by Valerie Gordon | Jan 12, 2021 | Advice, Goals, Storytelling
My friend Sara put her house on the market last year. She hadn’t planned on selling. She had lived there a long time. She was so familiar with the wear and tear that she saw necessary upgrades in every room. Rather than putting in the money to update and...
by Valerie Gordon | Nov 12, 2020 | Advice, Commander-In-She, Front and Center, Next Chapter
You didn’t see it coming. Or maybe you did, even though you were hiding under your desk, hoping it would pass by like a tornado that lands one town over, leaving you shaken but unscathed. Suddenly you’re out. Laid off. Sacked. Unemployed. Now what?...
by Valerie | Oct 8, 2020 | Advice, Goals
I’m big on To Do lists. Maybe because there is always so much To Do. I get an unusual amount of gratification by crossing off items on my To Do list. Merely creating the list fuels my sense of productivity even if I’m ultimately not that productive....
by Valerie Gordon | Jul 23, 2020 | Advice, Career, Front and Center
It’s the most dreaded question of all! “Tell me about yourself.” Followed closely by the equally ambiguous, “So… what’s your story?” What do I say? What do they want to hear? I don’t even have a story! Yes, you do....
by Valerie Gordon | Jul 21, 2020 | Advice, Career, Front and Center, Interviews with the Experts
Say you buy a bunch of avocados. You bring them home so you can make guacamole. But they’re too hard to cut into. Not yet ripe. And you have to wait. You leave them for a bit. Maybe you put them in a paper bag to hasten the process (who does this and does it actually...
by Valerie | Mar 31, 2020 | Advice, Wellness
(Editor’s note: This article was originally written in June of 2018). June, 2018. In a mere three days, we lost both Kate Spade and Anthony Bourdain, two brilliant creators who must have been staring down unimaginable demons. Their suicides brought to light the...
