Tag Archives: enrichment

If you’re early, you’re on time

by Sally Foran
Family Issues, Inspiration — June 17, 2012

The great football coach Vince Lombardi said it best. “If you’re early, you’re on time. If you’re on time, you’re late. If you’re late…don’t bother showing up”. That sure packs a powerful punch about being on time. I have to admit one of my biggest pet peeves is people being late. We’re all late once…

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Leverage lessons learned from the sandbox in your work life

by Leah Eichler
Working Moms — May 3, 2012

Do you work? Posing that question to a group of mothers can be the verbal equivalent of throwing a Molotov cocktail. For those unfamiliar with the long-running “mommy war,” a flare-up between those who work outside the home and stay-at-home mothers recently exploded on the U.S. political scene. In a discussion about the economic challenges…

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The Family: school of leadership skills

by Nuria Chinchilla
Family Issues, Work Issues — May 1, 2012

At a time when many people in Spain are having a very difficult time finding employment, there is still plenty of work for everyone in the home. And as this video shows, with the perspective of time, one can easily recognize the positive impact of raising well our children: industriousness, constancy, responsibility, will power, and…

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Introducing the MomShift: From maternity to opportunity

by Reva Seth
Career Issues, Working Moms — December 22, 2010

Could children actually help your career and professional life? I know, it sounds unlikely, if not impossible. From the “mommy track” to off ramping, downshifting or just disappearing, the primary cultural and media story that we hear is that family sidetracks (or de-rails) a woman’s career. As the best selling author Chimamanda Adichie discusses in…

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