How powerful is one voice?
Can you make a change in the world or your life by the simple act of speaking up? This week, an eighth grade girl proved that yes you can. Eighth grader Julia Bluhm recognized a problem with the images her friends were identifying with in teen magazines and she started a petition to ask Seventeen [...]
No Risk No Happiness
Most women look at risk as a scary thing to be avoided at all cost. They go out of their way to keep their lives risk free and based on what I just learned they are keeping happiness at an arm’s length by doing so. As girls we are conditioned by other girls that risks [...]
Women Are Like Trail Mix. A Study of Why Goals Don’t Work
Have you ever really thought about what makes men and women different in business? Yes I know Men are from a different planet, but seriously, have you ever really been able to pinpoint why women don’t seem to have the same level of success as men in the workforce? Women currently make up 66% of [...]
Asking for Help Could Save Your Life.
Recently, I have had two things happen the really illustrate the power of asking. Ladies, do you realize the power you bestow on yourself when you are not afraid to ask for what you want? Many women I know get perverse pleasure from not asking for what they need and then complaining when their husband [...]
Setting Goals Is Not an Option
One of my favorite TV shows is Shark Tank. I make sure to DVR it every week so I don’t miss a moment. This week I watch the most recent episode and I found myself screaming at the screen because two women who had invented motorcycle jackets for business women were making a presentation and [...]
Make Your Job More Enjoyable
Into every job some un-enjoyable tasks must fall. You can be a super model, a CEO or a homemaker and there will be aspects of your job that make you miserable. As a homemaker it may be the laundry or cleaning the toilets. As a CEO it may be the quarterly board meetings and as [...]
Ladies, Is it Time for a Career Remodel?
Women are special. We are very passionate beings. We take on a lot and when we are done, most of us are really done! One of the reasons given why women don’t get to the same executive levels as men in high number is because we take ourselves out of the game. I think there [...]
You’d Better Start “Bragging” if You Want to Get Ahead at Work.
Getting ahead in your career is different if you are a woman. A recent study by The Catalyst Group shows that women need to focus on different things than men if they want to get ahead in their careers. The most important thing women need to start doing more of is BRAGGING. Not what you [...]