Self-Assessment Quiz ─ TRUE or FALSE: I think I’m a good listener at work, and that’s really the only skill I need to work well with my co-workers. I feel like my co-workers don’t know how to relate to me, and it makes me enjoy my job less and less. Getting my boss’s ear is a real challenge. I can’t…
Self-Assessment Quiz ─ TRUE or FALSE: The only thing I need to do at work to succeed is to show up on time, work hard, and do what my boss tells me. I’m already confident, and I have no problems walking around at work being the confident person I am. If I need extra tips to advance my career, I’m…
It’s June, and your friends are being whisked down the aisle in startling numbers. How do you get your guy to pop the question? If marriage is something you really want, then you deserve to have it. I believe this with all my heart! It is something I wanted for myself after 16 years of divorce, so I was very…
Self-Assessment Quiz ─ TRUE or FALSE: My personal habits at work aren’t noticeable to others. Who cares if people don’t like me. If they’re annoyed, that’s their problem. I’m there to work. Getting the job done is the most important thing to me at work. I’ve been in the work force a long time and have worked in all kinds…
If you’ve created your “Spring Cleaning” to-do list, and I hope you’re using your Powerful Penny vision board calendar to do so, then I want you all to add “My Relationship” to that list! Ask anyone who’s been in a relationship over five years, and they’re gonna give you that “Girrrllll…” look, roll of the eye, and a little tongue…
Self-Assessment Quiz ─ TRUE or FALSE: I can come straight from the club to work as long as my work is on point. It doesn’t matter that I look different. I’m always respected for my ideas, and that’s what’s important. If Bozoma Saint John (Chief Brand Office, Uber) can show up and show out work style wise, so can I.…
We close this month’s series on our “Ode to the Experts” with Steve Harvey’s Act Like a Lady, Think Like A Man. When this book came out, I swear all of my girlfriends went mad. Like some of them got real mad because they were like, “Who does Steve Harvey think he is telling us what to do?!” Well, I’m…
Self-Assessment Quiz: True or False Dressing for success is an outdated way of thinking. My style is my style – office culture be damned. Being younger gives me a bit of wiggle room for fashion faux pas at work. Yep, I’m still stuck on talking about how to dress for success. Why? Because I’ve seen so many people get this…
Here we are in the third week of May! That means we are on the third book of our “Ode to the Experts” series. This week, I’m highlighting First, Kill All the Marriage Counselors by Laura Doyle. Laura Doyle really does it for me. I told you all about another of her books, The Surrendered Wife. Her principles are based on…