“I can do anything, but not everything” – Greg McKeown. Greg McKeown is a leadership strategist and the author of Essentialism. His masterful guidance has positively impacted his clients, to name a few, Adobe, Apple, Google, Facebook, Pixar and Yahoo! How often do you feel that you are balancing a multitude of different tasks...
READ MORESingle mothers and higher education
When my twin brother and sister were 11 months old, I was born. I never knew my father, as he left when I was three weeks old. My mother became a single parent raising three children under one-year-old. We grew up during the 1960s, and our neighborhood was permeated with drugs and many pregnant...
READ MOREStorytelling: How not to kill your audience by death of PowerPoint
If 2020/2021 has taught us anything it is that we can’t leave our private lives outside the door. We are whole human beings, not corporate robots. We lead complex and often messy lives, and we have stories to share. Every single one of us. So why do we create presentations as if we were...
READ MOREHow to write a professional email with a great message and a nice tone
You are sitting in front of your computer screen thinking about how you will respond to a recent email that you received from your boss or even your coworker. You are a bit upset regarding the email that you’ve just received. You want to respond; in fact, you want to respond in ALL CAPS,...
READ MOREOpening up new possibilities by seeing our choices
Our predictable future does not trap us. My predictable future is how the story of my life is likely to unfold if the path is left unaltered. There have been times in my life when I realized that I didn’t like the way my predictable future was shaping up. One that stands out was...
READ MOREHow your attitude impacts the course of your life
What does attitude have to do with success in your life? Everything. I wish I understood this early on in my life. It would have made all the difference to me and it would have eliminated a lot of struggles. Now, most people think of an arrogant or aggressive disposition or behavior that someone...
READ MOREDon’t fake it till you make it – Confidence tips from an actor
What is the secret to being truly self-confident? And what can a professional actor of over twenty years tell you that is different from what you would get somewhere else? You’re probably reading this and thinking to yourself. “I don’t need tips about confidence. I’m already a confident person.” And you’re probably right. At...
READ MORESMARTER goal setting
Throughout the journey of my life, I realized that one thing that will make a person successful in their lives, whether it is at school, community or in the workplace, is through goal seeking, goal planning, setting, achieving and monitoring, as these are concepts that apply in all areas of our lives. In addition,...
READ MOREPregnancy and the workplace
How two words will change everything at work for you… For many professional women finding out they’re pregnant provides mixed feelings. Delight that you are about to become a mum but also shear dread as you know your world is about to change in more ways than one. As soon as the words “I’m...
READ MOREThe transition from high school to university
The great Mahatma Gandhi once said, “Be the change you want to see in the world,” but maybe we should start by defining what change is. Change is the transition from one phase to the next. Change means running and falling on your knees, but you do not change where you are headed; you...
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