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Since I began my career in human services I’ve loved my work. It is my career experiences that led me to entrepreneurship. I became an entrepreneur not because I was unfulfilled or disgruntled but because I believed so strongly in the work I was doing that I wanted to do more of it with […]
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Packaged For Success is a full service professional development company which offers career development coaching to college students, emerging professionals experienced professionals, and employee entrepreneurs. Packaged For Success also offers community relations consulting to help businesses and professionals increase productivity and profits, develop strategic alliances, and connect to organizations that reflect their values. […]
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As my long-time blog readers and social media followers know, I am passionate about teens in foster care. No one can survive alone and certainly no one can thrive alone. We all need support and a support system. Instead of forcing instantaneous independence on young people who have experienced trauma and disruption just because […]
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Over the past week and a half I have heard so many people debate the validity of fighting for the removal of the Confederate flag from the South Carolina Statehouse. Many people have said this fight is a distraction from more important issues while claim we must rid our country of this symbol of […]
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I never had a need for a selfie stick because I rarely take photos. For years I put off scheduling a professional photo shoot. For many more years I dodged cameras at family events, professional events, and even on vacation. The reasons were endless – I need my hair done, I don’t like this […]
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While we were attending the Heal A Woman to Heal a Nation Conference this spring in Maryland my daughter won a ticket to the Fabulous I Am Conference in Charleston, SC. For very different reasons we both decided we wanted to head south. I am a strong proponent of education and professional development. […]
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Managing Up You’ve likely heard the career term “managing up” but what does it really mean? The process of managing up includes being aware of your supervisor’s needs and preferences and intentionally performing your job in a way that increases their likelihood of success. Although appropriately managing up should result in a mutually beneficial […]
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I had an amazing Kindergarten teacher. I absolutely LOVE her!!! She was firm and caring and interested in our academic and personal growth. We sang, read, colored, danced, and played. Although my Kindergarten teacher was awesome – as are many other early childhood education teachers – there are rules we learned in kindergarten that if […]
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What did you want to be when you grew up? Are you doing that now? Every time I was asked what I wanted to be when I grew up I felt pressured to give a “good” answer. I’ve stopped asking that question of young people for two reasons; (1) the expectation that your […]
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