Can you ever care TOO much for your job and career? Does the idea of making a mistake, missing a milestone, and/or not meshing well with your co-workers cause you to stay up at night, or even stress during your regular work hours? Have you ever been told to take some time away from work […]
Name: Marquita Bradley Title: Author, Speaker and Casting Directing Education: BBA in Marketing from Howard University (Magna Cum Laude) Previous Job Experience: Former Marketing Manager MUST READ: SHE WORKS: ‘Black Actress’ Creator Andrea Lewis: ‘I Want To Take Us Out Of The Box Media Puts Us In’ [EXCLUSIVE VIDEO] Hello Beautiful: Briefly describe your day […]
My first memories of “failure” were 1) losing a game of checkers to a family friend and 2) not placing in the school science fair in elementary. I was about 8 years of age when these two experiences occurred, and I was very much upset by both. I remember crying about losing the game of […]
Thinking about and planning for retirement and retirement income when you are still finding your place in the workforce can be quite difficult. Some of us may be feeling as if we are just now settling in on the type of work we would like to do for an extended period of time. Others who […]
Knowing that you don’t want to work for someone is the biggest catalyst to following your dreams of being your own boss. That’s exactly what Lotty Dotty Co-Founders Shevanne Helmer and Maya Persaud have done. They have designed and patented a revolutionary line of high-fashion T-shirts featuring screen printed doll figures, that can be […]
For some people, running late on a consistent basis is just embedded into their DNA. I know several people who, if given the chance, would be 10 to 15 minutes late for their own funeral services. Despite their best efforts, they just cannot, or blatantly refuse to show up to scheduled appointments, social events, and […]
Healthy competition between sisters is great. It’s when that healthy competition turns into comparison and manipulation that we start getting in our own way of who we are, our relationships and our happiness. Then you know it is time to reflect and make a change. Here are some things we definitely should not be in […]
Now that the Brian Williams saga has died down a little bit, it’s a great time to reflect on what we can learn from his embellished mistakes lies. It would be very easy to look at it from a distance, participate in the public shaming, share memes and think that it has nothing to do […]
It does not matter if you are an entrepreneur or employee, a work from home mother or commuting 9 to 5’er. It doesn’t even matter if you are a full time stay at home mother with aspirations of starting your own business or returning to the workforce, family will always affect your career, for better […]
Taking a mother’s advice on the many issues in life we may face is not always a daughter’s first instinct. Growing up, many of us rolled our eyes while being schooled on the ways of the world and how life sometimes plays out, whether good, bad or indifferent. Despite any previous tendencies to ignore words […]
It’s no secret that the glass ceiling is still holding a lot of women back from achieving everything they need to at work. So it’s time to break it, slowly, surely, individually and together. In other words, let’s get your mind in the right place so that success is attainable. MUST READ: Woops! Should You […]
Making mistakes at work is inevitable. Starting a new job brings about its own learning curve, which may prove difficult. Additionally, if you are seeking continued growth in your job, you will eventually take on new projects that won’t provide the same level of knowledge and expertise as previous tasks may have given you. Mistakes […]
