I’m someone who has a slight obsession with milestones, always using them as a welcome excuse to travel down memory lane and envision a better future. If that sounds narcissistic, I must add I get equally excited for milestones in the lives of friends and family too. Birthdays, graduations, housewarmings, baby showers (more recently!) all…
View PostA friend of mine currently looking for a job messaged me yesterday that she has complied a list of companies that she is interested in working for, but she is lost about how to research the companies to assess if they are a good fit for her ambitions and values. I faced this conundrum while…
View PostThis week was a tough one for me. I was working on multiple client and internal deadlines while also straightening out some wrinkles in the personal life. The end of the financial year is not too far so my inbox is filled with feedback requests that I will hopefully honor over the weekend together with…
View PostPick any book on career development and you will learn that mentorship is crucial to a successful career, particularly for women. As a fresh graduate though, it can be a challenge to ascertain how to find a mentor and what qualities to look for in one. In this post, I would like address the first…
View PostMy interest in money management did not develop until I was studying at an American high school with a USD 125 monthly stipend. As as a clueless teenager in a foreign country with “so much” scholarship money in my hand (USD 125 at the time were PKR 9000), I made…
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