Decoding Work-Life Balance

How one home-based entrepreneur copes with the challenges

Georgette Pascale, like many entrepreneurs, used the experience she gained as an employee to create a successful business of her own. After working with clients as diverse as Delphi Automotive, Puerto Rico Tourism Company, GAP, Bruce Springsteen and Shania Twain, she founded Pascale Communications LLC in 2004, an all-female, all-virtual firm specializes in healthcare public relations. And that’s one tip she shares from her success: Find a specific need, and then use your skills to create a business that caters to that niche. Other tips include doing what you love, making the best possible decision—even if it’s not the most popular decision—and drawing on the wisdom of mentors. In this View from the Top, Pascale shares her thoughts on creating a work-life balance.

For three decades, corporate America has turned the issue of “work-life balance” into a pseudo-quest for the Holy Grail. A Google search nets lists a mile long from academic institutions and publications offering suggestions on how to achieve this balance. Frankly, I found them confusing and often stress-inducing. I was left asking: “I have to do all of this to balance my home-based business and my family?” Read more

How to Stay Up When…

Keeping a positive perspective can mean the difference between your business’s success and failure.

When business is slow, the potential consequences are frightening and vivid for entrepreneurs. Will you bring in enough this month to make payroll and cover the overhead? Will your business be able to pay you this month? On the upside, entrepreneurs don’t have to wait and wonder if they’ll be the next to get laid off. Rather, they have the ability and responsibility to go out and make business happen. Read more

Less Money, More Style

How to Keep Your Family Looking Great without Breaking the Bank
by Cara Porchia

Shopping for clothes for your family may be the first thing you scratch off your list of priorities if you suddenly find yourself with less disposable income. But the truth is, what you wear can have a profound effect on how you feel about yourself and how potential employers or clients view you—not to mention how important staying stylish may be to your budding “fashionista” offspring. However, it is possible to minimize the impact a reduced budget can have on you and your family. Read more

Joy on the Job

In a fearful economy, the best leaders bring positive emotions to work. 

Everyone is terrified of the “R” words: recession, reorganization and rescue. They are on our minds and constantly in the news—and they put fear into our hearts. All that fear bubbling around reminds me of Scooby-Doo saying “ruh roh” when things go wrong. Too many people are allowing a sense of “ruh roh” to dominate their work and personal lives and affect them negatively. Read more

How to Stay Up When…

Long-term care can be tough. Your attitude, perspective and a little planning can make a big difference.

As a child, you couldn’t imagine your parents ever needing help. Your dad had superman strength. Your mom’s knack for seeing what’s going on (even when she wasn’t in the room) bordered on magical. But as time passes and age or disease takes hold, the roles reverse—children become the caregivers. Not only is it an emotional shock, it’s physically draining as well.

Many of our SUCCESS for Women readers are part of the “sandwich generation.” You still have children or teens at home, your career is in overdrive, and now your parents need your help. Read more

How Much Grocery Savings Do You Have Time For?

The key to couponing at the grocery store is deciding how much time you have to devote. No time? Sign up for a grocery store reward card and take advantage of store sales without any work. Plenty of time? Comparison shop, use coupons and take advantage of a store’s price-matching policies. You can pick the best money-saving strategy for your lifestyle. Read more

The Key to Happiness: Gratitude

Jill Daniel wants you to get your groove on—your gratitude groove. Read more

Planning for Success

Kristi Mailloux shares her strategy for business and personal growth.

Today, more than ever, business leaders must be open to change. Molly Maid President Kristi Mailloux understands that need and says she’s passionate about asking questions that lead to positive change. Read more

How to Stay Up When…

Even for the most optimistic, maintaining a positive attitude isn’t always easy. 

I’ve read several great books lately—The Difference by Jean Chatzky, As a Man Thinketh by James Allen and The Noticer by Andy Andrews, to name a few. Though they’re written by distinctly different people, and in Allen’s case in another century, a common belief runs through them: We are all responsible for our attitude. Read more

Build a Better Nest Egg

The stock market lost 38 percent in 2008. But if you lost more than 20 percent, your problem wasn’t really the stock market—it was the design of your nest egg. Storms occur in markets, as they do in the real world, but your home shouldn’t be flooding every time they happen. Read more

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