by Valerie Gordon | Aug 17, 2021 | Career, Front and Center, Goals
If you could choose a superpower, which would you pick? The power to fly? A cloak of invisibility? The ability to be in two places at a single time so that when the kids are sick or daycare is closed you can be both at home with them and at work? I know what I’d...
by Valerie Gordon | Aug 9, 2021 | Advice, Goals, Humor
This is a post about poop. Both literally and figuratively. At this point, I’ve either got your attention (if so, thanks for staying with me) or you’ve clicked away because… poop. Gross. So let me get right to the point of the poop. In the literal...
by Valerie Gordon | Apr 22, 2021 | Creativity, Goals
Does anyone care about blogs anymore? Aren’t they passe? Shouldn’t I be podcasting, hosting a room on Clubhouse, or awkwardly dancing my way through Tik-Tok? (I can hear my teen daughter begging me not to do that…) I’ve always been somewhat...
by Valerie Gordon | Jan 29, 2021 | Commander-In-She, Goals, Humor, Keepin' It Real...
Mary Ellen is my super friend. Supermom to two great boys, super VP of international finance, supersize that burger and fries we share when we get together. (Who am I trying to fool? We each order our own, clearly…) Mary Ellen is also super modest. She...
by Valerie Gordon | Jan 12, 2021 | Advice, Front and Center, 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 | 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....
