By Dr. Cristal Glangchai, author of VentureGirls: Raising Girls to Be Tomorrow’s Leaders I am an outlier in my professional life, but I shouldn’t be. As a woman engineer, I’m outnumbered by men 5:1. As the female CEO of a tech start-up, the discrepancy is even larger at 20:1. In fact, at present, women […]
Month: September 2018
How My Desire to Understand My Past Led Me to Co-found a New York Real Estate Firm
by Aleksandra Scepanovic, the co-founder and managing director of Ideal Properties Group The one great thing about the past is that it always teaches us valuable lessons that connect us to ourselves and to each other. I think I had always hoped for a career that would help me better understand my present and my […]
Are You Wrestling with Fear? It’s Time to Check Your Mind-Set
By H.V. MacArthur We are all wrestling with fear. Why aren’t we more strategic? Why don’t we just follow our passions? Why do some people, but not others, succeed at living the life they want and doing the work that most fulfills them? Throughout my years of working with almost every type […]
Parents Beware: How to Reduce the Risk of Raising a Perfectionist
A perfectionist is someone who always has to get it right. They decide the standards for everything up front and always want it their way. Today’s perfectionist becomes tomorrow’s micromanager! Being a perfectionist is also how you put pressure on you to always have the answer for everyone. Consequently, you have to do everything […]
Lawyers — you, too, need a brand. Here’s how to build one
By Alexandra Lozano Businesses know the vital importance of branding. Many lawyers, however, think of “branding” as a dirty word for their practices even though their practices are businesses, too. Some lawyers are even fearful of the words “branding” and “marketing” because we think that if we love the work that we do, […]