by Jane Pollak | May 28, 2010 | Balance, Be Inspired, Explore Lifestyle Ideas, Networking, Personal Development
The Class of 1970 is gathering today, along with hundreds of other alumnae from Mount Holyoke College to celebrate our 40th reunion since graduation. I’m imagining that the topic of conversation among us baby boomers will have to include the enormous changes...
by Jane Pollak | May 26, 2010 | Be Inspired, Financial, Marketing, Meet Remarkable Women, Persistence, Personal Development, Self-Promotion, Small Business, Success, Support
I won’t mention any names, as I don’t want to incriminate my wonderful and helpful counselor from SCORE. But, we were talking about the new edition of my book yesterday, and he said, “If you sell 600 copies you’ll be lucky.” I was...
by Jane Pollak | May 24, 2010 | Balance, Meet Remarkable Women, Networking, Personal Development, Philanthropy
The drive to the Danbury Federal Correction Institution and the facility itself were surprisingly attractive, if you could look past the sea of barbed wire and fencing all around. I was there last Friday and felt a little bit nervous upon arrival. We were screened as...
by Jane Pollak | May 21, 2010 | Family, Financial, Meet Remarkable Women, Networking, Organizational Skills, Persistence, Start-up Business
My daughter Laura and I leave for Danbury prison early this morning (it’s 5:49am as I write this). I’m unsure of what will happen at the job fair I’ve agreed to speak at, but anticipating a valuable learning opportunity. I’m going with an open...
by Jane Pollak | May 19, 2010 | Branding, Business Planning, Financial, Meet Remarkable Women, Organizational Skills, Personal Development, Start-up Business, Success
I don’t like to be misled. Like I was when I grabbed a mesh bag containing four avocados at Trader Joe’s Sunday morning. I saw the RIPE label on the skin and thought, “Great! I’ll use these tomorrow to make that salad I love.” When I got...
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