9/11, Nerves & Failures
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What You Missed
Mondays with Diane
In this week’s blog, Diane Paddison shares candidly about struggling with her daughter’s debilitating sickness in recent months and how she has wrestled with God for answers.
Wednesday Interview
Author and speaker, Carolyn Custis James, believes that men are facing a similar gender debate in our world, both in and outside of the church, a topic on which she focuses in her latest book, Malestrom. Read our interview with her and enjoy an excerpt from her book at the end of the interview.
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Make Your Next Career Move
As a 4word: Member Insider, you’re given exclusive access to numerous job openings across the country via the 4word Job Connections Board. We wanted to highlight a few jobs currently available. Just login to your 4word: Member Insider account to apply to one or more of these positions!
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Featured Company: Today’s Christian Woman
Location: Carol Stream, IL
Today’s Christian Woman produces a magazine and web content for Christian women on faith, family, marriage, relationships, parenting, careers, and more.
Open Positions on the 4word Job Connections Board
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Job #1: Front End Developer
Today’s Christian Woman – Carol Stream, IL
Write and deploy JavaScript and other related front-end code, oversee JavaScript code libraries, review JavaScript code written by other developers, train other developers.
Job #2: Marketing Specialist
CBRE – St. Louis, MO
Recommends and implements strategies to achieve marketing goals for assigned products and services for one or more areas, product lines, or market segments.
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Top Three
- How Marissa Mayer’s Maternity Decision Affects Young Women — Whether She Likes It Or Not – Caroline Fairchild writes on LinkedIn about Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer’s recent announcement regarding her minuscule maternity leave and how this affects working women everywhere.
- Working moms have more successful daughters and more caring sons – Gabriel Fisher with Quartz discusses a recently released Harvard Business School paper that reveals that children of working mothers tend to have more success in their career journeys.
- Women Breadwinners: A Holy Calling? – Keri Wyatt Kent writes on Today’s Christian Woman regarding the 40% of women making more income than their spouses and what effect this has on God’s marriage blueprint.
Take Notice
WHAT 9/11 MEANS TO ME: On this anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, we revisit the story of our COO, Sandra Crawford Williamson, and how her survival of the New York City attacks altered her professional and personal life forever.
FAILURES MEAN NOTHING TO GOD: Diane Paddison shares her story with the Halftime Institute of transitioning from COO of a Fortune 500 company (with a crumbling personal life) to founding and leading 4word and pursuing her God-given skills and passions.
WHAT GREAT LEADERS NEVER SAY: Lolly Daskal with Inc. lists seven phrases successful leaders will never be caught uttering.
LESSONS FROM BILLIONAIRE MENTORS: Charles Michael Yim writes on Entrepreneur and analyzes five business lessons from billionaire mentors from which any professional could learn.
WHY IS AMERICA AFRAID TO VACATION?: Jana Kasperkevic writes on MSN News about what is causing Americans to neglect their earned (and much-needed) vacation time and instead continue to slave away at the office.
4word: Local Group Events
Take a look at these upcoming 4word: Local Group event dates and see which one(s) you can attend. We’d love to see you there!
- Seattle – September Coffee Hour – September 12 @ 10:00AM
- Dallas – Work, Love, Pray study – September 14 @ noon
- Nashville – September Luncheon – September 17 @ 11:30AM
- Houston – Servant Leadership Luncheon – September 18 @ 11:30AM
- Houston – Greater Uptown Small Group – September 22 @ 7:30PM
- Dallas – September Meet-Up Monday – September 28 @ 5:30PM
- Denver – Small Groups Launch – September 30 @ varied times
- Houston – Energy Corridor Small Group – October 1 @ 11:45 AM
- Austin – Launch event – October 14 @ 6:00PM
- Columbus – Fall Panel Discussion – October 22 @ 4:30PM
- Dallas – 4word: Member Insider Career Panel – October 22 @ 6:30PM
For details on these events, please visit our 4word Events page.
Video of the Week
First dates are always a little nerve wracking. You want to make a good first impression, and one way women do that is by looking their absolute best. Watch what happens when these women put their “first date looks” in the hands of young girls who are more than willing to share their advice with these women as they prepare for their nights out.
A Pinterest Find
Cold and flu season is just around the corner (*groan*), so we thought this recipe for Cinnamon Sore Throat Tea was one everyone should have ready to go at the first sign of a ticklish throat this fall and winter!
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