Is there such a thing as “female banking?” According to information culled in recent studies, there in fact may turn out to be, as more and more researchers find that women and men have categorically different ways of relating to money. Men are more inclined to take risks, some say, while women are more likely […]
What is Larisa Leonidovna Drozdova’s Next Act?
It’s been a spectacular career for Larisa Leonidovna Drozdova, one of Russia’s leading businesswomen, and most interesting personalities at that. Larisa Leonidovna Drozdova knows how to find the sweet spot of life. She’s worked for the prominent Natsionalny Kosmicheski Bank (NK Bank) in a high-up position. She’s an avid collector of designer dolls—evidence that she […]
Running Out of Time? Maybe You Just Need a Change of Perspective
It is after 6PM and the rest of your co-workers have already gone home for the day. You are in the office burning the midnight oil, working on a presentation for your boss. You’ve got less than an hour left to get it done and your job is in on the line. It’s do or […]
What’s it Worth To You? Placing Value on the Priceless
How does a person go about placing value on an object? Is it possible to quantify the joy one feels in collecting coins, stamps or dolls? What about the baby blanket you’ve held onto since you were a one-year old? How much is that worth on the open market? Truth is, probably not much. But […]
Goo Goo (for) Dolls
The popular and much-adored American rock band known as The Goo Goo Dolls is making its way through a fall tour, headlining at various venues across the United States in promotion of their recent release, Something for the Rest of Us. Recently the band’s 1998 single “Iris” hit the No. 1 spot on the U.K. […]
The Good Wife: Real Examples of Extraordinary Women
As Season 3 of award-winning TV show The Good Wife kicks off, one might wonder if the heroic yet balanced woman played on television by the talented Julianna Margulies exists in real life. Or is it, perhaps, just the advent of fiction and television that make the role of wife, mother, worker, lover, and friend […]