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5 Ways to maximize your holiday rejuvenation
Getting ready to go on holiday can sometimes be preceded by a period of increased stress. There is lots to do to get ready - from preparing to be away from work, household responsibilities, those to-do items that can’t wait any longer, and preparing what you need for...
Fake it ’til you make it
My mother's highest aspiration for me when I was in high school was to be a secretary. She could only envision “secretary” for her daughter as a woman at work. In her paradigm, as an uneducated immigrant woman (she only went up to grade 6 in Chinese school), it made...
To the women who define me
As I reflect on International Women’s Day this year, I think about the wonderful women who most helped to shape who I am: my great-grandmother, my grandmother, my mother and my sister. Why these 4 women when I count 100s of awesome women in my network? What are their...
Turn “to-do” to “done”!
I hate my to-do lists! My list of things to do, people to talk to, projects to complete -it never seem to end and every conversation I have ends in yet another "to-do" item. This is where I want to turn on the TV and binge watch all 14 seasons of NCIS. Fortunately, I...
Encouragement from Women
We are halfway through the current session of Prosperity Accountability Groups. This is a small group of women who meet weekly over the course of a couple of months. We share with each other what we are out to accomplish and what has stood in our way so...
Year End
The end of the year is a good time to reflect on accomplishments and incompletions. My annual exercise used to be to create a plan for the next year based on everything I had not finished from the previous year and commit to working harder at reaching those goals. So...