How To Defeat Self-Sabotage So You Can Get What You Really Want

You’re frustrated.

You feel stuck in a repetitive motion, running at a crazy pace on a hamster wheel—getting nowhere—and perhaps even running the wrong way.

How is that three years have gone by and you’re still in the same crappy...

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Book Review » 168 Hours: You Have More Time Than You Think

What if you had enough time to be in the best shape of your life, get more than seven hours of sleep a night and still have time left over to volunteer more hours in a year than over 90% of the country? Or instead of just talking about it,...

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What Are You Doing To Become Visible?

7 ways to stand out in a crowd

One of the strongest comments made about the average professional woman is their reluctance to step up, engage and make themselves visible. The creativity required to dream up the excuses I...

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Ladies We Love: Marie Denee - The Curvy Fashionista

With over 12 years of experience in retail, Marie Denee is turning heads -- in a good way. You can see her offering tips online for major department store brands like Nordstorm, while...

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The Secret To Getting What You Want

Several years ago I moved to Italy for a few months with a friend while continuing to work full-time for my consulting firm in DC.  And I remember that most of my friends and colleagues were like: "How did you DO that?" And...

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How To Cope With Your Creativity (Or A Boring Workplace)

My first step into the professional world was over the threshold of a small PR agency (the biggest one in Houston) where I served as an intern. There, I was given small tasks and some (...

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Just Ask!

There is power in knowing what you want and letting the world know exactly what it is you desire and need. We all have lofty dreams and desires and simple wants and needs which at times cannot be produced by our own efforts alone. You need to...

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Should You Have a Solution Just Because You Identify a Problem?

In the working world, the answer to that question is taught to be an emphatic "yes." If you're going to point out how something can be improved, you should have a solution prepared to solve it.

Makes sense, right?

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Stuck in a Job Search Rut? Here’s How to Get Out!

You wake up tired. Go to bed tired, and feel frustrated all the time. You need a new job,

but are you really going about the job search in the right way? What are you doing that

is making the most of your free time and more...

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6 Things That Keep 20-Something Women From Financial Success

Women have come a long way in the money department. We’ve got more jobs than ever, we’re making more money than ever and we’re opening up businesses at a fast rate. However, despite all this success there are still several obstacles standing in...

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