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- How to Keep a Work Journal posted on January 26, 2015
- 15 Girls’ Night In Activities posted on March 13, 2017
- How to Make a Bullet Journal posted on February 17, 2017
- How to Track Your Work Accomplishments posted on February 8, 2021
- 17 Work Journal Prompts That Will Help Your Career posted on October 30, 2016
- Career Profile: Pinsi Lei, Pinsi Lei Creative posted on March 2, 2016
- 6 Essential Tips for a First-Time Manager posted on July 27, 2015
- How to Ace Your Annual Review posted on January 9, 2017
- Career Profile: Julia Engel, Gal Meets Glam and Gal Meets Glam Collection posted on April 26, 2018
- Career Profile: Whitney Tingle and Danielle Duboise, Sakara Life posted on November 29, 2017
- Staying In Touch After College posted on September 22, 2014
- Fitness Files: 5 Boro Bike Tour posted on May 5, 2015
- 5 Types of Difficult Coworkers and How to (Almost) Deal With Them posted on March 6, 2017
- How to Advance Your Career Over The Holidays posted on December 18, 2014
- Career Profile: Agnieszka Burnett, Founder of Nomaterra posted on July 15, 2015
- Career Profile: Paris Rouzati, About.me posted on March 16, 2016
- 7 Morning Habits to Start Your Day Off Right posted on July 14, 2017
- How to Write the Perfect Conference Follow-Up Email posted on August 11, 2017
- How to Get Organized (and Stick With It) posted on April 9, 2015
- Make-Ahead Breakfasts for Busy Mornings posted on October 23, 2015
- MNDFL Meditation Review posted on May 24, 2016
- Career Profile: Jenny Dorsey, Wednesdays NYC and Jenny Dorsey Consulting posted on February 15, 2017
- How to Accomplish Your Goals Before the End of the Year posted on August 18, 2017
- How to Explain a Resume Gap posted on February 24, 2021
- Career Profile: Ashley Brooke, Ashley Brooke Designs posted on May 21, 2014
- AIRbarre by AntiGravity at Crunch Review posted on April 28, 2015
- 20 Thought-Provoking Journal Prompts posted on February 16, 2016
- How to Sound Confident (Even When You’re Not) posted on July 18, 2016
- Career Profile: Lori Wright, Microsoft posted on February 13, 2019
- 8 Productivity Habits Everyone Needs to Succeed in Their Career posted on October 21, 2024
- Career Profile: Lucy Kaylin, O, The Oprah Magazine posted on February 24, 2016
- How to Stay Positive When You’re Unemployed posted on November 5, 2024
- Revitalize Your Workday Morning Routine posted on November 18, 2014
- Career Profile: Annie Shafran, Bellgray posted on December 7, 2016
- How to Find a Literary Agent posted on November 7, 2019
- How to Cope With Depression at Work posted on November 25, 2024
- Career Profile: Nicole Ross, USA Fencing and Adecco Group posted on March 9, 2016
- How to Be a Great Manager posted on March 20, 2017
- How to Ask for a Job Referral posted on February 3, 2020
- The Benefits of Disconnecting posted on March 10, 2016
- My 2017 Word of the Year posted on January 1, 2017
- Career Profile: Emily Belden, Writer posted on April 12, 2017
- Business Lessons I Learned from Sorority Recruitment posted on October 28, 2013
- Career Profile: Ellie Somerville McNevin, Gray & Co. posted on January 14, 2015
- How to Decrease Self-Doubt posted on September 11, 2015
- 5 Nutrition New Year’s Resolutions posted on January 20, 2017
- Career Profile: Dorie Golkin Smith and Emelyn Northway, Of Mercer posted on February 28, 2018
- 6 Ways to Cope With Loneliness While Social Distancing posted on April 6, 2020
- Career Profile: Caroline Shifflett, Tory Burch posted on September 16, 2015
- 5 Small Ways to Step Out of Your Comfort Zone posted on March 29, 2016
Author Archives: Elana Lyn Gross
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Career Profile: Libby Leffler, SoFi
"The best way to get ready to ask for a raise is to prepare, practice and then pursue."
