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My Ask: Support The Future

May 15, 2013by Val Leave a comment

Last week the Seattle Girls School held their annual luncheon.  680 people RSVP’d and while I know we didn’t fill every seat, we ended up with about 600 parents, alumni, […]

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education, leadership, Middle school, women, Work

What motivates us to work?

April 25, 2013by Val Leave a comment

From TED: What motivates us to work? Contrary to conventional wisdom, it isn’t just money. But it’s not exactly joy either. It seems that most of us thrive by making […]

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Business Plan for My LIfe

February 18, 2013by Val 1 Comment

I’ve been working these past two weeks on a business plan for my division at work.  We are asking for new investment on some cool stuff we want to do.  […]

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leadership, personal, women, Work
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Happy Birthday Mrs. Leakey

February 5, 2013by Val Leave a comment

Mary Douglas Nicol was born 100 years ago on February 6, 1913, in London, England to Erskine Edward Nicol and Cecilia Marion (Frere) Nicol.  She was expelled from two Catholic Schools and was […]

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Anthropology, Community, education, Famous Women, Politics, women, Work
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The Happiness Advantage…SGS Style | Seattle Girls’ School Blog

January 31, 2013by Val Leave a comment

Sally’s Corner – Insights from Our Dean of Faculty – The Happiness Advantage…SGS Style | Seattle Girls’ School Blog.

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Books, education, hope, Work

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Do a little more of that work which you have sometimes confessed to be good, which you feel that society and your justest judge rightly demands of you. Do what you reprove yourself for not doing. Know that you are neither satisfied nor dissatisfied with yourself without reason. Let me say to you and to myself in one breath, Cultivate the tree which you have found to bear fruit in your soil. - Henry David Thoreau

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