One Secret to a Working Mom Success: Minimize Expenses

Following Instagram posts can make you feel like other moms are either made of money or have sugar daddies funding their lifestyles. I can assure you. I have neither. There is nobody funneling money into my household except for me. And because I was an economics major and my dad was a banker, I am keenly aware of cash flow, assets and liabilities, and expenditures. Still, sometimes, I forget how expensive life can be. It's not because I lied about having a sugar daddy or have a trust fund.  It is because I am frugal. Indeed, being conscious of expenditures is integrated into my lifestyle.  I know that it is gauche to discuss money and yet, I feel compelled to share some thoughts.

Working Mom Tips: Acing a Meeting


Working moms are busy, exhausted, and don't really have time for pointless meetings.  Still, corporate America is full of them!  Since we work to support our families we want to make as much money as possible.  For that reason, even though we may hate meetings, we do need to excel at them.


Too often working women are not heard in meetings


Every working woman I know has participated in a meeting and struggled to be heard. They make a suggestion that falls on deaf ears.  Later a man makes the same suggestion and people act like he discovered water. It is frustrating, maddening, and most unfair.  More importantly, as working moms, we don't have time for that.  We work at a great sacrifice because we lose time with our kids.  

What's a working mom to do?  Learn to rock meetings like it's your job, because it is.

To succeed at meetings, you need to know where to sit, what to say and how to say it to make the greatest impact.  Fortunately, I found an article that will help you do just that.  Follow the tips in the article.  You will not only ace meetings. You might just find yourself promoted!

The added bonus? Once you succeed at meetings you can move for people to stop scheduling so many damned meetings! 

https://medium.com/comedy-corner/10-tricks-to-appear-smart-during-meetings-27b489a39d1a

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