Tips and tricks | Beth Byrnes

Walk on the wild slide

Posted on May 9, 2015 24 Comments

[Today’s impromptu post was tossed together from a fortuitous confluence of events over the past week. It may be a bit ragged around the edges as I am eyeball deep in learning curves, so bear with me.] California is a quirky, contradictory state. On the one hand, it has sophisticated cities like San Francisco and Los Angeles, on the other it is home […]

Festive autumn fruits galette

Posted on November 24, 2013 9 Comments

When I have to bring something home-made to a party, rather than have to worry about retrieving my cookware, or marking it on the bottom with my name and phone number, as I used to do, I find a way to make everything I bake (or cook) one-way. No matter how pretty the container, I […]

Power posing

Posted on November 12, 2013 8 Comments

I spotted this article this morning: http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20131111000517-5670386-a-secret-to-successful-interviews?trk=tod-home-art-list-large_0 In the wild, higher status animals often take expansive, open postures. To assert their rank, chimpanzees puff themselves up to seem larger. Peacocks fan their tail feathers to attract mates. We see the same displays in the human kingdom. The confident speaker strides across the stage, voice booming. […]

You, Inc.

Posted on November 6, 2013 23 Comments

Following along with a couple of themes I have touched on in this blog, including yesterday’s articles about what it takes to succeed, I want to talk about branding. Essentially one take away from the exercise of rebooting my niece’s college prep was that we re-branded her from someone who was just meandering along in […]

True the grit

Posted on November 5, 2013 22 Comments

One of my nieces sent me the first link below, and then one of my WP friends reblogged the second. These two pieces apply to everyone, but because the person who sent the first one is a female and we have a special connection through this topic, I am particularly emphasizing its applicability to girls […]