by angelahosking | Dec 17, 2017 | Build Your Confidence, Empower Yourself, Self improvement, Women's Empowerment
I’m sorry. I really am. It’s not your fault. (It’s probably mine). But I am going to have to, pretty please, ask you (my fellow women) to stop apologizing. (Insert smiley face here). Although my request, borders on the slightly...
by angelahosking | Dec 10, 2017 | Build Your Confidence, Career, Empower Yourself
I could hear the thump-thud of the bus tires as it rolled across my body in the conference room. Stunned and shocked by the sudden push in front of its path, I looked up at my assaulter for the reason why. She stared blankly at me, as if we had never met before. As if...
by angelahosking | Dec 5, 2017 | Build Your Confidence, Empower Yourself, Self improvement
Psst. I know your secret. Your experience? Not enough. All those degrees on your wall? Anyone could do that. Those thoughts you had about how to save the company money and achieve its goals? Don’t speak up. It’s a stupid idea. Sooner or later the world is...
by angelahosking | Sep 3, 2017 | Build Your Confidence, Empower Yourself, Self improvement
I was 29 minutes into a 50-minute Cycle-Spin class plugging away at an extremely heavy mountain climb when I first felt the urge to quit. My heart was pounding, my legs quivering with every pedal push, as I pondered doing this for another exhaustive, sweaty 21...
by angelahosking | Jul 31, 2017 | Build Your Confidence, Career, Workplace
They lurk in the dark shadows near the break room. Their mere presence, and longevity remind all that what surrounds them is a less-than-optimal work culture. They are every hard-working manager’s nightmare. As “owners” of the culture, they take pride in their power...
by angelahosking | Jul 9, 2017 | Build Your Confidence, Empower Yourself, Self improvement, Women's Empowerment
I peered above the crowd trying to get a glimpse of her. It was hard to pinpoint her location in the sea of moving people nudging in for a photo-op. I oriented myself by finding the Charging Bull of Wall Street and looked for his unassuming opponent. There he was,...