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- How to Keep a Work Journal posted on January 26, 2015
- NYC Guide: Sunrise in Central Park posted on November 27, 2014
- 6 Essential Tips for a First-Time Manager posted on July 27, 2015
- How to Write the Perfect Conference Follow-Up Email posted on August 11, 2017
- Career Profile: Reshma Saujani, Girls Who Code posted on March 30, 2016
- 5 Good Books: Volume 19 posted on July 16, 2018
- 7 Ways to Have a Better Morning Routine posted on February 13, 2015
- The Best Career Podcasts to Listen to if You’re Starting a New Job posted on August 14, 2015
- Career Profile: Terry Hurlbutt, Good Morning America posted on January 23, 2019
- How to Cope With Job Search Rejection posted on November 18, 2024
- Fitness Files: The Fhitting Room Review posted on August 28, 2015
- How to Make a Vision Board posted on January 14, 2016
- NYC Guide: Weekend Ritual, Books and Beans posted on April 19, 2016
- 22 Journal Prompts for Goal-Setting and Self-Reflection posted on December 16, 2016
- How to Answer the Interview Question: “Why Do You Want to Leave Your Current Job?” posted on January 23, 2015
- Career Profile: Yael Cohen Braun, FCancer, Motherlucker, and Bumble posted on October 31, 2018
- Career Profile: Michelle Kelly, Lilly Pulitzer posted on December 13, 2018
- How to Negotiate a Raise posted on August 8, 2016
- Career Profile: Kelly Larkin of Kelly in the City posted on September 3, 2014
- Career Profile: Brittany Lo, Beautini by B.Lo posted on November 26, 2014
- Introducing…Elana Lyn posted on February 7, 2015
- May 2015 Checklist posted on May 12, 2015
- How to Give Effective Feedback at Work posted on August 3, 2015
- How to Quit Your Job posted on November 30, 2015
- My Perfect Morning Routine posted on February 10, 2017
- How to Meal Prep for the Week posted on September 1, 2017
- Fitness Files: United Airlines NYC Half 2018 posted on March 18, 2018
- Career Profile: Katherine Eskandanian-Yee and Chessa Eskandanian-Yee, LeaderEQ posted on January 17, 2019
- Things to Do at Home While Social Distancing posted on March 17, 2020
- Learning Through Leadership: The Post Graduate Benefits of Going Greek, Part III posted on October 18, 2013
- Staying In Touch After College posted on September 22, 2014
- 3 Hunger-Banishing Foods to Add to Your Smoothie posted on May 18, 2015
- How to Do a Digital Detox posted on March 28, 2016
- 30 Day Challenge: Elimination Diet posted on September 1, 2016
- How to Make a Bullet Journal posted on February 17, 2017
- Career Profile: Molly Beck, Author, Consultant, and Blogger posted on September 20, 2017
- Career Profile: Georgina Gooley, Billie posted on March 28, 2018
- 30 Day Challenge: Meal Prep posted on August 2, 2018
- How to Stay Positive When You’re Unemployed posted on November 5, 2024
- The Best-Kept Secret About Sororities Revealed! posted on January 1, 2014
- Gingerbread Cookie Recipe posted on December 9, 2014
- City Guide: 48 Hours in Paris, France posted on May 21, 2015
- Why You Should Always Be Learning posted on August 24, 2015
- Career Profile: Elana Fishman, StyleWatch posted on January 6, 2016
- The Best Bloat-Fighting Foods posted on April 15, 2016
- Ask Yourself These Questions Before You Quit Your Job posted on October 14, 2016
- 15 Girls’ Night In Activities posted on March 13, 2017
- How to Set Up a Budget posted on October 20, 2017
- Career Profile: Loren Brill, Sweet Loren’s posted on September 5, 2018
- Career Profile: MaryBeth Pecha, Amber Hanson, and Kathryn Ekloff, Persist The Game posted on February 27, 2019
30 Day Challenge: Meal Prep
Lunch and dinner in 5 minutes flat.
Five Lessons I’ve Learned From My First Year as a Freelancer
365 days later!
How Time Batching Has Made Me More Productive
So little time so much to do.
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. "
Career Profile: Leslie Voorhees, Anomalie
"There hasn’t been a transformative business idea that "experts"' in the industry didn’t initially dismiss as impossible."
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."
July 2018 Checklist
Done and done!
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."
30 Day Challenge: Style Shake Up
Shaking things up a little.
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."
Fitness Files: The Ruth Bader Ginsburg Workout
Ruth Bader Ginsburn.
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."
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."
June 2018 Checklist
Let's do this!