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The Importance of “Doing”

kate — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 01:56:29 +0000

G often accuses me of getting on a soap box when it comes to giving career advice. Perhaps it is because a large part of my job is to coach and mentor the people around me that I have taken it upon myself to do this to other people in our lives too. While being [...]

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Always Look Your Best

kate — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 04:37:11 +0000

Do you ever have a morning where you wake up late or don’t have the energy to be bothered with an outfit besides sweats and T-shirts? I tend to have these days quite often (I am not really a morning person so I have a hard time getting up), but one thing I strive to [...]

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Want to be more attractive: Wear Red.

kate — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 03:22:50 +0000

Ladies, the next time you are on a date don a red ensemble. Based on a study done at the University of Rochester men are more attracted to women wearing the color red. Men tend to percieve women in this color to be more desirable of more sexually attractive. I don’t own anything in red [...]

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Looking Good At Work After 2 Hours of Sleep

kate — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 05:21:58 +0000

Early in my career I lived up to the mantra “work hard, play hard.” There were many days when I would come into the office after a late night of eating, drinking and being merry. Of course, when you don’t get enough sleep, and calling in sick is not an option (I don’t know about [...]

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Learning how to dress yourself

kate — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 23:18:27 +0000

One of the more interesting things I noticed when I moved from California to Seattle was the general lack of “dress” people employed. Now I am all for wearing things that are comfortable and feeling at ease in your clothing, but I also think that looking nice, and presenting yourself well can help you in [...]

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Mentors

kate — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 00:36:06 +0000

Mentors are a great way to grow and learn from another’s experiences and can help accelerate your career. There are all sorts of mentoring relationships–formal ones, managers, and even one-sided mentoring (where someone may be a mentor and isn’t aware of that fact). I encourage people to have more than one mentor. All you are [...]

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