Tag: career coach
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7 Signs that It’s Time to Change Jobs
When I started my career, I had the belief (instilled by my parents and what worked in their generation) that you stay with a company for the long-haul. Of course, that has changed dramatically, and hiring managers don’t negatively view a resume with multiple companies. (However, it’s still a bit suspicious if someone only stays…
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Take Charge of Your Thoughts
Our brains can be one of our biggest assets in helping us achieve amazing feats and seemingly impossible goals…or they can be our biggest liability in keeping us small, low and stuck. I’m not sure when I became more aware of my thoughts, but it’s been a huge revelation for me in changing my life…
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Finding Your Focus for 2014
I like the opportunity of a new year. It is ripe for fresh starts, and the turn of the calendar reminds me of a clean slate to begin anew. Perhaps it’s because I work in the self-help arena, but I have been bombarded with marketing messages to join new programs that promise to fix me.…
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Changing Habits
Sometimes we make changes to our habits because we have to: we are faced with something so big that it’s obvious that we cannot continue to do things the way we’ve always done them. I’ve seen people make huge changes when faced with a serious diagnosis, an impending new addition to the family, or a…
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I’m not Fine (And You Might Not Be Either)
“Hi! How are you?” “I’m fine. And you?” “Fine. Nice seeing you!” How many times do we have this type of conversation with people in our lives? It is appallingly shallow and so common and pervasive that it seems normal. But does that make it right? I recently learned this quote from Thomas Payne: “A…
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Let Go
This quote came to mind for me today, as I’m consistently and repeatedly being asked to let go: Some of the things I’m being asked to let go of are easier than others. For example, letting go of a career a couple years ago that never really felt like it was a good fit was…
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6 Tips for Doing Stuff You Don’t Like (But Need to Do)
This week, I’ve been doing a lot of things that aren’t particularly pleasant but that must be done. Some of these are work-related, and some are personal. Some are things I’ve been putting off for YEARS. I didn’t plan on packing them all into one week….it just happened. But I decided when I woke on…
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What Are You Missing?
It’s minutes before the meeting, and you are frantically searching for the report you KNOW is on your desk. You go through the piles and files and finally decide to print another one. Running down to the printer, you see it’s jammed and several people are in queue in front of you – you’re not…
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In Dealings with Others, Be Smarter than Your Brain
I’m fascinated by how the brain works. Until we can watch our thoughts, and even after we know to do that, our stories or our inner dialogue drive so much of our experience and our behavior. It’s no wonder we get stuck in the same patterns month after month, year after year. Our brains, particularly…
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5 Tips on Working Location Independent
For the past few years, I’ve been working out of my home, or wherever I may be travelling, and have been able to continue to build my coaching business and work on consulting projects to keep a steady income flowing. This has been very helpful this year especially, as I’ve had two interstate moves taking…