Ladies, I’m back. -with more of the top 10 women’s networking groups in the DC area. I hope you found the first five of this list useful. And the added suggestions from Women Grow Business readers to that list were fantastic (so if you have any more to add, please do in the comments for [...]
Marissa Levin
As someone who has bootstrapped her firm for the last 14 years with no help from friends, family, or investors, I have a lot riding on my company’s bottom line. If the company goes down, basically I go down. And frankly losing it all after I’ve built up so much just isn’t an option. Scouring [...]
I took a mental health day recently. It was unplanned, but the early morning’s events forced my hand, and it was exactly what I needed. I canceled meetings, disconnected, and lost myself…in myself. For about six hours, nothing mattered to me except for me. And I embarked on a journey of purging. (Image I Can [...]
As a small business owner, nothing communicates confidence to prospective customers, employees, and partners more than your title as CEO. In just three letters, the title communicates self-confidence, leadership, vision, strategy, and credibility. And yet, so many small business owners struggle with this title. I can remember feeling uncomfortable with the title of CEO when [...]
When people think of core strengthening, they naturally think of the human physique – their abdominal area and surrounding core muscles. But core strengthening extends far beyond the human body. “Core” is defined as the central, innermost, or most essential part of anything. Synonyms for “core” include essence, heart, and center. And with this definition [...]
Today’s society leaves us little time to indulge in the beautiful pastime of daydreaming…of imagining. We’re connected and online 24/7, our days are overscheduled, and downtime for many people seems non-existent. An endangered species: daydream While productivity has increased in many ways, there have been several casualties of today’s unprecedented pace. One of the endangered [...]
Sometimes things just aren’t meant to be. We’ve all been there… we’ve all met people at times in our life and thought that a relationship was going to work out, only to discover after you’ve peeled back the layers that perhaps it just wasn’t meant to be. Bitter pill to swallow This happens in business [...]
“You have to kiss a lot of frogs before you find your prince.” This is the mantra I learned many, many years ago when I first stumbled into the dangerous world of dating. Finally, on February 14, 1993 (yes I was married on Valentine’s Day), it appeared that I had finally found my prince, and [...]
Summer and mirrors on the beach One of my favorite activities on the Ocean City, MD boardwalk when we make our annual summer beach pilgrimage is visiting the collection of mirrors that distorts your image. It is something I have enjoyed for as long as I can remember… staring into the mirror and being greeted [...]
