Category Archives: Work

The Art of the Ask

UPDATE: The winner of the tickets to Shmoozefest is Patti Church! Congrats! Stay tuned – at the end of this post I have a great giveaway!!! I am extremely fortunate to be involved in many amazing projects right now. In addition to my day jobs, which allow me to work with amazing people like Mark…

What Works for What's Work

I’ve been doing a lot of thinking lately about how work has changed over the past several years. When I was growing up in the 1980′s, society was still in the mindset that “setting yourself up for success” meant graduating from high school, going to university to get a degree, then finding a good, stable,…

The Art of Saying No

One of the hardest things for me to do is to say “no” to people. It gets me in all sorts of trouble, too. I get over-committed, over-booked, over-stressed in an effort to please everyone all the time. It’s a common problem – I know lots of people for whom saying “no” is the worst…