super productive week at the office.  I’m sure many of you feel the heat of hitting Q4 goals, tying out the year end [...]

December 15, 2008 0 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

Where Does Your Day Go? Tips on Time Management.

A majority of both recent grads and career veterans would agree that time management is their biggest obstacle. Ever thought, “There never seems to be enough hours in the day!” or “Where did the time go, I haven’t finished any of the tasks I started today!” Time management is a tough thing to figure out. [...]

December 3, 2008 3 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →