Plaid for Women | Fort Worth Business Press | Activity https://www.plaidforwomen.com/members/fortworthbusinesspress/activity/ Activity feed for Fort Worth Business Press. Tue, 09 Jun 2026 17:52:45 -0500 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 1080fc6b4c64af634dee680b2e435a44 Fort Worth Business Press wrote a new post https://www.plaidforwomen.com/?p=21763 Tue, 06 Dec 2016 21:30:56 -0600 This is a profile of Dr. Myiesha Taylor published in 2012 when she was named a Great Woman of Texas by the Fort Worth Business Press.

In mid-November, the Disney Junior channel said it has ordered a fifth […]

]]> 954c29628ae44f16134a84c5da72139f Fort Worth Business Press wrote a new post https://www.plaidforwomen.com/?p=21757 Tue, 06 Dec 2016 11:30:10 -0600 In case you hadn’t noticed, it’s election season. That means feeling, at times, like we’re in the Gladiator Ring. It also means this is a time for us to think about national and international issues, and how our […]

]]> d48b5f8f2111667db1c3228d141760b1 Fort Worth Business Press wrote a new post https://www.plaidforwomen.com/?p=21753 Mon, 05 Dec 2016 11:30:28 -0600 Throughout my career, I have been fortunate enough to have many great leaders to model. All of them have a few things in common. They are never the loudest person in the room. They are strategic thinkers and when […]

]]> 6da4c536d1ef73b9586f88c90c93f91b Fort Worth Business Press wrote a new post https://www.plaidforwomen.com/?p=21734 Sat, 03 Dec 2016 11:30:48 -0600 When we last left Lewis and Clark, Sacagawea was explaining the wonders of growing good food, no wait wrong adventure…now for the exciting life and times of Dawn and Iver as they construct their first orchard t […]

]]> 8fd227b75883ba463d8471ff28ef3a03 Fort Worth Business Press wrote a new post https://www.plaidforwomen.com/?p=21726 Fri, 02 Dec 2016 11:30:48 -0600 Congratulations! You’ve survived the most bitterly contested presidential election in recent memory. Never before have two candidates attacked each other on such a personal level.

This bruising campaign e […]

]]> 48742d898dbac35a4955dd3a48c12a52 Fort Worth Business Press wrote a new post https://www.plaidforwomen.com/?p=21722 Thu, 01 Dec 2016 11:30:54 -0600 There are times when it doesn’t seem as if the right path will ever be clear.  Leaders have to make wonderful and terrible decisions every day, and don’t always have an obvious line drawn to the right choi […]

]]> 969651fd2c00e346b5a44cf261739899 Fort Worth Business Press wrote a new post https://www.plaidforwomen.com/?p=21717 Wed, 30 Nov 2016 11:30:18 -0600 Anyone else out there watch Seinfeld? I was a bit of an addict, to be honest, and while I cannot claim to be one of those people who remembers everything (what was the false name that George went by when he wanted […]

]]> d2b4cfdedcc4b8d504723c75a6b3d76d Fort Worth Business Press wrote a new post https://www.plaidforwomen.com/?p=21709 Tue, 29 Nov 2016 21:30:38 -0600 …but help them adapt to private sector

On the surface the news seems positive about veterans finding work. Their unemployment rate declined in 2015 to 4.6 percent, less than the national rate, according […]

]]> 2de13684d8353d71535e5c0c1198b5d4 Fort Worth Business Press wrote a new post https://www.plaidforwomen.com/?p=21705 Tue, 29 Nov 2016 11:30:08 -0600 “I just don’t like working with women. They are so catty. I’d prefer to work with men and when I look around, all of my friends are men too.” she said to me over coffee.

“I used to feel that way.” I responded. […]

]]> 920eb8480ac144e94ac78ee3aeb56097 Fort Worth Business Press wrote a new post https://www.plaidforwomen.com/?p=21700 Mon, 28 Nov 2016 11:30:05 -0600 When was the last time you did a Habit Assessment?   If you are like me and many others, then it is likely NEVER!    We rarely think about our world of habits.   It is a very personal thing, right?

Our habits […]

]]> f19aade0084389d07b98bd5eb72489e8 Fort Worth Business Press wrote a new post https://www.plaidforwomen.com/?p=21683 Sat, 26 Nov 2016 11:30:20 -0600 Many people think of stress and anxiety as a normal part of life, but if you suffer from anxiety disorder, the effects can be debilitating. The result is a vicious cycle of anxiety and worry taking over your life, […]

]]> 314fb5e6a22a9ef4cf1df678ad0fbd36 Fort Worth Business Press wrote a new post https://www.plaidforwomen.com/?p=21677 Fri, 25 Nov 2016 21:30:08 -0600 The election? That’s history. Now comes the hard part: governing.

Donald J. Trump became president-elect in an election that upended the business-as-usual applecart of the political elite of both parties – […]

]]> 2e90d411ae11b3cd79c4db9702a674db Fort Worth Business Press wrote a new post https://www.plaidforwomen.com/?p=21669 Thu, 24 Nov 2016 11:30:45 -0600 Neuroscience tells us we are creating pathways in our brain, much like ruts in a dirt road, that become deeper and deeper, and therefore, more difficult to pull out of.  Why build a road to a place you don’t wa […]

]]> 713b97c0f0e708db9385943bf401f167 Fort Worth Business Press wrote a new post https://www.plaidforwomen.com/?p=21641 Tue, 22 Nov 2016 11:30:41 -0600 It’s the season for Thanksgiving at home, in the markets—and certainly in the workplace! As the year winds down, it’s a great time for reflection on the year’s successes, lessons learned, and objectives met or […]

]]> e7b77f0440abf4c986fd58a9f99b898d Fort Worth Business Press wrote a new post https://www.plaidforwomen.com/?p=21627 Mon, 21 Nov 2016 11:30:07 -0600 I really get irritated each time I see a meme that says something like “don’t choose a job, choose your boss” and I certainly support the statement “People don’t leave companies, they leave bosses.” […]

]]> 427e0c3da7d5a7bc237f5cf3e208a406 Fort Worth Business Press wrote a new post https://www.plaidforwomen.com/?p=21612 Sat, 19 Nov 2016 11:30:48 -0600 Every year, several entities compare taxes in each state and rank them from best to worst. Depending on the methods used and what is included; Texas sometimes looks pretty good on the surface, with a lower […]

]]> 3749ac27d6eeac761154592044b7af6d Fort Worth Business Press wrote a new post https://www.plaidforwomen.com/?p=21608 Fri, 18 Nov 2016 11:30:45 -0600 My dad always called me a “woman in a hurry.”  My first word was a full sentence (“It’s a bird!”)  In high school, I started classes at 7:30 AM so I could graduate a year early.  By 21, I had graduated wi […]

]]> 68411f1c13acf25914c2f3ebe6d7d377 Fort Worth Business Press wrote a new post https://www.plaidforwomen.com/?p=21603 Thu, 17 Nov 2016 11:30:47 -0600 It seems so easy to say: Be kind!  But, life is hard. Change is hard. And since life keeps changing, that makes leadership very hard.

In a hard world it is difficult for us to take the time to be kind.  And t […]

]]> e281dd49d69c8122c2928efd4a62c332 Fort Worth Business Press wrote a new post https://www.plaidforwomen.com/?p=21599 Wed, 16 Nov 2016 11:30:25 -0600 “Self-Awareness” – The Hidden Impact
When you hear the word “Self-Aware” what does it bring to mind?

In this blog being self-aware will refer to: “having a clear perception of your personality, including […]

]]> 148b70007df57dea87312ff8a5a6c2af Fort Worth Business Press wrote a new post https://www.plaidforwomen.com/?p=21212 Tue, 27 Sep 2016 20:30:33 -0500 Heather Stark knows first-hand the challenges and struggles young girls face, issues that can be especially devastating if they lack confidence and self-worth.

“Low self-esteem can lead to so many p […]

]]> 6e970455676ad670dc395ecd9aa59494 Fort Worth Business Press wrote a new post https://www.plaidforwomen.com/?p=21204 Tue, 27 Sep 2016 10:30:44 -0500 Over the last year, I worked for a local nonprofit writing public grants: CoC, CDBG, ESG and other essential ingredients of social service alphabet soup. It wasn’t my dream job, but it paid (most of) the bills. T […]

]]> 43d8181d5e396f2e71fd7d1e1f5f74a9 Fort Worth Business Press wrote a new post https://www.plaidforwomen.com/?p=21195 Mon, 26 Sep 2016 10:30:35 -0500 Do you have issues with others who habitually reschedule your appointments with them?
Are you a habitual “rescheduler”?

It all started so innocently and normal.

Recently, I met a business pro […]

]]> f974f795be9708c48cfb932319017aa5 Fort Worth Business Press wrote a new post https://www.plaidforwomen.com/?p=21189 Sun, 25 Sep 2016 10:30:13 -0500 2016 seems to be the summer of discontent, with many American’s jumping to a new job. According to Career Builder, and their annual Candidate Behavior Study back in February of this year, 75% of Americans are […]

]]> df630f6e89c681c64c9df0e1518b3ebb Fort Worth Business Press wrote a new post https://www.plaidforwomen.com/?p=21185 Sat, 24 Sep 2016 10:30:09 -0500 Whereas envy resides in the pit of the stomach, pride is in our head. We feel full of ourselves. Pride puffs itself up, becoming invulnerable so no one can prick our lofty self. Pride not only believes we are the […]

]]> 7d311cd64e33d4e9dee288a4a7c3e94d Fort Worth Business Press wrote a new post https://www.plaidforwomen.com/?p=21174 Fri, 23 Sep 2016 10:30:56 -0500 Last summer a bird built a nest on my best friend, Krista’s, balcony patio. Soon after the nest was finished, she noticed there were little eggs in it. Every day the momma bird would fly away and return later to c […]

