At The Leading Women Project, we like to think of each life as following a script. Not a script written for you in which you are merely acting a part, but a script that you can write and rewrite to suit who you are as an individual and what role you want to play. You get to choose the cast … Continue reading
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Be Your Own Valentine -2012 Edition Growing up, Valentines Day was barely a blip on my family’s radar. It amounted to a quick peck on the check and a hug. Sometimes my dad would surprise us and buy almond bark from Kegg’s Candy, dark chocolate, of course. We knew that this was really for Mom, but my brother and … Continue reading
Just a Bad Hair Day?
One morning last week, I looked out the window only to see that the city was fogged in. I was viewing from the 19th floor and could barely see the ground. The buildings and trees were hidden by the haze. I threw on my jacket to take my dog for a walk. When the Fog Rolled In When we returned … Continue reading
Man Down
An Interesting Read Looking for something fun to read? Or, maybe you feel like you need some data and studies to quote in your next Battle of the Sexes discussion, debating who makes better drivers, world leaders, hedge fund managers or dozens of other things. I suggest the light read with a message, Man Down, by Dan Abrams. His … Continue reading
Let Me Call You Sweetheart
…..NOT This week when NJ Governor Christie did not like a question put to him by a woman at a Romney rally he responded: You know, something may go down tonight, but it ain’t going to be jobs, sweetheart. He followed up with a clear cogent comment, but why make a snotty gender-focused comment first? Call … Continue reading
Friend or Frenemy?
A friend, who I will call Jodie, recently shared a personal story about relationships, resolutions and responsibility to ones’ self that is revealing and instructive. Tolerating Bad Behavior A few years ago, Jodie made a different kind of New Year’s resolution. Instead of trying to give up sweets – her perennial goal – she decided to take aim at honoring … Continue reading
Make 2012 Your Year
It’s early in the new year and it’s already started – continuous ads and gimmicks for getting back in shape, losing weight, quitting a bad habit, becoming more organized, overcoming financial challenges & debt and appreciating friends and family. Don’t get me wrong. These are all laudable and customary areas to enhance, but will they provide a way for you … Continue reading
Resolve to Make Things Better
Usually at this time of year we are all full of thoughts about the year past and what we want for ourselves in the year to come. This year, I resolve to set broader goals and I challenge you to do the same. Catalyst just released a report entitled Read it and Weep: Women’s Leadership Still Stalled in Corporate America. … Continue reading
Women Can Change the World
“The world will be saved by the Western woman” This message from the Dalai Lama, the 1989 Nobel Peace Prize winner, was delivered during the Vancouver Peace Summit in September 2009. It has made the rounds on various Twitter and blog feeds and should make us all sit up straighter and understand that women do have the power to change … Continue reading
