What Did You Learn in 2009?
Today my Twitter friend @MattFagioli posed the question/tweet: What did you learn in 2009? Something you didn’t realize in 2008. I couldn’t answer the question in a tweet because my answer would far exceed...
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Go-Getters Maintain a Healthy Lifestyle
Chapter 5 of “The Go-Getter Girl’s Guide” is about maintaining a healthy lifestyle. What an ironic topic to discuss this time of year as many of us are facing the reality that it’s time to cut...
Routine: Think Less, Accomplish More
Routine: boring or amazing? I always thought it was boring. Lately I think it’s amazing. This is the perfect time of year to take an honest look at your routine. You probably have some goals for...
Sex and the City 2!
Ms. Career Girl’s favorite ladies are coming back on May 28, 2010! Sex and the City 2- woo hoo! From the trailer below, it looks like the girls go to the desert, Samantha wears...
MTV’s Jersey Shore: sending a bad message to today’s youth?
Many of us have a new guilty pleasure. And it’s kind of embarrassing. We can’t stop watching Jersey Shore. MTV’s latest disaster, Jersey Shore, is a reality show based on 7 (ridiculously exaggerated)...
A Guide to Schmoozing
Many twentysomethings’ biggest career fear and biggest career barrier is schmoozing. Yes, you have to schmooze. If you’ve been following our Go Getter Girl’s Guide series, you read last week’s post about creating your...
Penelope Trunk’s Interesting Personal Branding Strategy
What is the first thing you think of when I say Penelope Trunk? A very interesting article by Fast Company points out the obvious, yet interesting, personal branding strategy of Gen Y career “expert” and...
Create Your Own Luck by “Expanding Your Circle”
Post 2 of The Go-Getter Girl’s Guide series is about expanding your circle. First, let’s start by reviewing a few career myths (which you need to start accepting as myths!): Successful people just got...
What does a Female Manager Look Like?
Yesterday someone (we’ll call Lady A) told me a short story about herself. Lady A was hired to be a manager. After a few days on the job, Lady B knocked on her office door. Lady B...
Are You Looking for Career Happiness in All The Wrong Places?
I read a great post today on womenonbusiness.com called “Looking for What You Love to Do in All The Wrong Places.” Author Kirstie Berzanski LOVES what she does! She sells moving boxes. Kirstie writes that she always thought...