Month: May 2012
From Careerist to Caregiver: Raising Children with Special Needs
When I got pregnant with my first child, I was determined to be an amazing parent while still maintaining a fulfilling career. After all, with a child on the way, my income would be vital. My plan was to take three months off and then get a nanny part-time. Fortunately,Read More
Can Good Looks Get You the Job?
In today’s job market, it is worth considering every advantage one can muster in order to increase one’s chances of landing a job. Study after study on factors considered by potential employers has indicated that one of the characteristics that is most valued and considered by employers is the levelRead More
How to Follow Your Passion — It’s More than a Fruit
In a recent TV interview, health advocate Dr. Mehmet Oz shared that in a survey of 1.2 million people about health habits, 95% of the healthiest people in the survey made a habit of taking time for themselves. Taking time to follow your passions and things you love to doRead More
How to Set Goals
For years I was a mentor in a teen mentoring program, and at the beginning of every semester we’d set goals. This was one of the hardest meetings of the year – attendance was poor, the kids were unruly, and there was a higher-than-usual level of whining going on. ItRead More
Top 7 Things to Create More Freedom in Your Business
Over a period of time a business ceases to be a passion and turns into a burden for many business owners. This is because giving more time is mistaken as a sign of greater commitment but in reality, it sucks all the freedom in your business. There are ways throughRead More
5 Proven Tactics to Increase Your Productivity
A search on Amazon.com for books on Productivity returns 45,960 titles. If you’re having trouble being productive at work you may find it difficult to make the time to read a book on productivity cover to cover. For that reason, I’m going to share with you 5 proven tactics thatRead More
5 Ways to Posture Yourself for an Internet Job
If the only jobs that were left on Earth were Internet jobs based on Internet applications, would you be able to get hired? This a question more and more job applicants are asking themselves. One of the biggest job growth sectors is online, where e-commerce sites, Internet magazines, social networks,Read More