by Valerie | Oct 8, 2020 | Advice, Front and Center, 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 | Oct 5, 2020 | Commander-In-She, Next Chapter
A year out of work can create uncertainty and anxiety. That’s the situation Brette Sadler found herself in. It was the fall of 2018 when Sadler, then the VP of Global Partnership Activation at UFC, stepped away from her position in order to build a new, next...
by Valerie Gordon | Sep 15, 2020 | Career, Keepin' It Real...
Puppies are cute. Babies are cute. The way my husband once tried to trick me by insisting the vanilla side of a black & white cookie was the best part just so I’d let him eat all of the chocolate, was sort of cute. But being called “cute” in a...
by Valerie Gordon | Sep 4, 2020 | Keepin' It Real..., Storytelling
(This article is provided by guest writer and Commander-in-She summer intern Ellie Powers). If anyone had asked me earlier this year what I thought Senior year would look like, I’d probably have given some vague response like, “Oh, I don’t know, hopefully good,” when...
by Valerie Gordon | Aug 30, 2020 | Storytelling
I have a confession to make: My son is 17 and I still make his sandwiches. As someone who believes in the power of words and works in the field of storytelling, I’m aware of how this single sentence might tell its own story, an unfavorable one. You’re probably...
