Guest post by Anna Dworaczynska (learn more about Anna at the end of this post) Is success solely measured upon our business achievements? Are those of us who aren’t CEOs, entrepreneurs or holding other senior-level successful positions, deemed to become unsuccessful? Elizabeth Smith, the former president of Avon Products, has recently moved to another company. Her moved … [Read more...]
Archives for November 2009
Keeping Your Eye on the Prize
Post by Jane K. Stimmler, contributing Women On Business writer When I opened the morning newspaper recently, I noticed a headline which piqued my interest. It read “Going for 2nd, she wins 1st.” The story was about a Sodoku Championship. For those of you unfamiliar with the term, Soduko is a puzzle whose objective is to fill a 9×9 grid so that each column, each row, and each … [Read more...]
Stop and Smell the Roses
By the time you read this I will be experiencing day five of my 10-day Vipassana--my quest to see things as they really are; my vow of noble silence. Noble silence means silence of body, speech and mind. In total, I am five days into the absence of phone, TV, internet, blackberry, iPod, kindle and if you didn't catch it the first time around...talking! By now, I've … [Read more...]
3 Websites you already know about
Or you might not...I don't want to be presumptuous. I love discovering new-to-me things. When I received my laptop as a Valentine's Day gift from my husband a few years ago, it virtually opened up the world. My local world is somewhat isolated by current necessities and I felt cutoff and frustrated. I had tried starting one little business after the other, but when you … [Read more...]
Coaching as an Asset to your Business Development
How does your business make a difference in the world? In 2006 I began an intensive coaching process with Rob Seidenspinner of Sage Circle Coaching. Rob is a personal and professional coach and I was looking for specific insights into how my personal "story" was influencing my business outcomes. The benefits I’ve seen are as follows. Not all of these are directly … [Read more...]
Interview with Prominent Radio Show Host and Entrepreneur, Sharifah Hardie
Kristin: Sharifah, why don’t you give us some background information on your entrepreneurial journey? Sharifah: I am a single mother of two and began my online experience as a way to provide for my children. After surviving several crushing disappointments including two failed marriages, being laid off six times, homelessness, the death of a close friend and the struggle to … [Read more...]
Vitamin D may be Part of the Key
In a continuation of the thoughts from last week regarding keeping sickness at bay in the work place, vitamin D can be added to your healthy “to do” list. Numerous studies and articles are focusing in on the positive effects of Vitamin D and its correlating preventative action against colds and flu viruses. One of the studies reported in the Archives of Internal Medicine … [Read more...]
Winning at the New “Mommy Track”: The rise of the “Mompreneur” Part II
Creating Your Current and Future Powerful Connections List Last week I had you ask yourself, How many powerful business relationships do I have? If you haven’t already considered this question, I encourage you to consider it now. Creating a clear list of the people you need to connect with will give you a clear path as to where you should focus your time and energy. This … [Read more...]
If You’re Happy and You Know It…
Clap your hands! Stomp your feet! Well, apparently not too many women are clapping and stomping these days. Recently, there have been many articles and reports on how women’s happiness has declined in the last few decades. Quite honestly, it’s depressing just to read these articles. Many theories have been tossed around; some related to the failure of feminism. These … [Read more...]
What Stops Us from Reaching Our Potential?
Guest post by Anna Dworaczynska (learn more about Anna at the end of this post) I am an avid reader of online edition of Forbes magazine, where I regularly read the Forbes Woman column. The column features everything from latest tips for women entrepreneurs to latest trends in management. However, this weeks’ story, written by Heidi Brown, focuses on struggles and fight for … [Read more...]