Awareness & Ambiguity

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3 tips for women to gain more power in business meetings

3 tips for women to gain more power in business meetings

There were many business days working for a big corporation when all I seemed to do was go from meeting to meeting for about 8 hours.  Do not pass go.  Do not collect $200. I would often think to myself that maybe all my role demanded was attending a never ending stream of meetings, until I finished the meetings and realised that I still had the actual work to do. Meetings can be downright…

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5 ways to Reduce Entrepreneurial Stress when you Quit the Day Job

5 ways to Reduce Entrepreneurial Stress when you Quit the Day Job

After years of working for someone else, when you finally get the opportunity to start working on your own project, to actually be the entrepreneur that you wanted to be, it is a joyous day and also a downright terrifying one. Chances are you didn’t just decide to quit your day job and do so without any planning or forethought. Most of us nurture a business idea for months, if not years,…

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A feminist's fight against the boy's club.

A feminist’s fight against the boy’s club.

This is a story that I have wanted to tell for a long time.  Ever since I saw this great tweet during the 2016 presidential race, “Hillary (Clinton) is proof a woman can work hard, rise to the top of her field & still have to compete against a less qualified man for the same job”. (Tweet from @erinruberry) Brilliant, right?  It truly encapsulated everything that I was feeling about the…

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How a mentor changed my life

How a mentor changed me for the better and taught me about life.

There are a lot of things that I can find to be thankful for in life.  I’m sure everyone can and if you really dig down deep enough, the sheer number of things to be grateful for can be downright staggering. I have people that love me, I am very healthy and I have had all the benefits of a wonderful education and a very comfortable life filled with rich experiences and wonder.  And one of the…

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The America we want to deserve

The America we want to deserve

I will never forget the first time that I realised why America is the leader of the free world and what that really looks like.  Sure, I had been on holidays to the United States before just like lots of other people; shopping in New York, theme parks in California.  But it wasn’t until I was part of the winning team of the John Heine Entrepreneurial Challenge in 2009 and was chosen to represent…

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Behind every Wonder Woman you find?

Behind every Wonder Woman you find?

I unashamedly loved the new Wonder Woman movie. Loved it! Ha! It was exciting, action packed and the lead character was confident, intelligent, sassy and beautiful. Not to mention fit as hell with legs that went on forever. Gal Gadot oozed charisma on the screen and played one of the most iconic female superheroes like a boss. However, perhaps like some others, I did approach the movie with some…

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