All posts by Marcy Twete
Talking to Yourself Makes You Smarter
Any Sex and the City fan is familiar with Carrie’s “writing monologues” – you see a blinking cursor on the screen and a voice over of Sarah Jessica Parker reading the words she’s writing, and more. Avid Sex and the ... Read More »
The 50 Fastest Growing Women-Led Companies
Do you recognize any of the companies below? How about the names? The women listed below may not be household names today, but they’re on their way. None of the companies below are in the Fortune 500, but they all ... Read More »
Make Your Job More Meaningful
You will spend the majority of your life at work, so damnit, its should be meaningful to you. Don’t feel ashamed of having a mission or a vision for your life and pursuing it with relentless ambition. And when you ... Read More »
Hillary’s Explanation – Needed?
Last year, the media zeroed in on Hillary Clinton’s “hand over mouth” moment during the Bin Ladin raid. Ridiculous journalists on ridiculous news stations ripped her apart for showing what they called a traditionally female bit of emotion. The men ... Read More »
You Have 118 Seconds
I love Harvard Business Review’s “Management Tip of the Day” – here’s a good one. The average length of an elevator ride in New York City is 118 seconds. If you use that as a guide, it means you’ve got ... Read More »
Women: Example, Not Exception
If you do anything today, literally anything, you need to watch this video. And if you don’t have 13 minutes on your hands to watch this incredible speech, fast forward to 9:35. You’ll hear this: “Women can no longer be ... Read More »
I Would Do Anything for a Job….But I Won’t Do That
Every day, all over the world, people do crazy things….for love…for happiness…and for their jobs. And in the iconic words of Meatloaf, we might say, “I would do anything for love (or in this case, a job), but I won’t ... Read More »
Social Media Infiltrates the….Convent?
Catholic sisters aren’t always known for being fun. Loving? Sure. Strict? Absolutely. Prayerful? Of course. But along with their rosary beads, habits, bibles, and holy water can we picture the typical sister toting around a laptop and checking her Facebook ... Read More »
Building Your Skills Through Blogging
I have women ask me regularly how they can start a blog, whether or not they should blog, and what blogging might give them. For me, my Minneapolis Career Girl and Chicago Career Girl blogs eventually led to the launch ... Read More »
