by Manisha Thakor | Sep 13, 2011 | All Posts, Book Review, Earn, Reflect
When was the last time you couldn’t put down a book? For me it was reading Gabrielle Bernstein’s latest work, aptly titled Spirit Junkie. The book chronicles Gabrielle’s personal journey from spiritually confused party girl to radically transformed...
by Manisha Thakor | Apr 25, 2011 | All Posts, Book Review, Earn, Reflect, Save, Spend
What would happen if you pared your life down to the essentials? It’s been a while since my last blog post. Truth be told, I’ve been frozen like a deer in headlights. It felt like everything there was to say about personal finance had already been...
by Manisha Thakor | Feb 1, 2011 | All Posts, Book Review, Earn, Give, Spend
Do your children think you are a walking ATM? If you are tired of “must-have-that-toy-right-now” tantrums as you walk down the aisles of Target or Toys “R” Us, go straight to your nearest bookstore and buy Alisa T. Weinstein’s new book, Earn It,...
by Manisha Thakor | Dec 28, 2010 | All Posts, Book Review, Earn
Do you have enough money? Last week I wrote about the high cost to women of not speaking up for ourselves financially in the workplace. One statistic from that piece keeps floatingthrough my head like the Goodyear blimp: Women who consistently negotiate their...
by Manisha Thakor | Oct 18, 2010 | All Posts, Book Review, Reflect
Do You Want To Change The World? My friend Courtney Martin has just written a wonderful book, DO IT ANYWAY, profiling 8 activists who are striving to do just that. I must confess… as someone who is in that awkward career stage – having left the financial...
by Manisha Thakor | Oct 11, 2010 | All Posts, Book Review, Earn, Reflect
For every man who receives a bachelor’s degree this year, three women will do the same. Yet there is still a 20% pay gap between men and women, and women represent only 3% of Fortune 500 CEOs. What’s wrong with this picture? In her fantastic new book NO EXCUSES...
