Growing up, my dream was to be an elementary school teacher, but after a foreign exchange trip to Germany in high school, I declared my major in college would be international relations. I dreamed of working for the United Nations or being an ambassador for the United States to a foreign country. I had planned…
Read more10 Success Tips for the Newly Promoted Manager
The accidental manager. Those three words describe how I landed my first management position. I was hired to do marketing for two medical clinics. Within just a few years, we had grown to 14 locations in multiple states. I had been really good at my job, and as the first one hired, I was named…
Read more5 Ways Letting Go of Fear of Failure Will Push You Towards Success
Imagine how different your world would be today if you hadn’t snubbed your nose at things you initially thought sounded “too good to be true”. Life is full of people who pushed the limits – tried the things others dared not to try – and came out on top. Consider your smartphone. A mere decade…
Read moreWho Knew That It Really Won’t Be Like This For Long?
It’s been a long time since I woke up at 3:00 in the morning to check on my little girl. She’s three and a half now, and for over a year she’s been sleeping through the night. It’s a blessing. There was a time in my life when the only thing I was praying for…
Read moreHow to Get Your Toddler to Eat Carrots (Hidden Carrot Cookies)
My three year old daughter loves fruit, but put a vegetable in front of her and she will go on a hunger strike. There are times I just want to bang my head against the wall as I try to get her to eat healthy. My daughter also loves to help me bake. So when…
Read moreWhat Would Keep You at Your Current Job … and Other Interview Questions
Interviews are a blessing and a curse, no matter which side of the table you’re sitting on during the formal gathering. I read an interesting comment feed on LinkedIN the other day that chastised interviewers for not getting outside the box to really know candidates. People slammed the formalities around Selection Teams who use the…
Read moreHow to Make Homecoming Mums as a Necklace for a Toddler
Growing up in Texas, Friday nights meant football. I was fortunate enough to go to a high school where the athletes’ and the coaching staff’s talent matched up at just the right time, and we won or went to the state championship game almost every year during my junior high and high school days. There…
Read more5 Things to Help Make Castaway Cay Even More Magical on a Budget
Preparing for a Disney Cruise is a magical experience unlike any other. If you rad enough blogs, I’m sure there are more than 101 things you can do to ensure your trip is perfect. Today, I thought I would share with you five of the tips I learned from others that will ensure your stop…
Read moreWhy Hiring for Fit May Be Stopping Business Growth & Change in Your Company
One of the best parts about being fresh out of college is just how naive you are that you can actually change the world. It’s a belief you’ve been taught since you were little, and by the time you’ve received your last A+ on a college project, you know you have a great skill set…
Read moreThe One Thing You Must Do to Cut Through the Clutter of a Crowded Marketplace
You’ve probably heard the age old marketing adage that goes something like this, “Marketing isn’t just about saying things differently, it’s also about doing things differently.” In order to be successful in business, you must bring wanted innovation to the marketplace. In doing so, you will carve out a unique selling proposition and build a…
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