Emily Brown posted an article on The Career Pioneer - Nov 18, 2009, 11:00 pm
I love songs that encourages a state of mind that supersedes life’s circumstances and challenges. It’s amazing how music can alter a mood, lift spirits, and dramatically change one’s...
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Emily Brown posted an article on The Career Pioneer - Nov 6, 2009, 2:00 am
Let’s face it. Even with the unemployment rate jumping above a whopping 10 percent, as reported today, job dissatisfaction is still running rampant and folks are looking for a way out of their exist...
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Emily Brown posted an article on The Career Pioneer - Oct 28, 2009, 11:00 pm
Yesterday, I attended the funeral of Ms. Amanda Lloyd — my husband’s grandmother. As funerals would go, it began and ended with a mostly somber and reflective undertone. Even though she re...
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Emily Brown posted an article on The Career Pioneer - Oct 11, 2009, 11:00 pm
A few months ago (literally) I sat on my couch pouting about how I wanted to more aggressively pursue my writing dreams and gain greater traction in the publishing world. But then I realized (with the...
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Emily Brown posted an article on The Career Pioneer - Oct 8, 2009, 6:39 pm
I had a great conversation with a friend last weekend. We talked about some of our latest business ventures, and she shared with me how some of the people who she thought would be supportive, were in ...
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Emily Brown posted an article on The Career Pioneer - Oct 2, 2009, 3:37 pm
When I first saw the above-mentioned title of a book about “powerful new techniques to program your potential for success,” I have to admit that I was a bit of a skeptic. The book was written by S...
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Emily Brown posted an article on The Career Pioneer - Sep 27, 2009, 11:00 pm
Over the weekend, my husband and I went to the movie theater to watch the documentary The Providence Effect. The movie chronicles the journey of Paul J. Adams III, a black man with activist roots in t...
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Emily Brown posted an article on The Career Pioneer - Sep 24, 2009, 4:25 pm
These days, especially in times of economic downturn and as available jobs dry out, it seems that everybody’s only looking out for themselves. But what if we all took personal responsibility for our...
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Emily Brown posted an article on The Career Pioneer - Sep 16, 2009, 11:00 pm
Today, I received in my email inbox what was practically a cry for help. The author of the email (who will remain nameless) desperately needed some advice on whether to leave a lucrative, relatively s...
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Emily Brown posted an article on The Career Pioneer - Sep 8, 2009, 11:00 pm
If you haven’t heard the story of Dr. Randy Pausch, who received national attention when he began appearing on numerous television shows including Oprah last year, then you should especially st...
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Emily Brown posted an article on The Career Pioneer - Sep 3, 2009, 11:00 pm
Please excuse the grammatical no-no in the title. But this is a very important post (as the rest of them are.) Who has your back in your career? Who’s in your corner when you need some advice,...
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Emily Brown posted an article on The Career Pioneer - Sep 2, 2009, 11:00 pm
Did you know that chickens populate this earth more than any other type of bird, clocking in at 24 billion in the world as of 2003? It’s no wonder then that so many of us humans resemble the domesti...
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Emily Brown posted an article on The Career Pioneer - Aug 31, 2009, 11:00 pm
An elderly carpenter was ready to retire. He told his employer-contractor of his plans to leave the house building business and live a more leisurely life with his wife enjoying his extended family. H...
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Emily Brown posted an article on The Career Pioneer - Aug 26, 2009, 11:00 pm
I love watching the television show Project Runway, which airs Thursdays at 10 p.m. on the Lifetime Network. It’s a reality-based show about individuals from virtually all walks of life who are...
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Emily Brown posted an article on The Career Pioneer - Aug 25, 2009, 11:00 pm
I recently had a revelation about the importance of generating multiple streams of income — repairs to the house needed to be made, the mortgage was looming, the credit card bill mounting, and I...
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Emily Brown posted an article on The Career Pioneer - Aug 19, 2009, 11:00 pm
Do you feel stuck? In your career? In life, in general? Feeling “stuck” in your career is certainly not a good feeling. What precedes it? A number of reasons could be the underlying culpri...
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Emily Brown posted an article on The Career Pioneer - Aug 18, 2009, 11:00 pm
As I previously announced, I’m working on my first nonfiction book, which I plan to self-publish and release to the public within a matter of a few weeks. Along with the book, I plan to launch ...
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Emily Brown posted an article on The Career Pioneer - Aug 17, 2009, 11:00 pm
So yesterday I wrote about how birthdays always remind me of death and how brief our lives are here on earth. Then what was announced today? That music pop star Michael Jackson will be buried on what ...
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Emily Brown posted an article on The Career Pioneer - Aug 16, 2009, 11:00 pm
There’s nothing like a birthday, another milestone, to get you feeling depressed, anxious or excited about the future. You start thinking about all the things you have and haven’t accomp...
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Emily Brown posted an article on The Career Pioneer - Aug 13, 2009, 11:00 pm
It’s been exactly 30 days to-date that I launched The Career Pioneer blog. And I must say that it’s been an interesting, somewhat difficult, and self-revealing ride to say the least. Whe...
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Emily Brown posted an article on The Career Pioneer - Aug 12, 2009, 11:00 pm
You arrive late because you forgot to pick up your suit from the cleaners. You didn’t have a            chance to check you appearance in the bathroom before the...
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Emily Brown posted an article on The Career Pioneer - Aug 11, 2009, 11:00 pm
This week I decided to take some calculated steps to advance my career as a journalist and writer. Most recently, I felt the need to step outside my comfort zone. So, I decided to bypass opportunities...
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Emily Brown posted an article on The Career Pioneer - Aug 10, 2009, 11:00 pm
Television. Radio. Books. Internet. Work. Kids. Spouse. Friends. Mobile phones. Chat. School. Girlfriend. Boyfriend. Responsibilities galore! 

There’s no shortage of distractions i...
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