Discover The ‘Practical Genius’ Inside You With Gina Rudan
Gina Rudan visited the KCAL 9 studios Tuesday to talk about her new book, “PRACTICAL GENIUS: The Real Smarts You Need to Get Your Passions and Talents Working for You.”
Design a Perfect Summer
Writing from a balcony in El Condado, San Juan, Puerto Rico that overlooks the Atlantic Ocean, I realize the trick to making the best out of your summer is to design it your way.
If you’ re racing to work this morning, daydreaming about a much-needed vacation or wondering if you’ll ever be able use the summer hours afforded to you by your employer, keep reading. Here are three summer vacation design tips for you to chew on.
There’s No Such Thing as Balance
Scratch the flowers, the baskets of soap and hand lotion, the potted plants. Let’s bring on the real love for all the working moms who work their hearts and butts off 365 days a year nurturing their two greatest passions—their life’s work and their children.
My gift to you this Mother’s Day Weekend is a completely inappropriate but dead-on reality check on motherhood, work, and balance. (And believe me, I know a thing or two about what works and what doesn’t—I am running a business, launching my first book this fall, raising a 5-year-old boy, and cook dinner every night for my family!)
Here’s the deal with balance: It’s unattainable. So instead of engaging in the tug of war battle between your work or your family, prioritize both side by side.
The Mystery of Mind and Spirit
Although I am not religious I have always been a very spiritual person and recently I find myself cultivating the spiritual side of myself more than ever and I know this isn’t just happening to me. The connection between mind and spirit is a strong one and when you carve out the time for either of the two, the other is directly impacted in many ways, which makes me wonder….
Is my genius development work actually making me more spiritual or is my spiritual growth activating my genius? I’m not sure, but I do know that the connection between the two is surprisingly powerful, present and accessible to anyone.
On Your Next Business Trip, Pack a Tent
This week I received an exciting email from a young professional who I had the pleasure of meeting during one of my Practical Genius talks. Inspired by my message and crusade to inspire professionals to bring their whole selves to work and to honor their personal creative talents, she wrote me to share her exciting decision to take me up on my advice on her next business trip. She was heading to San Diego on business and had decided to actually go on a photo exploration camping trip while visiting California. With little time to give notice to her friends that she was coming, she decided to pack a tent right alongside her business suit and camp out for two nights in the Redwood Forrest at the tail end of her business trip.