Archive for August, 2007

Women in Politics - Are We There Yet?

Friday, August 31st, 2007

Women in politics are starting to become more visible and we start to hear more about them. However, the question whether Feminine Leadership is being expresses by those leaders is still a question that has to be answered.
While the race to the White House is becoming hotter and the chances that there will be a […]

How Do You Live Your Life?

Wednesday, August 29th, 2007

I got a lot of responds to the piece about Mother Teresa, and mainly it was a question about why do I keep writing about women that died.
Well, the truth is that I write about Role Models and influential women. Those women that (in my opinion) have created influence in our world and made a […]

Mother Teresa - Angel of Mercy

Monday, August 27th, 2007

One woman’s name stands above all as a symbol of compassion and service leadership and she is Mother Teresa. Mother Teresa embodies and symbolizes many of the Feminine Leadership values – compassion, service, devotion, humbleness, nurturing and most important – love.
Born Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu on August 26, 1910, in Skopje, Macedonia, in the former Yugoslavia, […]

Happiness is a Choice

Friday, August 24th, 2007

Many years ago I had a poster hanging over my bed that said: “What do you choose today? Happiness or misery? It was taken from a famous Sufi master called Abdullah that used to laugh all the time, even on his death bed. When asked by his disciples how does he do it, he said: […]

TED - A World Leadership group

Wednesday, August 22nd, 2007

19-year-old William Kamkwamba, from Malawi, is a born inventor. When he was 14, he built an electricity-producing windmill from spare parts and scrap, working from rough plans he found in a library book called “Using Energy” and modifying them to fit his needs. The windmill he built powers four lights and two radios in his […]

Leadership Skills - Becoming Someone…

Monday, August 20th, 2007

I was looking for something uplifting to start the week with. I was looking for something wise to say that would strengthen my leadership skills. I was searching for that special leadership skill that would allow me to begin this week feeling strong and confidant.
You see, for me the summer vacation has finished. Thom is […]

Coco Chanel - Feminist or Feminine?

Saturday, August 18th, 2007

Coco Chanel was shrewd, chic and on the cutting edge. The clothes she created changed the way women looked and how they looked at themselves.
Chanel would not have defined herself as a feminist — in fact, she consistently spoke of femininity rather than of feminism — yet her work is unquestionably part of the liberation […]

Lakshmi - the Gift of Abundance

Wednesday, August 15th, 2007

It’s the height of summer. Time when all the earth is fully ripe and the fruits are in abundance. It’s time when nature shows how abundant it is. It’s the time of the Hindu goddess Lakshmi.
Lakshmi means Good Luck to Hindus. The word ‘Lakshmi’ is derived from the Sanskrit word Laksya, meaning ‘aim’ or ‘goal’, […]

Give yourself a Break - It’s Vacation Time

Sunday, August 12th, 2007

I keep getting these e-mails, where are you??? What happened to your Blog? And some are even trying to make me feel guilty… by saying: “you are the one that says how important it is to journal every day, how come you don’t ‘walk your talk’ and have not written for such a long time…â€?Well, […]