Four Steps to Defending Your Career
Working in digital public affairs, people don’t always understand what I do day to day. Honestly, it’s pretty hard to explain to someone who’s never worked in a “behind the scenes” type of job....
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Just Shake and Make Up Already, Will Ya?
We all have that one person at work who we do NOT get along with. We clashed in the past over a disagreement. That person threw us under the bus in a meeting or in front...
Inbox DETOX: Clean for 2 Months!
Drugs? No! Booze? No! I’m talking about SPAM! January 1, 2013 I unsubscribed from every single daily email subscription and it has changed my life! What is life like without the daily emails, you wonder? ...
Cocktails with Colleagues: A Survival Guide
Happy Monday, ladies! Most people in Washington, D.C. spent the past week gearing up for today’s presidential inauguration and all its associated activities. While I refuse to attend the ceremony with 800,000 strangers and...
Tales from the Energizer Bunny
Happy Monday and Merry Christmas Eve! This holiday season is my favorite time of the year – even if nothing in my frazzled life makes sense, everything feels just right at Christmas (or maybe...
Your Career Questions… Answered!
You asked us career questions using this form: https://bit.ly/Taq9sG Thank you and keep’em coming! Here is feedback on one of your questions… Question 1: I work as a sales rep with a Marketing Degree...
The Key to Becoming Rich
When I first started this budgeting process, I was under the impression that if I could just save more money, I’d find my way out of debt. So I started out by cutting out...
Customer Service is Queen
I learned my lesson. I thought if I hired an assistant, I could free myself from the repetitve tasks of the daily sales job. For me, that includes returns, website issues, “where’s my order?”...
The $20 Jimmy Choo Story
No, this is not a story about a pair of $20 Choos. C’mon now. That’s called a fairytale. I can count the number of times on one hand the number of times I have...
Giving PROPS and the Glorious After Effects
Remember the last time someone in your organization HOOKED YOU UP and you thought, “Wow, that person really went above and beyond for me. How cool of them.” You said “Thanks” and that was it? ...