The Blog of Frances Cole Jones

Best-selling Author / Corporate Speaker / Business Expert

Archive for the ‘Self-Improvement’ Category

How “Free” is Free?

As we head into the dog days of August, it can be easy to slack off a bit…think to ourselves, “I’ve been working hard. I deserve a little free time.” And that can be true. That said, when it comes to how you spend your free time I want you to begin asking yourself, “How [...]

My Bad

I’m guessing that many of you read the above title and thought this was going to be a post about my loathing for the slacker set’s faux apologetic phrase, “My bad.” Although I do, indeed, despise that phrase, this post is about something quite different: an over-investment in labeling some innocent bit of your body [...]

The Right Ways To Kick A Self-Criticism Habit

Originally published on Forbes.com. Although the concept of  “Innocent until proven guilty” is the law of the land, I find many women more than willing to judge—and convict– themselves of daily crimes of incompetence, inefficiency and general disorganization without ever hiring a defense counsel to speak on their behalf, much less consulting a jury of [...]