by Marie Deveaux | May 11, 2020 | Legacy
My mother was/is a hard working immigrant. She’s an old school Boomer who believes in the value of hard work and she came from a place where Black people run stuff (big up, Jamaica). On the outset she was a great role model. And yet, the way my mother relates to... 
by Marie Deveaux | May 4, 2020 | Learn, Productivity
Now that everyone’s getting to be in touch with family on a whole new level it seems like a great opportunity to revisit the practice of the family meeting. I never really understood the idea of a family meeting growing up. My parents, both Caribbean born and... 
by Marie Deveaux | Apr 27, 2020 | Motivation and Mindset
Everyone knows I’m a huge fan of activating our B-MES (bee-mes) in order to keep yourself grounded. Not just as business owners and entrepreneurs, but as human beings with natural needs in the world. And in an earlier post this year I talked about the need to... 
by Marie Deveaux | Apr 20, 2020 | Learn, Motivation and Mindset
Admin Professionals Day was a holiday that I think was originally developed in order to recognize secretaries and people who help businesses stay afloat. As someone who worked for years in Operations I know that no one recognizes the admin until things go wrong. The... 
by Marie Deveaux | Apr 7, 2020 | Motivation and Mindset, Productivity
It’s time to rethink the way we were doing things and start coming up with innovative solutions. I’ve heard the expression that desperate times call for desperate measures. But what if unusual times call for unusual measures? It’s interesting that in... 
