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Articles by Mary Foley

• Being Inspired by Chocolate
  Funny little things that occur to and consequently inspire us!
  Published 13Sep2007, viewed 235 times

• 5 Steps To Take Charge Of Your Professional Growth
  Sometimes change in our professional lives comes at us expectedly and unwanted, sometimes we initiate it. Either way, how we respond to changes to our professional lives is what really counts. I like to think of it as "Change is inevitable, growth is optional. Choose to grow".
  Published 06Sep2007, viewed 354 times

• We Can Do It Again!
  “We Can Do It!” is the banner across one of the most well-known posters during World War II encouraging women to join the workforce for the war effort. You probably remember it - the image of a woman with a red bandana on her head, rolling up her blue shirt sleeve as she makes a fist. It always communicates to me a woman’s strength and determination.
  Published 30Aug2007, viewed 328 times

• We All Gotta Little Bodaciousness
  Do you want feel more bodacious and wonder how? It’s easier than you may have thought! My personal experience has convinced me that in the journey of becoming a Bodacious Woman, the place to start is on the inside.
  Published 23Aug2007, viewed 288 times

• Think Strategically, Act Bodaciously
  Thinking strategically is intentionally thinking about the big picture of your career and life. You have to determine where you want to go before you can get there. Otherwise, it’s all just happen stance.
  Published 16Aug2007, viewed 252 times

• Embrace Office Politics
  Let’s be real. Every workplace is political, and the higher up the organizational chart you go, the more political the workplace gets. That’s because there’s more at stake. The higher up you go, the more things get accomplished by virtue of relationships and positioning. Bodacious Women know that the higher up you go in an organization, the more office politics you get. They also know that the question isn’t whether to play, but how.
  Published 08Aug2007, viewed 411 times

• Know Your Worth
  If your self-worth is tightly entwined with the company you work for, a single downturn in the market could send you spinning down the drain. You would be tempted to preserve your job there no matter what and possibly loose opportunities in other companies or the direction of your career.
  Published 02Aug2007, viewed 292 times

• Thrive on Shift & Change
  Shifting and changing may cause you to go through some major culture shocks and climate changes. As with every alteration in your life you create or any alteration that comes you way (let’s face it, some events are out of your hands), you may feel alien to your new circumstances. Don’t worry, you’ll grow into them.
  Published 11Jul2007, viewed 223 times

• Take a Stand
  It’s up to you to decide at what point you’re going to put your foot down. No one can tell you exactly how or when. But you’ll know where that point is, even if it means facing the possible consequence of putting your relationship with your employer at risk.
  Published 28Jun2007, viewed 256 times

• Know How You Want to Be Treated
  Are you clear about how you want people to treat you? Have you experienced your boundaries being crossed or violated? One lesson women typically have a difficult time with is establishing boundaries.
  Published 22Jun2007, viewed 270 times

• Actively Market Your Value
  Marketing your value may feel a little awkward at first, but with a little practice to make it feel authentic, the initial discomfort will melt away. Your reward is others viewing you with greater esteem, which sets you up for even greater success. Because, after all, success isn’t over rated, it feels fabulous!
  Published 14Jun2007, viewed 282 times

• Take the Work Out of Networking
  Networking. I find that women either love it or hate it. When they love it, they truly enjoy meeting others and are great at it. When they hate it, they’d rather go get a mammogram. At least in that situation, no one expects you to do more than stand there. Knowing how to network well can make or break your career.
  Published 07Jun2007, viewed 429 times

• Create Deliberate Relationships
  Bodacious Career builders know that in today’s business world value lies in relationships. Everything is introduced, evaluated, negotiated, bought, sold, resolved, ended, and enjoyed based on relationships. Even with all this high-tech stuff, it’s still all about people.
  Published 01Jun2007, viewed 351 times

• Don't Take it Personally
  "Don't take it personally" is my absolute number one favorite Bodacious Way because it comes in handy all the time. We can all remember a time when we took it personally, right?
  Published 22May2007, viewed 273 times

• 10 Things You Want Your Reputation To Say About You
  When it comes to building your business or your career in a company, how people perceive you is often to the difference between more sales, promotions, and certainly your satisfaction. Here are ten things you want your reputation to say about you.
  Published 04May2007, viewed 313 times

• Feeling Secure in an Insecure World
  We all want security, but my life experience has forced me to come to a conclusion that I resisted for a long time: Security is an illusion. We’ve all heard that life doesn’t come with guarantees, but do we really want to believe it?
  Published 27Apr2007, viewed 322 times

• Every Women Entrepreneur Should Watch American Idol!
  I almost can’t believe I’m recommending this! But, the “America Idol” TV show is great learning about what it takes to stand out in the marketplace.
  Published 25Apr2007, viewed 323 times

• Stop Taking it Personally and Start Living Bodaciously
  We can all remember a time when we took it personally, right? We spent all this time, energy, and emotion on processing how we felt when someone slighted us, what we wished we'd said, and what, if anything, we were going to do about it.
  Published 18Apr2007, viewed 335 times

