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- How to Keep a Work Journal posted on January 26, 2015
- 7 Girls’ Night In Activities posted on March 13, 2017
- NYC Guide: Sunrise in Central Park posted on November 27, 2014
- The Best Career Podcasts to Listen to if You’re Starting a New Job posted on August 14, 2015
- How to Write the Perfect Conference Follow-Up Email posted on August 11, 2017
- Career Profile: Cait Weingartner, Founder of Pretty and Fun posted on May 27, 2015
- Five Nutritionist-Approved Healthy Holiday Recipes posted on December 21, 2015
- Career Profile: Rachel Drori, Daily Harvest posted on July 4, 2018
- Career Profile: Amanda Shapin, Cosmopolitan and Seventeen posted on December 23, 2015
- Career Profile: Claire Cook, Girls Who Code posted on June 8, 2016
Author Archives: Elana Lyn Gross
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Five Lessons I’ve Learned From My First Year as a Freelancer
365 days later!
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How Time Batching Has Made Me More Productive
So little time so much to do.
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Career Profile: Julia Cheek, EverlyWell
"Hold your principles. Clayton Christensen, one of my professors from business school, said: 'It’s easier to hold your principles 100% of the time than it is to hold them 98% of the time.' To me, this holds true in life and in entrepreneurship. "
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The Best Freelance Writing Advice From Her Campus’ Her Conference
Network, network, network.
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Career Profile: Leslie Voorhees, Anomalie
"There hasn’t been a transformative business idea that "experts"' in the industry didn’t initially dismiss as impossible."
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5 Good Books: Volume 19
Good reads.
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Career Profile: Kristi Kohut, Kristi Kohut Studio
"I love what I do so much. I live and breath it. I’m constantly working and creating and dreaming. And I think when you are doing what you love and what you are meant to do, the success will just follow."
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5 Good Finds: June 2018
These are a few of my favorite things!
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July 2018 Checklist
Done and done!
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Career Profile: Rachel Drori, Daily Harvest
"I have been lucky enough to have a handful of amazing mentors throughout my career. One of my former bosses taught me to ask for forgiveness instead of permission. It’s something that stuck with me and, as I began to build my own team, and it’s a mantra I try to encourage because it removes the fear of making mistakes, which can stifle true innovation."
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30 Day Challenge: Style Shake Up
Shaking things up a little.
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Career Profile: Melissa Biggs Bradley, Indagare
"I wish I had known that a plan is less important than a strategy. I worried a lot about following the next steps and trying to understand exactly where my path was headed. What I have come to believe is that progress is more important than knowing the destination. So, for instance, as long as you are building skills, expertise and relationships, you can figure out how to use them and you don’t have to have a master plan."
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Fitness Files: The Ruth Bader Ginsburg Workout
Ruth Bader Ginsburn.
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How to Start A Meditation Practice
Namaste.
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Career Profile: Yunha Kim, Simple Habit
"If you’re excited about something, take big risks and don’t be afraid to fail. With every experience, there is a lesson to be learned. But you have to commit."
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Career Profile: Naomi Hirabayashi and Marah Lidey, Shine
"It doesn’t matter how smart you are if you’re not kind and people don’t want to work with you. We look for kind, smart people that elevate others."
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June 2018 Checklist
Let's do this!
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Career Profile: Daniella Pierson, The Newsette
"The harder you work, the luckier you get. My father constantly uses that motto in his own companies, and it’s a mantra that both of my hard-working parents live by. No one accidentally stumbles upon success, you have to earn it."
