One of the defining reads of 2022 was Glennon Doyle’s Untamed. It was so defining that I read it 3 times at different times in the year. This book is the perfect illustration of a meme-like poster that does the rounds on Instagram stating that I should read books that had a profound effect on…
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The 6 Types of Working Genius by Patrick Lencioni
“If you want to be successful and fulfilled in your work, you must tap into your gifts. That can’t happen if you don’t know what those gifts are.” PATRICK LENCIONI, AUTHOR AND CREATOR OF THE SIX TYPES OF WORKING GENIUS According to Patrick, “Far too many people in the world suffer needlessly because they don’t…
The Postpartum Career: How to Automate a Habit and Never Think About It Again
“You do not rise to the level of your goals. You fall to the level of your systems.” James Clear in Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones Continuing with this week’s theme, let’s kill two birds with one stone. The first bird is sharing a practical…
How Your Creativity Can Survive its own Success
Be practical as well as generous in your ideals. Keep your eyes on the stars, but remember to keep your feet on the ground. Theodore Roosevelt Elizabeth Gilbert is the author of the extraordinarily successful book “Eat, Pray, love.” I loved the book. They made it into a movie and, to my surprise, I didn’t…
Scarcity Mentality – A Social Pandemic
For me, and for many of us, our first waking thought of the day is “I didn’t get enough sleep.” The next one is “I don’t have enough time.” Whether true or not, that thought of not enough occurs to us automatically before we even think to question or examine it. We spend most of…
Unconscious Gender Bias in the Workplace: The Howard/Heidi Study
Sitting on the Executive Committee of a large business group means that while I still have quite a way to go in order for me to achieve my full career goal, I would be laughing in God’s face if I don’t acknowledge just how far I have come as well. In one of the top…
The Gifts of Imperfection – Brene Brown
“Let Go of Who You Think You’re Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are” Brene Brown in The Gifts of Imperfection Brene Brown is not only an extraordinary story-teller, she has harnessed the power of story-telling to make her PHD research into shame, authenticity and belonging relatable, engaging and educational for us plebeans. I…
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People (Stephen Covey)
“Sow a thought, reap an action; sow an action, reap a habit; sow a habit, reap a character; sow a character, reap a destiny.”― Stephen Covey, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People This is one of those books that I genuinely believe can change a person’s life forever. It is also the book that introduced…
Success, Like Raising a Baby, Takes a Village (Book Review – “Pressure Cooker – Lessons from a woman at work.”)
Be strong, be fearless, be beautiful. And believe that anything is possible when you have the right people there to support you ~ Misty Copeland I have the privilege of knowing a young woman who is exceptionally successful in her chosen career: capital investment. Last year, she initiated a women-only networking event that she calls…
Women@Work: Competing Paradigms, Scrambled Brains and Michelle Obama
source “For me, being a mother made me a better professional, because coming home every night to my girls reminded me what I was working for. And being a professional made me a better mother, because by pursuing my dreams, I was modeling for my girls how to pursue their dreams.” ~ Michelle Obama Although…
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