One Secret to a Working Mom Success: Celebrate the Seasons With Traditions

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Greetings from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania ! Things have been busy. I am still a working mom of three, working full time who is trying to make a difference. I do a lot of things and try to be present so that I can learn from them. I share them on this blog so that we can learn together. Below are some thoughts, hacks, and/or lessons that I have learned from navigating my world. "Family traditions counter alienation and confusion. They help us define who we are; they provide something steady, reliable and safe in a confusing world."— Susan Lieberman   Traditions have a way of defining a family, provide stability and give hope. They are especially important for woking moms who spend so much time working to provide for their family that they may miss some of the "traditional" mom things like bake sales, volunteering at the book fair, and a host of actual and seemingly made up holidays.  They are also important for families trying to reinvent themselves in the wake of d...
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Working Mom Tips: Acing a Meeting

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Working moms are busy, exhausted, and don't really have time for pointless meetings.  Still, corporate America is full of them!  Since we work to support our families we want to make as much money as possible.  For that reason, even though we may hate meetings, we do need to excel at them.


Too often working women are not heard in meetings


Every working woman I know has participated in a meeting and struggled to be heard. They make a suggestion that falls on deaf ears.  Later a man makes the same suggestion and people act like he discovered water. It is frustrating, maddening, and most unfair.  More importantly, as working moms, we don't have time for that.  We work at a great sacrifice because we lose time with our kids.  

What's a working mom to do?  Learn to rock meetings like it's your job, because it is.

To succeed at meetings, you need to know where to sit, what to say and how to say it to make the greatest impact.  Fortunately, I found an article that will help you do just that.  Follow the tips in the article.  You will not only ace meetings. You might just find yourself promoted!

The added bonus? Once you succeed at meetings you can move for people to stop scheduling so many damned meetings! 

https://medium.com/comedy-corner/10-tricks-to-appear-smart-during-meetings-27b489a39d1a

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