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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...

Question about the "transformational experience" of Stanford GSB

by Marquis | May 6, 2009 | Bschool experience, Reader follow-up, Stanford GSB

What’s up, everyone. Is it just me or have I been posting a whole lot of entries lately? I’ve been going through a period of introspection over the past month or so and have been working through a lot of stuff in my mind during that time. I can’t put...

Reader weighing corporate vs entrepreneurial options

by Marquis | May 5, 2009 | career-life balance, professional advice, Reader comments, Stanford GSB

What’s good, peoples. Happy Cinco de Mayo!!!! I hope you all have a good time celebrating it tonight…I know that I will :-)Before diving into this entry, I’d like to thank everyone who responded to my last entry about why I don’t link to my...

Why I don’t provide links to specific archived entries in most responses…

by Marquis | May 3, 2009 | Reader comments, Reader follow-up

Hey, everyone. This is going to be a short entry, but it’s one that I felt the need to write to set expectations of what I’m willing to do in my responses to readers.A couple of days ago, I started an exchange with a reader who had left a comment about my...
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