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How to Buy a House While Your Husband is in Prison

Buying a house was the impossible dream for me when Ron went to prison. I was convinced that I would never be able to achieve the prestigious label of “homeowner.” I know some people CHOOSE to rent instead of buying a house, but I did not have a choice. I didn’t have the income, nor…

August 12, 20190Comments

Bycatherine@theridgeproject.com

Leadership Prison

10 Tips to getting a Job with a Felony

You might have heard that you won’t be able to get a job if you have a felony. Ridiculous! Of course you can find a job with felony! Your path to employment will be a little different than others, but there are many, many, many jobs available to you. You just have to know what…

December 11, 20180Comments

Bycatherine@theridgeproject.com

Family Leadership

How to connect your son with positive role models

Research tells us that sons need a father in their lives. The negative effects of father absence include a whole host of terrible outcomes for young boys. Just hearing these statistics causes fear to rise up inside of us. We know all too well that our sons are growing up without their fathers. I sat in…

October 25, 20180Comments

Bycatherine@theridgeproject.com

Family Leadership

Its All Who You Know

We have all heard the saying, “It isn’t what you know; it is who you know.” If you are like me, you imagined people connected to powerful politicians, wealthy individuals, and business owners having it easy because they knew somebody. I have learned what is true and what is not true about that picture! It is…

June 22, 20180Comments

Bycatherine@theridgeproject.com

Family Leadership

Leadership Intelligence

If you are like me, you have been hearing a lot about leadership and what it takes to be a great leader– integrity, hard work, fairness, consistency, courage. The list goes on. All those things are true. There are a lot of skills you must learn and practice to become a great leader. And I…

June 20, 20180Comments

Bycatherine@theridgeproject.com

Family Leadership

Do it

There are three basic types of people: Doers, Thinkers, and Talkers. tyro blog - do it A Doer is someone who does what they say they will do Their life is full of action. You can watch them tackle any project they take on. If they say something, you can be confident that it will happen.…

June 18, 20180Comments

Bycatherine@theridgeproject.com

Leadership

Coaching Your Team

The world revolves around productivity. Everything we do today relies on processes. You can’t order a burger, buy a t-shirt, or buy groceries without a workflow in place. The most productive and, often, the most profitable companies recognize the value of creating a healthy workforce and enabling new employees to quickly adapt to the…

May 30, 20180Comments

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Family Leadership

BREAK Time

BREAK Time I am back! Well, I am hoping you missed me while I was gone from my regular blogging for a couple of months :) While I was “off the radar,” I spent a lot of time investing in the growth of both my agency and my family. Now, my season of events, proposals, and trips is…

May 24, 20180Comments

Bycatherine@theridgeproject.com

Leadership

How to Have a Positive Attitude

How to Have a Positive Attitude Two ways to be less critical and more positive As a leader, or someone who finds it easy to jump into projects without much direction, it can be frustrating to have to answer (what feels like) a million questions. The same holds true for a…

May 22, 20180Comments

ByBrandon.tijerina@theridgeproject.com

Leadership

Its time to Spring clean your business

It never fails. Every year, when it comes to Spring cleaning, I put it off as long as possible. This bad habit is not because I don’t enjoy the reward of having a fresh, clean house to kick-off a new season, I just don’t want to go through all my stuff. A clean house is…

May 8, 20180Comments

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