'Elena Kaspi' tagged blog posts in Informational Interviews...Uh...What do I Say?

There has been a lot of heated discussions lately about the word "Settling". It comes on the heels of a book written by a fellow 85 Broads member about women, relationships and the definition of "settling" when it comes to our interpersonal and romantic relationships.

I am not here to tame the lion, offer relationship expert advice or enter the fray. When it comes to relationships with men and husbands, my feelings...

If you are one of those people who does not believe in the powerful transformative force of positive thinking and creative visualization over present reality..then you probably shouldn't read on.

So for those likeminded people who like me can be hardnail, tough & practical and yet mystically open to spirituality & the powers of synchronicity and positive thinking..I invite you to take off your yellow construction hazard hat, open your third...

Interesting anecdote from someone I am coaching who is starting her own fashion line:

She has been struggling to get comfortable with the name she came up with for her high fashion, clothing line. She has a name; it makes sense--but it hasn't magically "pinged" for her yet.

She was recently at lunch with her very successful friend: a retired, female, former investment banker.

She hesitantly pitched the name of her company to...

I find myself lately really interested in "clarifying and defining" all the career cliches that are being kicked around. I am in a " what does that mean for me practically" kinda mood.

So I thought I would tackle the term "initiative"--or "career initiative."

Here's a concrete example of what that looks like:

Midlevel attorney has been unemployed for almost six months and has not had much success finding a job. His days...

When women ask me, "how do you balance it all...business, clients, public speaking, 2 preteens, husband etc." I usually say "I DON'T!!! It's always messy !And anyone who says they are " balancing" is liar!" Anyone who knows me knows I usually don't mince words. Life's too short not to speak the truth!

So..while I'm snowed in with "everyone" home, trying to reschedule clients, and diplomatically, fielding periodic well-disguised distractions by...

So we answered the first part of my client's questions: " What the &^%$ is an Informational Interview? " in my first entry. Now onto the other half of my client's question :"Why would ANYONE ever agree to giving one??!"

Here are the top three answers as to why someone agrees to give an I.I.:
1) Believe or not, people like to help people ( don't roll your eyes..) studies show that professional...

Just came out of a coaching session with a brilliant, gorgeous top credentialed lawyer who was dizzy from all the vague career advice that she's been getting. Once I got her into a chair, gave her something to drink, she breathed heavily, stared deeply into the glass of cold water I gave her, she paused and then looked up quickly at me with wide eyes and asked "What EXACTLY IS an...