My Inspiration to Be a Better Me on Mar 14, 2013 in career children Education family woman By Katrina Villareal Oprah Winfrey has touched the lives of millions of people, not only in the U.S., not only in South Africa, but all over the world. The Queen of Talk Shows, as she is fondly called, was the highest-rated daytime talk show h...
Abstracting the “Maya” In Me on Mar 7, 2013 in career Carmie Dulguime technology woman By Carmie Dulguime “If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude. Don’t complain.” – Dr. Maya Angelou I used to get easily annoyed when I can’t get people to at least understand my point. I get fr...
Small Voice, Big Dreams on Feb 28, 2013 in career Mari-an Santos woman By Mari-An C. Santos Lea Salonga has been my idol for quite some time now. No, I don’t mean after she pioneered the role of Kim on Miss Saigon and shot to international stardom. I mean ever since she was a young star co-hosting Uncle Bob’s...
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Caroline Kennedy: Her Father’s Daughter on Oct 20, 2012 in Maridol R. Bismark career self-fulfillment success woman Woman Power By Maridol Ranoa-Bismark As the daughter of the late President of the United States John F. Kennedy and fashion icon Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy, Caroline was to wealth and privilege born. As a little girl growing up in the White House,...
Woman Power on Oct 14, 2012 in Maridol R. Bismark career self-fulfillment success woman Woman Power By Maridol R. Bismark Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg says that Harvard colleague Sheryl Sandberg has always been a dedicated partner in running the world’s most popular social media network. When he named her Chief Operating Officer (COO)...
Chairwoman of Competence and Charm on Sep 27, 2012 in Maridol R. Bismark By Maridol R. Bismark A lethal combination of competence and charisma is how most people describe Ginni Rometty, chairman and chief executive officer of International Business Machines Corporation (IBM). The 54-year-old Rometty, the century-old comp...
Fiercely Private, Ferociously Competitive on Sep 18, 2012 in Maridol R. Bismark By Maridol R. Bismark The president and chief financial officer of Oracle Corporation would be the last to admit it, but the figures speak for themselves. Because of the financial wonders that she has been orchestrating at Oracle, the fiercely privat...
Sara Blakely: Not Afraid to Fail on Sep 3, 2012 in career Maridol R. Bismark woman learning lessons self-fulfillment self-improvement work By Maridol R. Bismark Growing up, Sara Blakely remembers her father asking her one simple question every single week: “What did you fail at?” When she couldn’t come up with an answer, dear old dad told him how disappointed he was. Her fa...
One Tough Cookie on Aug 21, 2012 in career Maridol R. Bismark woman entrepreneurship mommy self-fulfillment self-improvement work By Maridol R. Bismark A childhood passion can very well translate into a lifelong pursuit—or at least, that’s how it was for Debbi Fields, the woman behind Mrs. Fields Cookies. With over 1,000 cookie stores in nine countries all over the w...
