Month: April 2014

Your business deserves a website!

As someone who started a business without much, if any, business experience, or really any articulated goals except a determination (really, a desperation)  to not further waste my life after three years of law school… I know it ain’t easy. I know how difficult it is to summon the courage and confidence to believe that…
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April 26, 2014 0

Cited by Monster.com as an expert! #booya

Feeling pretty great today because, besides all the other good stuff happening, I was quoted in this article on Monster.com: 5 Common Mistakes That Will Derail Your Career    


April 23, 2014 0

TUESDAY TIPS: April 22, 2014: Nixon’s the one!

“I brought myself down. I gave them a sword. And they stuck it in. And, I guess, if I’d been in their position, I would have done the same thing.”-Richard Nixon   Years ago, having a conversation with my then-boyfriend, he said, weightily, in response to some flippant remark I made, “You think it’s easy…
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April 22, 2014 0

” I have to be me.”

I frequently hear this, when I’ve overwhelmed clients with too many suggestions as to how they can start the process of re-branding themselves for a new job hunt, or a career transition…or I’ve led clients outside of their comfort zone, as they prepare in ways big and small to improve their lives. They’re excited…and a…
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April 19, 2014 0

TUESDAY TIPS: April, 15, 2014: How to be a consultant

I’m thinking of consultants, and what it means to start a consulting business, because I frequently get (potential) clients who say to me, something along the lines of, “Well, if my job hunt doesn’t work, I can just become a consultant.”  Yes and no. Yes, sure, you can call yourself a consultant on your LinkedIn…
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April 15, 2014 0

Free Your Mind

Recently, on Facebook, the (Latino) husband of an old friend mentioned that despite stereotypes within the Latino community dismissing writing as  not “manly,” he had taken my advice and started writing. In fact, he said, he was really enjoying the process of writing and how it was allowing him to understand himself more and more.  Not…
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April 14, 2014 0

Networking tips. (No, it never ends.)

Living in NYC, I have a lot of clients who are foreigners, and/or speak a number of languages. The ability to speak more than one language is a wonderful way to positively differentiate yourself as you position yourself to succeed in a very tough economy.  The key, however, is to appreciate that all languages are…
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April 11, 2014 0

TUESDAY TIPS: April 9, 2014: Celebrate your mistakes.

First of all, yes, I know: today is not Tuesday. I meant to put up my Tuesday Tips on, you know, Tuesday, but this business is on fire, and I spent a very busy day with clients. However, this is my blog, so I decided to walk it off and move on.  If you want…
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April 9, 2014 0

Monday’s motivation.

Despite everything, it’s Monday. Again. And if you’re watching all of your intricately-crafted plans for changing your life go up in the smoke of fear and resignation…well, not so fast. One of the many things I have learned from doing this business, is that to succeed at difficult things, you sort of have to trick…
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April 7, 2014 0

Blood, sweat and vampires

I wrote this article, based on my experience with writing and helping clients who want to write: So, You Want to Write a Book? And then, magically, I take no credit for how this happened, Anne Rice–yep, that Anne Rice– was made aware of my article and this happened:           And now,…
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April 1, 2014 0