On March 11th I enjoyed the rare, lucky experience of bringing What I Know Now About Success to life. Trish McEvoy, makeup artist and founder of Trish McEvoy, Mary Lou Quinlan, author and founder of Just Ask A Woman, and Linda Kaplan Thaler, author and founder of The Kaplan Thaler Agency all joined me at the Sony Technology Wonder Lab (just as wonderful as it sounds) for an event sponsored by New York Women in Communication. Continue reading
“It’s only in looking back that all the pieces, including the detours, fit together with wonderful logic,” says Jean Chatzky
Detours unnerve me: the unexpected roadblock to my carefully laid plans; the panicky feeling of not knowing where I’ll end up or how long it will take get there. The road not taken—once you take it—is potholed and bumpy as hell. Continue reading
I’ve been stuck on Success Step 4: “You know you are not like everyone else.” This is what cosmetics entrepreneur Bobbi Brown tells herself in high school, meaning ‘You are not tall, blonde, athletic and capable of comprehending Algebra, like all your friends.’ Continue reading
Wow—this week’s success lesson from Cathie Black, President of Hearst Magazines, could not have been better aligned with my schedule.
Cathie chose to write to her younger self when she was working with Gloria Steinem at the recently launched Ms magazine. Continue reading
I’m working on my Success Steps—lessons from thirty-three ultra-achieving women in What I Know Now About Success. Each woman picked a time in her life when she was struggling, or when success seemed very far away. Then we collaborated on a letter to her younger self, containing a message about success that she wishes she’d known at that moment.
Now I’m taking these lessons to heart by trying to apply them, week by week, to my life and my small (but fun and growing!) company. Where will we be at the end of thirty-three weeks? Keep an eye out here and let me know how I’m doing…. Continue reading
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