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Do a Question Burst

I can be in my head too much when struggling with a gnarly problem. The issue is my quality of thinking goes down as the thoughts just...

Empathy Mapping

Have a big conversation that you are nervous about with your boss or partner? Try empathy mapping. Basically, you put yourself in the...

Be Alone with Your Thoughts

Inspired by Cal Newport’s new book, Digital Minimalism, I’m seven days into a 30-day digital detox of no podcasts, social media or blogs....

Be a Multi-trick Pony

In Carter Cast's book, The Right (and Wrong) Stuff, he lays out 5 archetypes for why people fail. The most common for women? The one...

Make Eye Connection

Last week, I heard Allison Shapira talk about her new book on public speaking, Speak with Impact. Even though I do public speaking quite...

Own Your Mistakes

I just saw Carter Cast, the former CEO of Walmart.com and author of The Right (and Wrong) Stuff, speak. He spent years researching why...

Hold Some Back

Recently, I sat down with a friend that is super regimented—I mean, ex-military regimented. We were joking about how that affects his...

Make A Night of It

We are all going to have to do things that we just don't want to. It's called Adulting. Today's tip is simple: for those moments, make...

Write the Book

I read a great quote this week—"Most people would learn the most from a book with blank pages than any other book." The idea is that you...

Don't Follow Your Passion

Recently Adam Grant had a great podcast on the dangers of following your passion at work. What do you do if you don't know what your...

Don't Run Away

Being a working mom is ridiculously hard. Even the ones that look like they have it all together, don't. Trust me, I've interviewed...

Writing the Wrong

Last week, I said to write FBR (fast, bad, and wrong). I've always written these emails pretty quickly, but I would get stuck in doing...

A New Way to Pitch

I recently received new advice on how to create the fundraising pitch for my business. Get a group of cynical friends to honestly tell...

Play Patriarchy Chicken

Here's a new game to play on your commute to work—patriarchy chicken. Just refuse to get out of the way for men as you walk along....

Ask For More Time

Deadlines have been identified as the most common cause of work stress (with 30% of folks citing it). Not only that, it decreases...

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