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...
by Valerie Gordon | Mar 13, 2020 | Advice, Wellness
Is it me or has the world gone mad? Have we tried unplugging 2020 and plugging it back in again? How else do we fix this? If you’re reading about my anxiety, you’re likely feeling it too. Confused. Concerned. Conflicted about how to handle this contagion. I feel...
by Valerie Gordon | Mar 4, 2020 | Advice, Career
Hey there… I see you… Holding yourself back. Staying in the background. Hiding. What are you waiting for? Approval? The time to be “just right”? (Read why “As Soon As” are the three biggest goal-killing words!) Someone to hand you a...
by Valerie Gordon | Feb 28, 2020 | Advice, Productivity, Wellness
What would you do with an extra 24 hours? You’ve got the opportunity this year. Every four years you get that extra day in February, tacked on before we turn the page to March. How might you spend it? What could you do to give yourself a little leap as we leap...
