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Deeply-Rooted and Well-Balanced: Meet Winemaking Superwoman Luisa Ponzi!
Having an accountant as a father, I can remember when I was a young girl looking forward to April 16th. That's when ‘busy season’ was finally over and Daddy would no longer be working late at night and on…
Scheduling Smartly: Putting The Anti-Busy Mindset Into Practice
I’ve written several articles now in an effort to convince you that busyness is merely a state of mind, and a precarious one at that. It inhibits corporate productivity, it promotes one-upsmanship…
Eradicating The “Busy Bug”: How To Break The Habit of Saying The Word “Busy”
If you’ve read and digested my two recent articles on Why “Busy” Is A Four-Letter Cuss Word, you’ve likely learned a few valuable lessons about workplace communications. For one, you now realize how…
The Realities of Busyness: Why “Busy” Is A Four-Letter Swear Word, Part 2
The week before last, we explored how employees stating that they’re “busy” all the time can have unfortunate effects on their mental and physical health, and can actually add to the toxicity of the work…
Can ONE Superwoman Have TWO Superpowers? Meet Lisa Stone.
Stating it simply, to meet my good friend and colleague Lisa Stone is to be instantly energized. In life and in her career as a financial advisor, Lisa has that rare ability to make those around…
Breaking The Catabolic Cycle: Why “Busy” Is A Four-Letter Swear Word, Part 1
Let’s begin to unpack the three factors leading to great stress in the workplace. Last week we deigned the first building block bolstering corporate stress is that ambitious businesspeople have convinced…
Preventing A Workplace Disease: The Urgency For Addressing Corporate Stress
It’s well-documented that stress, both physical and emotional, is not just unpleasant, it’s a detriment to our personal health. We should all be familiar with the science of the stress hormone Cortisol, and…
Being "All-In": Self-Fulfillment and The Challenge of FOMO
It happened three times in one day, which became the tipping point. And I must admit that I hadn’t been aware of the acronym FOMO until then, but once I learned of it, it seemed to pop up everywhere, just…
Face It, Name It, Tame It: Insights on Outsmarting Our Inner Critics, Part 2
It’s not likely that we will ever completely rid ourselves of our inner critics, so how can we productively live with them? The first step is to identify when your inner critic is present, acknowledge what brings…
Lose That Baggage: Insights on Outsmarting Our Inner Critics, Part 1
DRIVEN founder Deborah Goldstein often hosts discussion sessions called Real Talk/Real Food for DRIVEN Professionals who are inclined to enhance their outlooks. These informal workshops are a…
The Power Of The Pivot: How One Professional-Turned-Mother Kept Her Career Momentum
Often, we women get caught so deep in the trenches of keeping up with our lives that we don’t realize we’re capable of changing our circumstances to better manage our lives. We fear that changing…
My Lunch With Mandeep: A Glimpse Into The Mind Of An Emotional Superhero
In July of 2015, I had lunch with an admired colleague at Vitae on E 46th Street. Mandeep Trivedi, a leader in valuation and forensic services at Citrin Cooperman and member of the Savvy Ladies…
Words To Live By: DRIVEN’s Best Blog Articles of 2015, Part 2
Last week, I gave you a sampling of some of our most informative blog articles of the year (if you missed it, link to it HERE). Today, I’m back with 5 more significant DRIVEN posts from 2015, each…
Words To Live By: DRIVEN’s Best Blog Articles of 2015, Part 1
Each and every week, DRIVEN’s blog page is updated with a brand-new, relevant article, usually relating to the business perspectives encompassed within our mission to “support the health…
Corporate Social Responsibility: How Does Your Company Rate?
With all of the distasteful marketing approaches that have served to direct our attention to head-start holiday shopping in recent years, including the mainstreaming of the “Black Friday” phenomenon…
Satellite Strategies, Part 2: Progressive Ideas On The Future Of The Workplace
Many companies have noticed that keeping workers in the professional services workforce (particularly women) is becoming even more of a challenge as of late. Besides being expected to…
Time Is On Our Side: How One DRIVEN Event Changed The Lives Of Many
DRIVEN’s September 28th live discussion on Time Management with Laura Vanderkam was another rich and powerful session with profound benefits to everyone in attendance. The predetermined…
White Space Equals Headspace: Why Less Schedule Cramming Is The Key To Prosperity
What do business networking, efficient time management, and meditation have in common? Read on and discover the enlightening answer. A recent series of lessons in life and…
The Responsibility Curse: An Intimate Discussion Yields True Wisdom
“I was born with a strong responsibility muscle”, was the phrase used by a guest at DRIVEN’s exclusive Real Talk, Real Food dinner table discussion in September 2015, when she was asked about…
Feet Flat, Hands On Lap, Inhale: Exploring Meditation With An Expert
When we consider our New Yorker lifestyles….the fast pace, the layers of noise, and our on-the-go careers, how are we to STOP, breathe and reflect? For that matter, what incentive do we even…