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Friday Faves :: Born to Be Boss, What Every Mother Has to Know and the Blueberry Girls
Welcome to the weekend, ladies! Whether you’re a mother yet or not, we wish you a happy Mother’s Day celebration with your family this coming Sunday. Take Notice A GREAT GIFT: If you haven’t bought a Mother’s Day gift yet, might we suggest a copy of “Work, Love,…
Transitioning to Motherhood, Part 2
Our interview today is a continuation of the conversation we began last week with 4word women Courtney and Meghan about making the transition to motherhood. Courtney is currently a full-time mom to her six-month-old, Ethan, and Meghan’s first baby is due in early August. We recommend that you…
Maternity Leave
How do you answer questions about returning to work after having a baby? This week a reader we’ll call Gloria, wrote in with just that question: I've just had my third baby. I guess you could say I have maternity leave down to a science. I have family…
Friday Favorites: Work, Love, Pray for Mother's Day & how to say "no" to your boss
Happy Friday. May the Fourth be with you all! Did you know that today is Intergalactic Star Wars Day? In honor of this auspicious occasion, we have a very special video of the week for you all. But first… some announcements. Take Notice VIDEO: You probably already know…
Transitioning to Motherhood, Part 1
This week begins a two-part interview series around the topic of working motherhood. Courtney Howard (pictured left) hails from Los Angeles. She met Diane through her board work on the Salvation Army’s National Advisory Boards. She’s pictured here with her six-month-old, Ethan. Our second interviewee (pictured right) is…
Home for Dinner
The COO of Facebook leaves work every day by 5:30 to have dinner with her kids, and she thinks you should too. How great is that? I love so many things about this clip. First, it's refreshing to hear women talk frankly about their balancing choices. Note that…
Friday Faves: A simply elegant up-do, God and your important meeting, and Little Miss "No Job? No Man!"
Happy Friday, ladies! We’re back with another round up of our favorite things from YouTube, Pinterest and the blogosphere. But first – some announcements. Take Notice Get involved in a 4word group in your city. We’re starting groups in Atlanta, Boston, Charlotte, Dallas, Longview, NYC, Philadelphia and DC.…
All about self-management
This week, we interviewed Kathy Peel, an author, speaker and expert on family management, about a topic you might not think is part of managing your home: self-management. -------------------- 4word: What is self-management and why is it important? Kathy: Managing everything in your life is really about managing…
Prayer and Happiness
Would you say you’re pretty happy? Research shows that only around 50% of Americans would answer yes. This was true in 1972, and the percentage has remained roughly the same since, despite dramatic increases in our average standard of living and gross domestic product per capita. So, we…
Friday Favorites: Joy Eggerichs Video, Secrets of Successful People and Independence Berries
Happy Friday, ladies! Did you know that this third week of April is Organize Your Files Week? How many of you have a supremely messy desk? It’s okay to raise your hand and admit it. If you’ve got a picture, head over to our Facebook page and share…
How Not to Sabotage Your Path to Marriage
Have we got a treat for you this week, ladies! We’ve linked to some great posts on boundless.org over the past several months, and this week, we sat down with Lisa Anderson, head of the Boundless team and host of The Boundless Show podcast. She had some great…
A Loving Conversation About “Working” Moms
Why so much anger over “working” moms? A CNNpolitical strategist named Hilary Rosen made a comment about Mitt Romney’s wife Ann that touched off a firestorm of talk about work and motherhood. In short, Rosen claimed it was inappropriate for Mitt Romney to laud his wife as a…
Friday Faves: Free webinar, boundaries after break-ups and the Greatest Story Ever Told
Welcome to Friday! We hope you all had a great Easter weekend. Without further ado, here are our Friday Favorites. Take Notice VIDEO: Catch KLTV's feature video about Diane Paddison and 4word, and learn about Marty Lane, Director of Event Services at LeTU. Download the full Podcast here…
Staying Power
This week, we’re introducing you to Kim Butler, a friend of Diane’s who works as Director of Leasing for Hall Financial in Frisco and The Arts District in Dallas. Kim talked with us about the benefits of being a long-term employee at your company instead of changing companies…
Sponsorship; the Key to Work Success.
Is it okay to use relationships to get ahead at work? I’m not talking about anything illicit or even romantic. Just whether or not it’s ethical to trade on friendships, or even build friendships with the intention of using them to your advantage. According to the research, most…
Friday Favorites: The Marshmallow Test, Floral Prints at Work and Deciding Who Does the Dishes
Happy Good Friday to all of our readers. We hope that you have a blessed, joyful Easter weekend. To kick things off, here are our favorites for the week. Take Notice Diane is speaking at LeTourneau University Chapel next Wednesday at 10:50 am CDT. If you don’t live…
Praying for Left to Tell
Several weeks ago, we posted about a film project called Left to Tell that our friend Mary Beth is working on. The film documents the story of Immaculee Ilibagiza, a survivor of the 1994 Rwandan genocide, and the amazing power of forgiveness. Mary Beth is mobilizing 1,000,000 people…
God and Finances
Are you sick of hearing about money yet? Since we spent the past two weeks looking at long-term financial planning and learning to communicate lovingly about money, I thought we’d round it out with a look at the spiritual side of money management. It’s so much more than…
Friday Faves: Break-ups, Marcel the Shell, Work That Matters and the Internship of the Year
Another week has come and gone. Can you believe it’s almost April? Here’s a round-up of our favorite blogs, videos and news from this week. Take Notice It’s the Internship of the Year! LoveandrespectNOW.com is looking for a summer intern with strong communication, social media and event planning…
The Power of a Good Female Friend
Ladies, meet Hala Saad. In addition to running her own marketing business, she is Executive Producer at Vision Communications, an Arabic television outreach. She lives in Dallas, where she met Diane at a Bible study. Hala talked with us about the impact the impact of her female friends…