by Taslim Jaffer | Jun 20, 2014 | Giving Back
Show of hands here: how many of you are entrepreneurs? And how many of you want to see your business thrive? There are several factors that allow a business to do well. Some of these can be gleaned from courses you take in business school but most of the savvy-ness...
by Taslim Jaffer | Jun 13, 2014 | Giving Back
As a parent, I have learned a lot about stuff. The stuff that fills up a home when you are not looking. Stuff that needs batteries or repair or upgrading or accessories. And I’m not a fan of it. The accumulation of physical objects drives me crazy. Some of it is...
by Taslim Jaffer | Jun 11, 2014 | Giving Back
There is this big push out there to live an authentic life. We hear it everywhere – be who you are, be true to yourself, just be you…and there is certainly no shortage of memes travelling around the internet, hoping to inspire you to do just that. But what...
by Taslim Jaffer | May 5, 2014 | Giving Back
As a blogger, opening my email can sometimes be surprising. I think it’s great when PR companies reach out to bloggers to be ambassadors for brands or special events – and when a newsworthy item comes along that totally aligns with my blog, I am more than...
by Taslim Jaffer | Apr 18, 2014 | Giving Back
I remember the jingle and the commercials; a boy dialing the number in a payphone 1-800-668-6868. (You have the tune in your head now, right?) The message I got from the ad as a child was that there was always someone to turn to for any kind of help, a non-judgemental...
by Taslim Jaffer | Nov 6, 2013 | Giving Back
Along this Let ME Out!! journey I have remembered several things that are so ME they feel like home. Here’s what comes naturally to me and makes my spirit so happy: promoting small businesses, particularly those of artists and artisans raising awareness and...