The Best Gift for Your Loved One: Nothing
Go Offline with your significant other and give them the best gift you ever could.
Lean Into Your Fear
If you ask me directly, I’ll deny it. But, sometimes I get scared and the fear pours out of my eyeballs (there’s no crying in business!). The more I’ve opened myself up and had honest conversations with other business owners, the more I’ve realized that I’m not alone. So, let’s be real for a minute.
“I’ll Work While They Nap” and Other Untold Stories of a Working Parent.
Since they’re experts in keeping it real, I reached out to some dear friends and best Moms I know to ask, “what’s the hardest thing about being a working parent”? While the conversations that followed cannot be shared word for word, I thought a few highlights might help illustrate the reality of the working parent struggle.
Stop Struggling: Integrate Work and Life
You can stop struggling to find work/life balance by embracing work/life integration.
Keep it Simple
All this talk about choosing your “word of the year” has inspired me. The thought of making it that easy, of simplifying a resolution down to one word that resonates and guides me really stuck with me because who has the time for much more. So, keeping with that theme, I’ve decided my word will be: Simplicity!
Our Promises to You in the New Year
As important as it is to set personal goals and resolutions each year, we think it’s also a great practice to take a fresh look at your business. We’re not talking about typical year-end planning and budgeting but, rather, a step back to determine the tone, feeling, and atmosphere you’re setting for your customers.
Downsizing New Year’s Resolutions
During this time of year, there’s no shortage of tips and advice for how to do better and be better in the New Year. But, my resolutions are all too often short-lived. This year I’m downsizing my resolutions instead.
Coworking is the New Networking
Coworking is flipping traditional networking on its head by building spaces that foster innovation and creativity. Plus, it’s a far more natural way to network and to build connections that endure.
To My Coworkers: Without You, It’s Just Work
So-called ‘experts’ often link employee engagement and low turnover to great bosses, company culture and employee benefits (duh), but they completely overlook the power of great coworkers. In my experience, it’s the people I’m surrounded by that make the difference.
Seven Things No One Ever Told Me About Working From Home
Working from home isn’t all that. These are just 7 of the things I wish someone had told me before I started working remotely.