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3-Minute TEDTalks Inspire in a Flash

These TED Conference video clips deliver inspiration and motivation in just three minutes.

By: Leslie Ayres, The Real Job Search Guru

July 21, 2011

Katie Couric shares 'The Best Advice I Ever Got'

Who gave you the best advice? For me, it's always been Mom ('Men should fit like comfy shoes.')

By: Pamela Cytrynbaum

April 25, 2011

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CBS Anchor Katie Couric shares 'The Best Advice I Ever Got' in her new book. Who gave you great advice? For me, it's my Mom.

Katie Couric, the CBS News anchor, just released a new book, "The Best Advice I Ever Got: Lessons From Extraordinary Lives." It's a compilation of essays, comments, poems and thoughts from super famous people sharing the advice that changed their lives.

Yep, She's Tough Enough to Wear Pink

And she's only 11

By: Cynthia Nellis

March 14, 2011

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Eleven-year-old Tacey Raulerson (left), a cancer survivor who lost her eyesight (but not her spirit) with my 8-year-old daughter, Mackensie.

Lots of women turn to seminars, books and TV to look for inspiration from other females. From now on, I'll just be turning to 11-year-old Tacey Raulerson.

Where Did That Come From?

Inspiration for characters can be as complicated as people themselves.

By: Jane Smiley

August 30, 2010

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Writers have to decide who in their lives is fair game for subject matter, and all writers decide differently. The fact is, that when you are starting out, everyone is fair game, because you don't know how to construct a character, and an easy way (as Virginia Woolf discovered when she was writing The Voyage Out) is to thinly disguise your relatives and acquaintances.

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A Muse is a Muse is a Muse

The enduring inspiration of Inès de la Fressange

By: Gerit Quealy

January 25, 2010

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We have women like 52-year-old French ex-model Inès de la Fressange to thank for pushing the collective envelope on the perception of "aging" women.

The fresh-faced, tousled haired, jeans-wearing mom of two could be one of us getting out of the car to shop for clothes with her teen and tween daughters. Except, as Karl Lagerfeld's muse at Chanel, and one of the first to sign a exclusive contract with the designer, she's probably had a slightly different career trajectory.

3-Minute TEDTalks Inspire in a Flash

These TED Conference video clips deliver inspiration and motivation in just three minutes.

By: Leslie Ayres, The Real Job Search Guru

July 21, 2011

Katie Couric shares 'The Best Advice I Ever Got'

Who gave you the best advice? For me, it's always been Mom ('Men should fit like comfy shoes.')

By: Pamela Cytrynbaum

April 25, 2011

2 Comments

Source: Getty Images

CBS Anchor Katie Couric shares 'The Best Advice I Ever Got' in her new book. Who gave you great advice? For me, it's my Mom.

Yep, She's Tough Enough to Wear Pink

And she's only 11

By: Cynthia Nellis

March 14, 2011

2 Comments

Source: Cynthia Nellis

Eleven-year-old Tacey Raulerson (left), a cancer survivor who lost her eyesight (but not her spirit) with my 8-year-old daughter, Mackensie.

Lots of women turn to seminars, books and TV to look for inspiration from other females. From now on, I'll just be turning to 11-year-old Tacey Raulerson.