When I became a contributor for the Brazen Careerist blog network, I told myself that I would make time to post every day. The network is full of successful, busy people, most with full time jobs outside their blogging duties, just like me. I thought, if they can do it, then so can I.
Well……time for […]

I think it’s fair to expect that candidates (and their staff) should demonstrate fiscal responsibility in handling campaign finances. We have a $9+ trillion federal debt and counting that the next president will need to tackle. And yet, Hillary can’t help but stay in the red. It seems she owes everybody money. The Politico.com website reported that […]

Today’s lesson is a simple one. If you are promoting something offline, you should promote it online and vice versa. Makes sense, right? What about something that you build online, would you or should you promote it offline?
I read a great article today from Debra Mastaler about Starbucks, you know the McDonald’s of coffee, and […]

During the Age of Discovery, great explorers crisscrossed the planet in search of uncharted territory. They left a visual legacy in the maps that recorded their journeys, and with each new discovery, mankind’s knowledge of Earth grew. One can only imagine how thrilling it must have been to live in a world that was […]

Almost nothing happens immediately. For example, it takes a series of decisions before you’re brave enough to begin a battle with foot fungus; it takes years of professional upgrading before entrepreneurship is certain; and growing a career takes, if not actual planning, then a series of well planned decisions. Open your views to delayed […]

So this weekend I had to go without the Internet at my complex. There are times where I will purposely not use the Internet, so I can focus on other things. I had to play host to two special guests, so I didn’t have much time to really worry about it; but it always interests […]

To the non-Greek, sororities and fraternities may seem like a silly affiliation where members pay for their friends. As a former sorority president and active alumna member of the Alpha Sigma Tau sorority, I strongly disagree. Sorority life taught me many valuable lessons (and paying for friends was not one of them). And while my […]

I believed them when they said there were weapons of mass destruction. I believed Saddam Hussein was a menace to his people and a threat to the region. I believed that it would of course be very easy for the US to topple his regime. But I did not believe that we should do it. There were […]

I love my job–and I wouldn’t trade it for any others on the planet (well, okay, if someone were to offer me Natalie Portman’s job or Jodi Picoult’s job, I wouldn’t turn it down). But freelance writing isn’t all skittles and rainbows, either. Over at Bob Bly’s blog there’s a discussion going on […]

Just a few months ago, my occasional blog perusing past time turned into an avid, daily blog reading-and-participating habit. While there’s a lot of noise on the blogosphere and it can be extremely challenging to filter it effectively, there’s a ton of insight as well.To get the most out of blogs, it’s necessary to […]