• Good-bye Good Girl, Hello Bodacious Woman!
  If you want to live your life as an exclamation rather than an explanation, it’s likely you’re going to have to part ways with one of your dear childhood friends. This person may have served you in a number of ways as a young child, but no longer supports you much as an adult.
  Published 04Apr2007, viewed 329 times

• The Best Piece of Advice I Learned from Katharine Hepburn
  Bodacious Women honor themselves as well as honor others. Explaining or complaining in deliberate measure honors you. Overdoing it doesn’t honor anyone and zaps your bodacious power.
  Published 29Mar2007, viewed 424 times

• Six Steps for Taking a Stand
  We've all been there. Whether in our career, business, or personal life, we've all encountered situations where someone is being, well, let's say, unpleasant. They are trying to push you to do something you don't want to do or they are questioning your work or they are dismissing your opinion or some other wonderful behavior.
  Published 28Mar2007, viewed 396 times

• Think Like an Investor When Job Interviewing
  What's easy to forget when you're looking for a new job is that you are interviewing the company as much as they are interviewing you. It's about match and exchange. Do they have what you want? Do you have what they want?
  Published 16Mar2007, viewed 330 times

• What Most Employers Don’t Want You to Know When They Talk Salary
  When hiring managers describe a salary and benefits package to you, they have one main objective in mind: To get the best possible talent for the least possible expense. They’re not going to volunteer the fact that they can go higher in salary or negotiate concessions in your benefits package.
  Published 07Mar2007, viewed 302 times

• How to Quit Your Job Like a Pro
  Knowing when and how to leave a company is an art in today’s economy. With constant change in many companies and in our lives, there’s always a cycle of beginning and ending.
  Published 28Feb2007, viewed 390 times

• 5 Key Lessons I Learned From Working at AOL About Creating a Brand for Your Business
  Every company has a brand. The question is, “Is it working for you?” Creating a brand isn’t just for the big companies; it’s for companies of all sizes. We’re all fighting for attention from our target customers. If you don’t create a brand, then you risk not being remembered and not being emotionally attractive. Both are a prerequisite for sales.
  Published 15Feb2007, viewed 373 times

• 10 Easy Ways to Turn Up the Heat on Valentine's Day That Most Guys Miss!
  Hey guys, is your Valentine full of passion and vivaciousness? Is she daring and confident? How about curious and playful in all the ways you want her to be? Well, if you want a woman who is bolder, more passionate, and downright bodacious, then follow my ten easy and fun ways to turn up the heat on Valentine’s Day and beyond. Most guys miss this but, believe me, if you do them she's thank you many times over! Happy Valentine's Day!
  Published 06Feb2007, viewed 375 times

• Another Year Hating Your Job or Loving Life?
  So, how satisfied are you with your career on a scale of 1 to 10, with 10 being extremely satisfied? If your answer is 6 or below, what needs to change for your career to be a 10? Will you spend another year hating your job or will make a change so that you’re loving your life?
  Published 25Jan2007, viewed 383 times

• The Marketing Formula That Produces Profits
  Imagine having a faucet – a profit faucet. Whenever you turn it on, money comes pouring out from grateful customers, giving your company and you the profits you need to keep going, to help turn even more customers into raving fans. That’s the power of the Marketing Formula. Use it to grow your business.
  Published 20Jan2007, viewed 420 times

• 7 Steps Any Solopreneur Can Use to Build a Winning Brand
  Your brand is the experience your target customers have while interacting with you. If their experience evokes a strong, positive emotional response, then you’ve got a great brand. Why? Because customers buy from emotion and back it up with their head. If your customers have trouble remembering your name when you’re not actually in the room then you need to work on your brand.
  Published 12Jan2007, viewed 359 times

• The Difference Between “Deal” and “No Deal” Isn’t What You Think
  Branding is the key to unlocking your customer’s emotions because a brand is all about a person’s gut feeling about your company, product or service. Create a strong brand with a strong emotional experience that attracts your target customer and you’re on your way to “deal”, “deal”, “deal”, over and over again.
  Published 10Jan2007, viewed 374 times

• 4 and a Half Ways to Make New Years Goals Stick
  Not the same old same old way - try something new this New Year for your resolutions and goals. We all want and perhaps need them but we need a new way to look at them.
  Published 03Jan2007, viewed 353 times

• How To Tell Within 10 Seconds If A Woman Is Bodacious
  We've all met women who exude self confidence, ones with charisma, ones who are magnetic, etc. But have you ever met a woman and known instantly that she was more than all that - was that Bodacious-ness? Here's how to tell.
  Published 30Nov2006, viewed 441 times

• Empowerment Starts With “No”!
  Empowerment begins when we acknowledge that we alone can make the difference between getting what we want and accepting what we get. It's an easy concept but not a natural one for many of us.
  Published 17Nov2006, viewed 446 times

