Elana Lyn Gross
What I’m Reading
My Favorite Things From 2017
These are a few of my favorite things!
Career Profile: Amanda Gluck, Fashionable Hostess
"My goal is for my site to be a destination for anyone who entertains, loves their home, and appreciates beautiful things!"
Career Profile: Julia Gudish Krieger, VillageLuxe
"Recognize that you're the only person standing in your way, and the faster you can stop listening to the little voice that says you can't do it, the faster you'll start really living! You'll be surprised the doors that open when you trust yourself and put in the work to get there."
Career Profile: Laurence Bradford, Learn to Code With Me and Teachable
"Don’t write an entire career or industry off just because you think you won’t fit in or don’t see others there already that resemble you. In fact, those are the places where your voice is needed most."
My Favorite Career Profile Quotes from 2016
"Believe in what you set out to do. Follow your north star." —Brit Morin, Brit + Co
Career Profile: Sarah Soden, Children’s Mercy Hospital Kansas City
"Women tend to be helpers, which means we often put the needs of others ahead of ourselves. Sometimes your needs, goals, and accomplishments should take center stage."
Career Profile: Meredith Walker, Amy Poehler’s Smart Girls
"If you are in a position of privilege and power and have a voice that can be heard, use it to help bring others up."
Career Profile: Olivia Fay, Rallier
"Kindness — toward others and toward myself — has proven to be a very valuable skill."
How Asking for Help the Right Way Advances Your Career
Asking for help the right way can be a catalyst for continuous personal and professional development.
Summer Reading List
There is no greater pleasure that cracking open a good book on a beautiful day and taking it in with my surroundings.
