Tag Archives: balance

Is Your Inner Child on the Payroll?

July 5, 2012 – 5:00 am

When was the last time you laughed out loud during a work day? If you were to catch yourself in a mirror while working, what kind of expression would you see? What type of emotion and energy does your voice convey when you answer the phone? These are important questions to ask yourself on a […]

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59 Mompreneurs’ Best Business Survival Tips

July 11, 2011 – 5:00 am

When your business is your only “baby” that can be time-consuming enough. And yet mompreneurs seem to be finding ways to juggle raising new businesses, as well as their families with success. So last week we sought the wisdom of our mompreneur community and asked – As a mompreneur, what is your best survival tip […]

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Question of the Week – July 4, 2011

July 4, 2011 – 11:00 am

This week’s question is – Mompreneurs’ Best Business Survival Tips When your business is your only “baby” that can be time-consuming enough. And yet mompreneurs seem to be finding ways to juggle raising new businesses, as well as their families with success. So we’d love to know some of your strategies. As a mompreneur, what […]

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The Competitive Wife

December 28, 2010 – 6:00 am

Republished from Pretty Young Professional, an online resource and community providing practical advice, guidance and support to young professional women. PYP can be followed @PYPro I am a perfectionist. They say that the first step to recovery is admitting you have a problem. Unfortunately, many view this trait as a source of pride, not a […]

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Step Aside Cirque du Soleil Jugglers

November 2, 2010 – 9:59 am

Entrepreneurs, especially mompreneurs, have the ability to rival even the best jugglers, the likes of those you would pay big bucks to see performing for Cirque du Soleil.  Did these ambidextrous women go to clown college to master the art of spinning plates atop long poles or handling fiery batons without singeing a single eyebrow?  […]

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Family vs. Career: Women Don’t Have to Choose

October 12, 2010 – 7:00 am

Laura Petrolino of 365 Days of Startups asked several businesswomen, including me, to comment on a recent TechCrunch article entitled, “Women Don’t Want to Run Startups Because They’d Rather Have Children,” that elicited a myriad of responses from both sexes. You can visit 365 to read my take on the article.  I want to point […]

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Stepping down from the ledge of overwhelm.

August 3, 2010 – 1:10 am

I recently posed a question on Twitter and Facebook to all the entrepreneurial “wanna be’s” and asked, “What is the biggest obstacle holding you back.” A big Thank you!! to all those who responded. The comments confirmed that we each face many different challenges in our lives. But women are great at sharing lessons learned from failures, as well as successes, in an effort to teach others. There is tremendous power when like-minded women exchange ideas and wisdom.

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