Editor’s Note: We will be featuring profiles from the 2012 CableFAX Most Powerful Women in Cable issue. Here are some words of wisdom from our Showtime’s Gwen Marcus. Go here to read the issue in its entirety.

Gwen Marcus

EVP/General Counsel
Showtime Networks
 
On juggling busy days: “I am the queen of Post-It notes. I have them everywhere—on my desk, on my computer and of course my night table—so when I’m inspired to compose to-do lists in the middle of the night, I am ready.”
 
A quick mid-day re-energizer: “Besides my Post-It notes addiction, I am a major consumer of Tea’s Tea, which is full of antioxidants and amino acids, but zero calories. An added bonus: the inspiring Haikus that appear on the bottles, written by other Tea’s Tea drinkers.”

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