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Archive for the ‘Work-Life Balance’ Category

May 5th, 2008

3 Tips On Balancing Acts For Business Women

If you are in business, self-employed or the corporate world, you know all too well how much of a challenge it is to balance both work and home life. Something always goes wrong or gives in.
My challenge is juggling multiple projects at once with juggling multiple kids at the same time. I try to keep […]

By Bridget Wright -- 0 comments

April 16th, 2008

Don’t Answer That Call!

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When you’re a busy professional, you have very little time for non-essential things like funny emails, water cooler chit chat and the most annoying of all - trivial phone calls! There are time when I have been bombarded with “emergency” phone calls from friends and family who thought that maybe I’d really like […]

By Bridget Wright -- 2 comments

April 4th, 2008

Women in Business Balancing Family and Career

There is something interesting about women who are in business, whether it’s for themselves or whether it’s in Corporate America.
They are all trying to balance both a career and family.
Whether they have four children, a dog and two cats, or whether it was just them and a parakeet, women have always had the challenge […]

By Bridget Wright -- 0 comments

February 10th, 2008

Guest Article: Restless Brain Syndrome, or Breaking Up With My Freelance Career

by CJ
In college, I was more interested in boys and partying than in preparing myself for a career, so it should have been no surprise when, on graduation day, I hadn’t a clue what to do next. I floundered for a couple of months (and yes, I moved back home with my parents) and then […]

By Kristen King -- 0 comments

February 2nd, 2008

What Business Owners Can Learn from Peyton Manning, Eli Manning, and Tom Brady

I posted about this over at Lively Women in regard to women’s health, but I also wanted to put a business spin on things.
There’s something about an attractive, charismatic player that gets non-football fans interested in football, and Tom Brady and the Manning brothers are prime examples. From Family Guy to Saturday Night Live […]

By Kristen King -- 4 comments

January 24th, 2008

Quota Schmota: Why Race- and Sex-Based Hiring Guidelines Are NOT the Answer

I gotta be honest here. No matter how many times you tell me that affirmative action and quotas in hiring and school admissions are a good idea, I will never agree. “But aren’t you for equality?” Of course I am. “Don’t you want things to be fair?” Well, yeah, duh. But the only way […]

By Kristen King -- 7 comments

January 9th, 2008

When Your Business Depends on the Internet

Note: This was supposed to go up yesterday, but the connectivity problems I mentioned prevented me from posting it. Apologies!
Over the last 2 days, I’ve had serious Internet problems, which kept me from posting, from staying in contact with people I’d promised to reach, and from working on the projects that are sitting on my […]

By Kristen King -- 1 comment

January 7th, 2008

Guest Post: Lessons for small business success, from my twin toddler daughters (Part 1)

by Shannon Cherry
My twin two-year old daughters reminded me, without words, about business and success. When you are starting a business, you need to think of it as raising a child. You start by crawling, then walking, then running.
So take heart in the following tips – they may come from very cute, very small people […]

By Kristen King -- 0 comments

January 1st, 2008

Tips for Setting Goals in 2008

Committed to achieving your professional goals in the new year? Follow these tips to get to the finish line:

Set specific goals. “Improve my business” is extremely vague when you consider all of the possible factors that could go into “improvement.” Try something like, “Increase client base by 20%” or “Earn a raise within 6 months.”
Break […]

By Kristen King -- 0 comments

December 27th, 2007

Does God Belong in the Workplace?

The lively discussion sparked by Kelly’s post about God and taxes at Taxgirl got me thinking more about a topic that’s been on my mind lately:
What place does religion have in the workplace?
Personally, I think there’s a strong argument for religious morals and values in business dealings. The Bible contains straightforward advice on contracts, dealing […]

By Kristen King -- 2 comments

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