Columbia Women in Business Conference - 2008

Attended the CWIB Conference at Columbia today, it's so nice to be back in school. Snow was at, at least 5 inches when I left the house and how I had almost, just almost decided not to go. I am so glad I did! Keynote speaker was Andrea Jung, Chairman and CEO of Avon, what an amazingly inspirational speaker. She talked about the key qualities of leadership:

1. Passion
2. Compassion
3. Courage
4. Humility
5. Pride
6. Perservereance
7. Pride
8. Purpose

The one hour talk just sped by Andrea was inspirational, sincere and just so amazingly down to earth. It made me want to work at Avon! At the end, she showed a video of the Avon breast cancer walk and their fight to find a cure. I was an inch to tears, but seeing that it was a professional environment, fought it back. I am so glad I went...the goody bag was full of great stuff too! :)

Gull's Cove

After brunch yesterday, we visited Andrej's new studio in Gull's Cove! The first of our four friends to close on the new apartment, everyone was very excited to go see what the inside of this mysterious building looks like. Overall, it looks great! Giant windows, very classy hard wood floors, new appliances, a giant kitchen counter top, all very posh. The kitchen is a bit big for the unit, but hey...overall, great. Congrats to Andrej!

I can't wait for the joint housewarming event!