]]> 85a6548bcbea55776239e15bb225c8c3 Fort Worth Business Press wrote a new post https://www.plaidforwomen.com/?p=21110 Sat, 17 Sep 2016 10:30:03 -0500 This past Saturday rather than shopping for home improvement Items at Lowe’s; I attended a celebration of life for a friend who died from the disease of addiction. She left a husband, two children and three g […]

]]> 7a3275a39624598fd2ccf023e5153fe9 Fort Worth Business Press changed their profile picture https://www.plaidforwomen.com/activity/p/20135/ Fri, 16 Sep 2016 16:33:02 -0500 0 ac54cbe031a4f5216a8a183ee1be509e Fort Worth Business Press's profile was updated https://www.plaidforwomen.com/activity/p/20134/ Fri, 16 Sep 2016 16:25:20 -0500 0 4dbf90157257e7099d5f80cad534f788 Fort Worth Business Press wrote a new post https://www.plaidforwomen.com/?p=21106 Fri, 16 Sep 2016 10:30:39 -0500 We live on a quiet creek on the Garland/Richardson border. Actually our sleepy little creek belongs to the City of Richardson, Richardson School District or so they tell me. It matters not. It’s my lovely haven f […]

]]> 1c366c1c459c69cf45ad9c678311c32e Fort Worth Business Press wrote a new post https://www.plaidforwomen.com/?p=21085 Wed, 14 Sep 2016 10:30:08 -0500 Hope4Harper spent the last two weeks openly sharing our experiences with media at the World Cannabis Conference in New York City and with families at the CDKL5 Scientific and Family Conference . My hope was that […]

]]> 1ea9b4a2c49d5a4d052c8dba3720f25d Fort Worth Business Press wrote a new post https://www.plaidforwomen.com/?p=21081 Tue, 13 Sep 2016 20:30:06 -0500 There have been lots of pharmaceutical studies to evaluate the active elements present in herbs; to discover the reason as well as the manner in which they work. A relatively outmoded method is to classify the […]

]]> 19bb62caa7a5aafa1b15ae68ad707b3b Fort Worth Business Press wrote a new post https://www.plaidforwomen.com/?p=21061 Tue, 13 Sep 2016 10:30:40 -0500 Trying to Grow Good Food
Hive door swings opens and out the forager girl struts looking for the latest fashion buzz (bad pun) in pollen and nectar. “Say, does this pollen make my legs look big…good!” She grins […]

]]> 8f260e05faf2ba830c7a8b13bc675b32 Fort Worth Business Press wrote a new post https://www.plaidforwomen.com/?p=21049 Mon, 12 Sep 2016 10:30:55 -0500 Dressing rooms are excellent places to witness just how mean we are to ourselves. I recently overheard an exchange between two women at a T.J. Maxx that went something like this:

“Ew, I can’t wear this. My arm […]

]]> f44e516e04fe209d8127566d933fd3e5 Fort Worth Business Press wrote a new post https://www.plaidforwomen.com/?p=21010 Wed, 07 Sep 2016 10:30:29 -0500 What is the “Great Divide” you may be asking? It is this whole separation with Black Lives Matter, Blue Lives Matter, and All Lives Matter. For some reason if you are for Black Lives Matter, then you are aga […]

]]> dff2a1e6309bb53491a4dc2e92638285 Fort Worth Business Press wrote a new post https://www.plaidforwomen.com/?p=21005 Tue, 06 Sep 2016 20:30:40 -0500 I’ve spent the past four years in the process of creating a book which might express the words of my heart and soul. It’s contents are my travels for over the past twenty-five years within myself. It speaks of my […]

]]> 011b9c7d98bb2049f65ad36b7832bd64 Fort Worth Business Press wrote a new post https://www.plaidforwomen.com/?p=20997 Tue, 06 Sep 2016 10:30:59 -0500 Sloth doesn’t care. It’s not just about an occasional laziness. Sloth isn’t the relaxation we all need when we kick back, and do nothing. In most cases, this slowing down is necessary for a balanced profe […]

]]> 7abd3ef3ba5e59d59deee6725233ed43 Fort Worth Business Press wrote a new post https://www.plaidforwomen.com/?p=20989 Sun, 04 Sep 2016 10:30:43 -0500 “It’s medication time,” the morning mantra that Big Nurse bellowed daily at her patients in the asylum in the film, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, ran through my mind at my school’s first staff meeting for the s […]

]]> 1e459deb944bef7022dbb4ba0ae052be Fort Worth Business Press wrote a new post https://www.plaidforwomen.com/?p=20985 Sat, 03 Sep 2016 10:30:47 -0500 Being a giver is an extraordinary thing to be to have a positive impact on the community and business world. However, as a woman you have to resist the desire to over-give and over-extend yourself to prove your […]

]]> a1d5ad0cd0cbd25186b38f2a9f999d47 Fort Worth Business Press wrote a new post https://www.plaidforwomen.com/?p=20979 Fri, 02 Sep 2016 20:30:06 -0500 “You must be Rebecca. You look exactly like your photos.” (said to me by an attendee at an event that I was speaking at)

“I read your blog last week; and I swear I could hear your voice in my head as I read […]

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