Want to Save for Your Dream Future? Start Now
Goals are great. They get you from point A to point B and keep you motivated along the way. That said, we all know how hard it can be to stick to your goals —...
Author: Ms. Career Girl
How Taking Care of Aging Parents Can Affect Your Life
Someone once said that “the hardest part of growing up is realizing your parents are growing old”, and that is true. Caught up in our hasty day-to-day, we often don’t have enough time to...
Coming up with “Plan B” – Finding My Career
My intended career didn’t go as planned. Graduating college in 1984 with a degree in East Asian Studies and Chinese language did not offer many career prospects. I led a couple of tour groups...
Being an Influencer: Branding + Positioning = Influencing
Becoming an “Influencer” is the desired goal for many professionals, regardless of their industry or interests. Except in rare cases, it takes a systematic process to achieve the purpose of being an influencer where...
How Do I Quit My Own Startup or Side Hustle?
For some Founders, their “job” at their startup isn’t necessarily something they want to keep. There can be a ton of factors at play, whether it’s “I can’t afford to do this any longer”...
How Long-Term Planning Allows for Smoother Seasonal Transitions at Work
As summer comes to an end, many people feel a little drained. This happens during almost every seasonal change. With a new season comes new events and more planning, and every person goes through...
Every Female Entrepreneur Should Be Doing These 3 Things
Work-life balance—it’s the ever-elusive goal so many of us are constantly trying to achieve. According to Forbes, many women who make the leap into entrepreneurship do so in part because they’re looking for more...
7 Steps to Reclaiming Your Voice and Saying What You Want.
In China, it is seen as a good thing for a female to appear shy, modest, and subtle in how you communicate. The way I would normally say ‘hello’ was I would look and...
Career, Mother, and Wife? Can You Have it All?
I was 34 years old, a lucky chief cook and bottle washer, chauffeur, social planner, wife and mother with a loving husband who paid the bills for our happy family of four in west...
Forget Your Job Title. Here Are 4 Reasons You Are in Sales and it’s a Good Thing!
A firefighter, a professor, a computer repair technician and a lawyer are having dinner together. Which one is the salesperson? None, right? One is in the business of saving lives; another teaches; one fixes...