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How to Start a Freelance Writing Business
You can do it!!!
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Career Profile: Hildy Kuryk, Artemis Strategies
"Outwork everyone. Do it well and do it nicely."
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Career Profile: Terry Hurlbutt, Good Morning America
"The best way to manage your own career amidst such change is to follow your curiosity, deliver your best results in every situation and trust yourself. Don’t be afraid to take chances — that’s how you find your best self."
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Career Profile: Katherine Eskandanian-Yee and Chessa Eskandanian-Yee, LeaderEQ
"Don’t let limitations of the mind scare you. If someone thinks you cannot do something, show them you can. There really should be nothing in your life that limits you. Embrace your weird, that is what makes you, you."
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Career Profile: Jordana Abraham, Samantha Fishbein, and Aleen Kuperman, Betches Media
"Be proactive and put in the effort. Sometimes work is going to feel awful and you’re really not going to want to do what you have to do. When all you want is to get through the next dreadful project, instead of rushing through it and doing a mediocre job, try to reframe the challenge not as a work task but as a task that is actually helping you work on yourself."
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Career Profile: Sophia Amoruso, Nasty Gal and Girlboss
"The thing about resilience is that it requires setbacks. If you have nothing to recover from you’re likely not taking enough risks. Failing is a form of moving forward because if you’re curious and self-aware, you get to learn. Failure is essentially a free education: How cool is that?"
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My 2018 Favorites
The best is yet to come!
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Career Profile: Melanie Whelan, SoulCycle
"My advice to anyone who is early in their career is to focus on the ‘coulds’ not the ‘shoulds.’ Don’t worry about what you think you should be doing, but rather what you want to be doing, what you’re passionate about and how you can make the most impact to your teams."
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How I Knew I Was Ready to Become a Full-Time Freelance Writer
You've got this!
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Career Profile: Amanda Zuckerman, Dormify
When Amanda Zuckerman went shopping with her mother to furnish her freshman year dorm room at Washington University in St. Louis in 2009, they went to more than five different stores. Their frustrating shopping experience would inspire Dormify, now a multimillion-dollar company headquartered in Manhattan.
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Career Profile: Michelle Kelly, Lilly Pulitzer
"Invest in your network and relationships. A smart person once framed it out very clearly for me – the tools you have are your time, talent and relationships. Invest in building and strengthening all three!"
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Career Profile: Kasie Hunt, NBC News and MSNBC
"Never let anyone take you less seriously than they take your male peers. Don’t fail to notice when that happens and don’t fail to do something about it."
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Career Profile: Maile Pacheco and Jennifer Musselman, beGlammed
"Careers are a delicate balance of pushing your boundaries and driving toward success and knowing when to take your foot off the gas to recalibrate and ask yourself, 'Am I still enjoying this?' And if not, that's okay. Give yourself permission to grow and do something different."
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Career Profile: Brooke Baldwin, CNN
"Be okay with feeling a little uncomfortable. It’s those moments that will really make you who you are – in work and life. And when you’ve found your path…help other women find theirs."
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Career Profile: Yael Cohen Braun, FCancer, Motherlucker, and Bumble
"I think collaboration is at the core of greatness and creativity. Working together, asking for help when you need it and giving help where you can makes not only everyone’s work better, but it also makes the working environment a lot better."
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Three Viable Alternatives to Venture Capital Funding That All Entrepreneurs Should Know
There is constant buzz about 'unicorns' and sky-high valuations, but raising venture capital is not the only funding option for entrepreneurs — or necessarily the best one. Here are some alternatives that all entrepreneurs should know.
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Career Profile: Alisyn Camerota, CNN
"Follow your bliss. None of this will feel like a chore if you are passionate about what you do."
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Career Profile: Shalane Flanagan, Olympic Athlete and NYC Marathon Winner
"Run your race. This applies to everyone and everything in life. To me, it means to follow your instincts and live a life you are proud of."
