Victory Tips

Victorious Honoree – February 2012

Janet Cantwell Papale Challenge. Risk. Persistence. Those words don’t warm the hearts of most women but they define the life and career of Janet Cantwell Papale. What she learned through athletics in her youth, and in her life […]

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Book Review: ABCs of Recovery

Carol Kivler’s newest book, the ABCs of Recovery from Mental Illness is one that you don’t want to miss. First of all, it’s small – only approximately 5×3 inches and barely a half-inch thick – so you can […]

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Stop Going Around in Circles!

When I was younger and trying to get my life in order, I spent a lot of time feeling like I was always going in circles and getting nowhere in the process. Much of my life was frustrating […]

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Now Find Your Strengths Strategy

Somehow we always seem to remember what’s wrong with us and are often at a loss for remembering what’s right. And the truth is that every one of us has far more right than wrong. When you identify […]

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February's Theme: Strategy

Strategies lay out a plan or method and a series of maneuvers designed to achieve a specific goal. A strategy defines which actions you’ll take at each stage of a plan. A good strategy usually includes a “Plan […]

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Stepping into Change

A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. – Lao Tzu

The Janet Evanovich Chapters

How many changes of life and career can you have? A lot – and they ain’t over unless and until you decide to quit. Before becoming a bestselling author, Janet Evanovich turned a lot of pages in the […]

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Money Changers

One change most people say that want to make is to make more money. That always makes me laugh – even when I say it myself. First of all, what does “more” mean? When someone is my Optimal […]

Invest in Yourself

Women are often encouraged to forgo their own needs so that someone else can receive them. There is something to be said for being a little sacrificing, but when you treat everyone else better than you treat yourself, […]

Is Change A Pain?

Change reveals you to yourself. It brings you the opportunity to embrace something different or retreat into your personal comfort zone. Yes, change is uncomfortable. So is a toothache. Sometimes you want things to stay as they are […]

Behind the Eight-Ball at Work?

One of the biggest mistakes women make, and one that you have total power to change, is buying into your socialization. Women are socialized differently than men. You surely know that an ambitious, career-focused man is thought of […]

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Embracing Change

Here are two things you can do to embrace change, whether you choose it or it chooses you: 1 – Remind yourself of past changes and how you managed them successfully. After my mom died, I was busy […]