Are You Too Afraid to Start Your Own Business?
Ever think of starting your own business? Are you too afraid that you won’t be able to do it? Worried about the cost of a start-up or about your ability to run a company? These...
Category: Work
Job Interviews: What Everyone Loves and Hates Most about Them
Most of us are not locked into tenured positions within financially (or bureaucratically) stable companies; indeed, most of us are now struggling to restructure our resumes and cover letters to land that one-in-a-million job. ...
Perception is Reality
“Perception is reality.” What does this mean to you professionally? Let’s be clear, the way people view you and the work that you do is the legacy you will leave behind. Every day as...
Changing Fields: Advice from a Career Coach
Today’s career dilemma is addressed by Chrissy Scivicque, founder of eatyourcareer.com. “Dear Chrissy, I love your blog and the career advice you give, so I felt you were the perfect person to ask about my career...
What Did You Learn This Week?
As I wrote in an email to a friend this morning, “this week’s episode of ‘Nicole’s Life’ has been an interesting one. ” How about yours? Without getting too juicy (I really wish I could)...
A Remedy for “The Pleasing Disease”
Many women are in the business of pleasing others. Sometimes this is a wonderful thing. Other times, our “pleasing disease” is the reason we get ourselves into trouble. For example, have you ever mistakenly...
Change Your Attitude, Be a Star in the Office
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...
Five “To-Do List Managers” Everyone Should Know About
If you make your to-do lists like most people, they probably consist of some low-tech, old-school items like lined paper and a pen. Don’t be ashamed; many people still make all of their to-do...
What I Learned from Bethenny and Ramit this Week
Happy Friday! It has been a great week in my world, thanks in part to two people: Bethenny Frankel and Ramit Sethi. No, I am not cool enough to be friends with either of these...
Finding Your Career Path
I’m a firm believer that you don’t just need to have one career. I graduated from college thinking that I wanted to be Editor in Chief of a teen magazine. Three years after I...