Online magazine for ambitious women.
Being an entrepreneur is one of those things that, to many people, seems like a distant dream, complete with all sorts of positive experiences, opportunities, and more. Being an entrepreneur can, indeed, be a transformative and life-enhancing experience – and, if everything works out well, you can potentially make a tidy sum of money from…
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Is it me or are people using their social media posts to vent, complain, and in some cases, bully other people? Just recently we have seen Twitter temporarily ban Donald Trump for violating the company’s policy on hateful speech. Some of the biggest brands are threatening to boycott Facebook over its handling of hate speech,…
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Focus is good, right? We have been trained to think a clear and focused mind creates success. But if that’s the case, why are so many of us not able to do it at all yet still become successful? For years, I have tried to meditate or empty my head through various practices. What I…
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You’re an independent thinker. You always have been. It’s why the world of the 9 to 5 always felt so stifling to you. You’ve always preferred to play by your own rules, and find success on your own terms. And while it was scary at first, setting up your own business allowed you to live…
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Do you often feel like everyone else around you is more confident than you? The chances are that they have their doubts just like you, but they have learned the art of being confident. They have discovered that confidence isn’t something you have, but something that you can create. That is why confidence is defined…
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A busy lawyer in the midst of the bustling city of London, Angela Foster was confident that hard work and resilience were the key to unlocking nearly every goal in life. And life was proving it to be true. In her 20s, Angela was working for one of the top London law firms, overseeing multinational…
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I graduated with a Masters Degree in Organizational Psychology from Columbia University in 2000. At that time the economy was booming, so I had five job offers in corporate human resources and change management consulting. I accepted a position as a Human Resources Analyst at a bulge-bracket investment bank and I was off to the…
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“Tina, the printer has run out of paper!“ As a Personal Assistant to the Marketing and Communications Manager for a large corporation, this is what my career had become. My working day offered no challenges. A mere robot, I arrived at 8:30 AM each morning, automatically performing the same tasks over and over again, and…
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Erica Nicole, founder of YFS magazine, believes that ‘The glass ceiling that once limited a woman’s career path has paved a new road towards business ownership.’ Indeed, the rise of the female entrepreneur is well underway. The business world has gradually become less hostile and more accessible for female leaders. Regardless, there are still inequalities…
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