Guest post by Roberta (Bobbie) LaPorte (learn more about Bobbie at the end of this post) What you need to know about the powerful connection between physical fitness and career success For many professional women I know, each year brings a renewed resolution and commitment to building healthy habits, including starting a regular fitness program. We all know the benefits of … [Read more...]
How Much Is Too Much?
It is eleven o’clock on a Friday evening, and you have been working now for seventeen hours. Your brain is barely functioning, your fingers keep hitting the wrong keys, and you keep stealing glances at your watch, knowing you’re going to miss the last bus home. But yesterday you got to work slightly late; today you went to your colleague’s leaving do; and you simply cannot … [Read more...]
Person, Brand Thyself
‘Today you are you, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is youer than you.’ – Dr. Seuss Wise words from another children’s author. Yet in this age of branding, of social media, of digitisation to the extreme, how are we to know who we are? Rather than staying at home and pondering their choices, people go around the world to ‘find themselves’, when the … [Read more...]
Do We Need to Be Selfish to Be Successful?
When we first came into this world as infants, we were very focused on having our immediate needs met. Life was simple. With more "socialization", we began to respond to those around us and our thoughts turned outward. Our parents, friends, and teachers were more interested in finding ways to have us please them than to have us please ourselves and we lost touch with whatever … [Read more...]
How to Love Your Job
Allison’s excellent post on being a good boss left me thinking about employees and their place in a company. Having a good boss is a great starting point, but if a business’ employees mope around feeling lost and miserable, the whole thing will fail. As an employee, it can be difficult to muster up enthusiasm for a job you’ve possibly ended up in out of desperation, … [Read more...]
Tips for Taking Time Off from Work
The holidays provide a perfect time to remind businesswomen about the importance of taking time off from work. From entrepreneurs to corporate executives and everyone in between, taking a vacation can easily become one of those things that gets relegated to the bottom of the list of priorities. Women are particularly prone to feeling guilty about taking time off from work, … [Read more...]