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Message from a reader describing her comeback from "rejection" and pursuit of work-life balance

by Marquis | Jun 15, 2009 | career, career-life balance, reader feedback, real life stuff, shout outs to me

What’s going on, y’all. I’m writing this entry with a big smile on my face because today was the second warm day in a row here in Chicago. That may be a weird thing to be happy about, but y’all weren’t here on those days when the...

Gotta love getting shout-outs from my readers…

by Marquis | Jun 14, 2009 | Reader comments, shout outs to me

OK, I know that some of you are going to roll your eyes when you see this, but it made me smile so I’m going to post it…Gotta love getting nice shout-outs every now and then 🙂 This isn’t the first one of these I’ve ever received and I...

Response to some constructive feedback from a reader

by Marquis | May 20, 2009 | About Marquis, Reader comments, reader feedback, Reader follow-up, real life stuff

Hello all, I hope you had a nice evening and have started off your day well. As you know, I regularly read comments that my readers post on my site and take time to consider all feedback that I receive. This entry is to respond to some feedback that came in and...

So what’s the big picture now???

by Marquis | May 17, 2009 | About Marquis, career, career-life balance

What’s good, folk. Gotta love lazy Sundays, right? I’m especially relaxed this weekend after having witnessed the college graduation of my youngest sister, MYP. It had been a long road to graduation for her and my entire family came together to help her...

This blog has been listed as one of the 100 Best Blogs for MBA Students

by Marquis | May 4, 2009 | other blogs, other sites, recognition

Just wanted to make a quick post to let all of you know that this site has been recognized as one of the 100 Best Blogs for MBA Students (http://www.graduatedegree.org/blog/2009/03/100-best-blogs-for-mba-students/). The list went up over a month ago and I didn’t...

Never get too busy making a living that you forget to make a life

by Marquis | Apr 22, 2009 | About Marquis, career, Random categories, real life stuff

Hey there, folk. As you can probably tell, I’ve been doing a lot of introspection in the past few weeks since the passing of my aunt and, along with that, I’ve been writing a lot more about what’s going on in my head nowadays. Well, that trend will...
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