• Live Like Your Nail Color
  We've all heard that we should "Live Out Loud" or "Live Full Up" but this author thinks "Living Like Your Nail Color" sounds like the way to go. It's certainly Bodacious!
  Published 09Nov2006, viewed 460 times

• Why Bodacious Women Would Be Insane Not To Vote
  Remembering the importance of the rights our fore-sisters fought so incredibly hard for. Are we honoring them?
  Published 02Nov2006, viewed 401 times

• It’s Time to Get Bodacious About Your Career
  When what you always thought was right isn't exactly so in your career, what do you do? Mary Foley has thoughts on that and yes, they're Bodacious ones!
  Published 19Oct2006, viewed 511 times

• 7 Secrets to Work-Life Sanity
  As a woman you play multiple roles. You’re a daughter, grand daughter, sister, niece, girlfriend, wife, business woman, gal pal, volunteer….and sometimes community leader, politician, or in the ministry. And you’re exhausted! You want to do it all and do it all well. You don’t want to let anyone down, and yet you’re losing it...
  Published 13Oct2006, viewed 493 times

• Five Keys to Job Satisfaction
  If you LOVE your job, this probably isn't for you. However, if things could stand to get a little - or a LOT - better, you MUST read on!
  Published 20Sep2006, viewed 475 times

• Three Secrets to Getting a Promotion
  Tips for getting that sought after promotion.
  Published 15Sep2006, viewed 410 times

• Stepping Up To Your Big, Bodacious Moment
  Determining just exactly what it takes for you to be truly successful - as defined by you!
  Published 07Sep2006, viewed 420 times

• Create Your Own Happiness by Being Bodacious
  Finding the inspiration and motivation to live your life full out!
  Published 10Aug2006, viewed 395 times

• How to Go From “Take this Job and Shove It” to “Take this Job and Love It”!
  Mary Foley explains how you can decide to be part of the elite group of people who enjoy their careers rather than another factor in the statistic of people who hate their work.
  Published 30Jun2006, viewed 405 times

• A Little Testosterone Goes A Long Way
  What can a Bodacious woman learn from a man and still stay Bodacious? In honor of Father's Day, we'll celebrate some of the men's Bodacious behaviors.
  Published 16Jun2006, viewed 411 times

• I Am Woman, Hear Me Set Off The Airport Security Metal Detector
  The truth is out - we have some problems the guys just can't relate to. Feeling good about ourselves means embracing all of our "issues" for what they are. One can say "do the best with what you've got" but Bodacious Women say "I'll do what I want with what I've got, sometimes it will be the best and sometimes it won't but it's MY choice"
  Published 18May2006, viewed 514 times

• Two Simple Things You Can Do Today to Exude Confidence
  Quiet you! Refusing to be our own worst enemy. Don't let self depreciating talk sneak into your vocabulary. Your words are powerful let them reflect the real you!
  Published 10May2006, viewed 442 times

• How Bodacious Women Get Unstuck and Make a Decision
  Tough decisions can be tamed with just a few simple steps - uncomfortable ones, mind you, but simple nonetheless!
  Published 06May2006, viewed 437 times

• How Every Woman Can Celebrate Mother’s Day
  Mother's Day: How it all began.
  Published 04May2006, viewed 356 times

• Celebrating Spunky Ethel & All Bodacious Moms
  For Mother's Day a tribute to Bodacious! Women everywhere!
  Published 29Apr2006, viewed 369 times

• Rescue Your Dreams!
  In our tumultuous world, it's easy to forget to dream and believe anything is possible, but, it truly is. And, it starts with allowing yourself to dream of what's possible for your career, business, and life.
  Published 20Apr2006, viewed 355 times

• 3 Keys to Being a Successful, Bodacious Woman in Business
  Deciding to start your own business can be exciting and empowering. It’s bodacious! To keep that lovin’ feeling and make your business successful, keep these three keys in mind: knowledge, sanity, and motivation
  Published 19Apr2006, viewed 369 times

• Put Some Bounce In Your Spring
  Living bodaciously means making the most aware, informed choice and allowing yourself a "do over" if it's not going as you expected or like. Living bodaciously means we courageously renew ourselves.
  Published 13Apr2006, viewed 369 times

• How to Get More Time and More Clients
  If you’re like me, one of the reasons you went into business for yourself was to feel more satisfied and fulfilled. The constant feeling of never getting enough done or not having enough clients for cash flow doesn’t quite meet the satisfaction criteria.
  Published 01Apr2006, viewed 441 times

• 7 Critical Things Male Business Gurus Don’t Tell You, But Every Woman Wants to Know
  Much of the business advice from male business gurus doesn’t quite cut it for women entrepreneurs. These gurus haven’t figured out how they advice is different for women. Plus, they’ve left out some parts all together!
  Published 29Mar2006, viewed 409 times

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