You may already know it takes about seven seconds to make a good first impression, but are you considering this rule when it comes to your digital brand? LinkedIn is further putting this to the test with its new design. In case you haven’t noticed, LinkedIn has...
Ah, the beginning of a new year brings on a renewed desire for new starts. New habits. New jobs. New weight loss goals. New travel plans. Everything new. We even clean up the house to bring in the new year (almost like preparing for a visit from a nosey mother-in-law...
Ah, election season. The time of year when you don’t need novelas or water cooler chat for some drama. You can lounge on the couch watching TV and, boom, a perfectly placed commercial slips in ending with “I am so and so, and I approve this message." (Uh huh, as if it...
I recently had the pleasure of co-facilitating a webinar with Marie Zimenoff, CEO of Career Thought Leaders where we discussed social branding. In Building Your Personal Brand (It's More Than LinkedIn!), we walked career professionals and job seekers through the...
It took five years, seven hours, and six minutes to complete my first (and only) marathon on November 3, 2013. Sure, the five years wasn’t the actual race, but the time spent making it possible counts just the same. That unforgettable day almost didn’t happen, though....
Personal branding is a hot topic whether it’s for people who swear by it or people who swear at it (You know, those who treat it like a person they just don't like, even though they can't give any solid reasons why). I get it, though. There’s no shortage of...
The pursuit of work-life balance is like a horse disguised as a unicorn. It appears real at first glance, but a horse is a horse, of course. And unicorns are whimsical horses that only exist in fairy tales, which leaves us to define what work-life balance looks like...
Making a mistake on live national television has to be worse than having a dream where you're standing naked in front of a classroom (how real can anxiety dreams feel sometimes!?). Over the weekend, television personality and comedian—among a whole bunch of other...
There's nothing like the quote "Failure is not an option" to get you amped-up when going after a new goal. You picture yourself running up the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, doing your best Rocky impression as the song Eye of the Tiger plays in your head....
As the holidays approach, it's very easy to get caught up in the madness. All of a sudden there's a whirlwind of things to think about like holiday get-togethers, gifts, money for gifts, obligatory office parties, and that extra 5 pounds waiting in the bushes like a...