EDITORIAL Karen Birch
At the3rdi we have a passion and total commitment to delivering the highest quality magazine.

We are dedicated to producing a content-driven journal that adds value in as many ways as possible to our readers and reflects the broad spectrum of experiences of working women.

We are an ethically-driven team of professionals with the united goal of passing on our knowledge, experience and wisdom so that readers can benefit and make their own business and private lives as rewarding as possible.
One of the key aims of the magazine is to to encourage a positive work/life balance and to set the world of work in a wider setting. We feel that it is important that wealth is created, and our feature writers share their experience in helping you realise your own personal wealth targets, and also used creatively within society. As Jane Kenyon says in her article this month - create wealth and do something with it! As part of our committment to this process we have made our own promise to support selected charities by donating 10% of subscription and advertising revenue.

This month we are taking an extra step as, with your support, we want to raise £2,000 for the Breast Cancer Campaign. You can read more about the Wear It Pink campaign in the magazine but essentially all new subscriptions made between 5th and 11th October 2009 will be given in full to the charity. If you subscribe at £2.00 per month we will donate £2.00 - if you subscribe for the full year we will donate the full £18.00…it's a simple as that! So if you haven't yet subscribed please do so now and help us to help the charity in their support of the vital research into the causes and treatment of breast cancer.

And we will be supporting Di Kolomeicuc as she trains for and takes part in the Women for Women Cycle Across China....so watch this space.

We also want to inspire you; to help you realise your dreams, whatever they may be. We believe passionately that we all have a story to tell and that by sharing life experiences we can help each other reach our goals. We have inspirational personal stories from women in all areas of work. Not everyone can be an Anita Roddick...but if that is your aim we have a a fantastic group of feature writers and guest coaches to share their tips and tactics for business success and wealth creation. And we have stories from some amazing women doing amazing jobs...teaching yoga in a high security prison, for example, as success is not only measured in monetary terms.

And our independence is important. We are not tied to suppliers, agencies, products or corporations. We are free-thinkers. We have nothing to sell and nothing to hide. Our independence gives us the freedom to think and act freely. Our aim is that you will be inspired to do the same. We have created our own identity and aim to help you to create yours. We hope that you enjoy reading the magazine and that if you support our aims and objectives you will join us and we can grow together.

Karen x





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