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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...

How to Read a Book in 10-minutes

Who has time to read? Next time, try this method to get the gist of most books in 10-minutes or less: First, read the entire table of...

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...

Are You an Integrator or an Isolator

What struck me most when I interviewed over 125 working moms at the top of their field was that there was no one way to 'mom.' Each had...

The Type of Leader I Want to Be

I love how the world is embracing the unique qualities of female leaders versus forcing us to conform to male stereotypes. Hallelujah...

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...

Can't Decide? Try this Hack

Dan and Chip Heath's new book, Decisive is waking me up to issues in my decision making. The biggest culprit is framing the problem too...

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....

My 6 Favorite Time Saving Software

As a mom of two and a founder of a busy start-up, I throw money at software that saves me time. Here are some of my faves: Docsend ...

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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