Favorite “real” job: Working as a reporter for The Florida Times-Union in Jacksonville, right after college. All the editors had just been promoted and weren’t embroiled in nasty power struggles.
Worst job: Food runner in the college cafeteria. That lasted for two weeks.
Favorite television shows: The Office and Big Love
Favorite place to visit: Any beach
Favorite way to travel: Bicycle
Favorite way to spend a Saturday: Kayaking
Greatest mentor: My mother, who suffered a paralyzing stroke at age 66 and fought so hard to live a great life. She is still alive at age 82, with Alzheimer’s.
Best part of my job: Writing and speaking.
Part of my job that takes the most time: Marketing. That’s 90 percent of it.
Worst part of my job: Too many e-mails. Hundreds and hundreds of e-mails every day
Favorite interviewee: People always Can’t say. I’d never get another one.
What I like to read in the sauna: US Magazine (I am very highbrow)
My life at home: I can’t cook and rarely try. Plus, I am messy. Call before coming over.
Animals: Too many. Two dogs. Three cats. The cats were not planned.
Children: None.
Politics: It’s pretty obvious.
Favorite movies: Shirley Valentine, Thelma and Louise and The Sound of Music
General mood: Always optimistic. Usually happy. Forever grateful.
Favorite place to live: Where I live right now. Clearwater, Florida.
Hometown: Flint, Michigan
Spirituality: Always.
Work and life balance is our greatest challenge. You can love the business, but the business won't love you back. These days, we are asked to do more at work while balancing even greater stresses at home. Everybody's work life balance is way out of whack, and speaker Fawn Germer can help -- big time.
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Betty's Story
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