Diversifying Leadership

Diversifying Leadership

I’ve always been in the training and development sector in the IT, Leadership, Human Resources and Business sectors. In today’s times, Training & Development has many challenges due to economic strains. However, as  Women Leaders, we have to learn to be flexible in our business approaches. Thus, be open to new markets, new ideas and Read More

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Pay Yourself First!

Pay Yourself First

  Too many people spend money they haven’t earned, to buy things they don’t want, to impress people that they don’t like.”— Will Rogers If you live for having it all, what you have will never be enough. Christmas and New Year’ Eve  are around the corner. The malls are decked out, with  fantastic slogans Read More

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Maysoon Sleiman – Founder & Managing Partner @ The Sage Parlour

Founder @ The Sage Parlour

Maysoon Sleiman, Founder & Managing Partner of The Sage Parlour Maysoon Sleiman graduated with a BS in Management Information Systems, and a minor in Marketing. Throughout her 4.5 years tenure in advertising her portfolio of brands managed where she was focused on the Luxury & Retail Fashion category with the exception of Corporate Banking, Telecom, Cultural & Art Read More

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Why Do We Give Gifts During Holidays?

Holiday Gift-Giving

Does it not seem like the emphasis today is more on receiving than giving? Don’t you feel like there are more demands and requests than offerings? It is almost as if there is an “expectation” of parents to increase and improve and add more every year in terms of quality and quantity and cost of Read More

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My Paintbrush Forgot How to Paint

  My fingertips stroke the letters on the keyboard as my mind wanders into a million burning suns that once provided light: what have we come to? Politics was never a thing of interest for many reasons, chief amongst them is that reality never appealed to me. I’d rather paint pictures and recreate memories with Read More

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Travel Without Travel With Caravansarie

Travel without travel

Caravansarie hosts pop up travel/culture themed events and workshops with casual fine dining and entertainment in nature, heritage sites, private venues and alternative spaces. The concept is to “Travel Without Travel”, where the culture, venue, cuisine, drinks, music, art, talent, and mindset of different regions of the world visit you. The name Caravansarie is derived Read More

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Hania Raad – Founder & Manager @ Caravansarie

Hania Raad

Hania Raad, Founder & Manager @ Caravansarie With an early childhood interest in drawing, writing, playing the piano, communicating, and analyzing every detail of her surroundings, Hania took to Graphic Design and Art Direction as a professional means of expressing these creative passions. Having undergone 11 curious years of experience in Beirut, Dubai, Doha, and Read More

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The Upside of Negative Emotions

The Upside of Negative Emotions

Admit it!! You try to escape, or avoid negative emotions as soon as you experience any of them, right? It is no surprise. We’re programmed to do that one way or another. It’s painful to feel depressed, ashamed, anxious, guilty, and the host of other negative emotions. To many, these emotions convey weakness. We gravitate Read More

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