Failing My Way to Success
Thanks to Samara Zimmerman for today’s post on overcoming the fear of failure! Failure – curious word – seems so indistinct and feeble when it slips off the tongue. But its bitter sting is in that...
Category: Self
Fitting Breast Cancer Awareness Into Your Daily Routine
For professional women, life is full of responsibilities and concerns. Your head is likely filled with thoughts of your job, your family, and—if you have time—your social life. With all of this going on,...
Take Time to Celebrate Your Successes
Answer me honestly – when is the last time you purposely celebrated a success in your life? Please say it wasn’t your High School graduation or your wedding! I’m talking doing something great but...
Office Wear Tips for a Successful First Day at Your New Job
CONGRATULATIONS you got the job! The night before, it’s almost as nerve wrecking as the moment you first walk into the reception of your new job and the young fashionista of a receptionist gives...
I’m Thankful to be Without a Title…sort of.
Happy Thanksgiving everyone! It’s the time of the year where (if you live in the United States at least) you sit around the table and eat turkey, or maybe tofu turkey, if you’re one...
What’s New at Ms. Career Girl – November 2011
In honor of Ms. Career Girl’s 3rd birthday and looking ahead to 2012, I decided to start an e-newsletter that will provide snippets of additional content to loyal readers like you. Subscribers will be...
Is “CEO’s Disease” Really a Good Thing for Your Business or Career?!
I was watching a great Ted Talk given my Cameron Herhold (former COO of 1-800-GOT-JUNK) last night which mentioned that many successful CEO’s and Entrepreneurs have bi-polar disorder (manic depression). In fact, this phenomenon...
Let’s Dance Out Loud Chicago
My name is Kovie Biakolo and I am the Events Coordinator for Ms Career Girl Meda. It has taken me a while to post an entry because I wanted to gain some experience writing...
Two Times When You Should Let Your Ambition Rest
So you’ve landed the dream job or at least the first step to your dream job, then what? As an individual who went from grad school to grad school drop out to intern to...
Thoughts on Wedding Planning?
Wedding planning has been an interesting experience for me and very different than I thought it would be. To be honest, I feel like I’m supposed to be a lot more obsessed with wedding...