I awoke this morning at 6:15AM. I’m a late sleeper generally – getting out of bed even when I am excited about the day ahead is one of the hardest things for me to do. Getting up early is becoming more common for me as I have become more mindful of when I do my […]
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Over the weekend, I saw part of a documentary on women stand-up comedians called Why We Laugh: Funny Women. Part of the film focused on whether women are funny, citing a number of male comedians who don’t think women are funny. While I’m not a comedian, I actually think I’m kind of funny and I […]
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I’ve spoken with a number of young professionals who say that this is their year. They are going to take the plunge and apply to business school in anticipation of entering in the fall of 2014 (and graduating in Spring 2016!) 2016 sounds so far away, but it’s only three years. While for candidates, with […]
Read MoreLast week I tweeted out an article called the “Student Loan Debt Crisis Is a Women’s Issue: Here’s Why”. It was an interesting look at how the gender pay gap has implications well beyond salary. You and I both know that it’s totally “bootleg” that a recent female college graduate is paid 7 cents less […]
Read MoreI was in contact with a DiversityMBAPrep.com user who plans to apply to business school next fall. A year out, she is on track to hit the MBA application submit button. She is preparing for the GMAT, which she plans to take in January and she has already begun to build relationships with admissions officers […]
Read More52 days. 1262 hours. That’s what we have left of 2012. I am really stuck on how I finish 2012. It’s been an interesting year for me. It will be the first full year that I didn’t have an employer – my first full year as a consultant. I spent the earlier part of the […]
Read MoreMy parents raised my brothers and me to be independent thinkers. They didn’t want us to fall prey to peer pressure, following the wrong crowd down the wrong path. And they would rhetorically ask “if your friends jumped off a bridge, would you?” My response was generally silence (for fear of bodily harm) and a […]
Read MoreHappy Halloween! Another month is coming to an end and with two months left in 2012, another year is also coming to an end. 62 days until 2013! For those in the path of Sandy, it may have felt like the world was coming to an end during the last few days, but alas we […]
Read MoreHurricane Sandy is hundreds of miles from me in Stamford, CT, but the windows of my 100-year old house are rattling like crazy as the wind swirls outside and the trees sway. They say the perfect storm is coming to my area. My husband and I are hunkered down here – he’s working upstairs and […]
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