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Category Archives: Inspiration

Guest Post: 5 Pro Tips for Financial Fitness

January 25, 2012by Jean Brown 2 Comments

As I promised last week, I am super excited to share a guest post from NerdWallet.com’s CEO Tim Chen, sharing some financial wisdom! Like most of us, you’ve probably been […]

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Guest Post, Inspiration

Go For It (because we’re all just going to die anyway)

October 19, 2011by Jean Brown 11 Comments

…All external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure – these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that […]

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Inspiration

Baltimore: A Self-styled City

September 29, 2011by Jean Brown 8 Comments

This past weekend, my car miraculously got me down to Burlington, VT, where I hopped a flight to DC. Final destination was a wedding in Baltimore. Reunited 10 years after […]

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Inspiration, Travel

Gold Stars: Praise as a Powerful Self-discovery Tool

September 21, 2011by Jean Brown 11 Comments

We humans love praise. We don’t like to admit it, and we’re usually uncomfortable receiving it. We’d like to have some transcendental, detached attitude about how we do what we […]

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Inspiration

Decision-making is rarely clear-cut.

September 7, 2011by Jean Brown 15 Comments

Making a huge decision like moving and starting a new business is scary. My husband and I have been talking over our plans for months and months. We’ve been feeling […]

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Inspiration, My Story

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