Monthly Archives: April 2018
Make It Happen: Your Idea, Vision, Dream! | Podcast
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What’s stopping you from actualizing your ideas? For many of us, it’s the lack of access to power and the inability to be heard. Yet we are at a turning point: “Now that the Internet has liberated ideas to spread through networks instead of hierarchies, power is no longer determined by your status,” says Nilofer Merchant, a leading business thinker and author of The Power of Onlyness: Make Your Wild Ideas Mighty Enough to Dent the World. Listen in as she shares inspirational and instructive stories and proven strategies for building and mobilizing support, so you can seize your moment of opportunity.
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Make It Happen: Your Idea, Vision, Dream!
Tuesday, April 24, 2018
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What Climbing Mount Kilimanjaro Taught Me About Women in Leadership
By Jacinta Jiménez, Head of Coaching, BetterUp
Everything is quiet except for the rhythmic sound of the four Tanzanian men’s feet hitting the ground in unison and my shallow breathing from the oxygen mask on my face. I am very weak, but somehow, I hold on so I don’t fall off the back of the porter as he runs at full speed down the tallest mountain in Africa.
How did I let this happen to me? Just a few hours ago I was 19,431 feet up looking down at the world with 30 other women on International Women’s Day. Read More
10 Minutes, 3 Yoga Poses, 1 Great Way to Start the Day
Though her reputation as a yoga practitioner got its start on Instagram (360,000 followers and counting!), Jessamyn Stanley wants you to know that yoga is more than “handstands on the beach.”
Much more.
“A lot of people focus on the athletic aspect or fitness benefits, but for me, yoga provides a blueprint for life,” says Stanley, author of Every Body Yoga: Let Go of Fear, Get on the Mat, Love Your Body. “It’s a practice that helps you as you go through your day—and life.” Read More
Your Tax Refund: What This Money Writer Says to Do with It
Some of us take an interest in personal finance when we start pulling a real paycheck. Some of us become interested when we run into debt problems or set our sights on a big goal like saving for a house. Kristin Wong was drawn to money matters as a teenager, and read books on the topic while in high school.
“Growing up, I experienced my family going from being pretty broke to middle class,” she says. “I saw how financial change can impact your life, the power your finances can have over your life.” Read More