A Healthy Career is a phrase I’ve been using for over a decade to describe the blending of professional and personal success. To be more specific, you’re in a healthy career when you’re happily engaged in your work; in a career that provides you with ample opportunities for continued growth; empowerment and balance; and you use those […]
Archive | November, 2016
The Year of a Mindful Career: Pull Back the Career Lens
When you pull back the lens and look at something from a distance, you gain clarity and a broader perspective. Mindfulness invites you to do so, without judgment of your thoughts and feelings. The same thing happens when you pull back the career lens. You see things from different angles. What’s working? Where are the […]
The Year of a Mindful Career: Reducing Work Pain
I’m not a doctor, nor will I pretend to be one for this blog. But, I do understand the benefits of a mindfulness practice when it comes to reducing physical and emotional pain. It’s interesting how much Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction has conquered over the last few decades and what we are learning from the […]
Don’t Sweat the Resume
An executive client of mine confessed he was “sweating” the resume. When prodded further, he explained that no matter how much we are using the resume as a creative worksheet for career advancement along with a necessary tool for career transition, he was sweating the idea of producing one. To him, the way we were […]
Career Happiness isn’t a Pipe Dream
Okay, promising career happiness is a bold move on my part. For one reason, I can’t wave a magic wand and all of a sudden your workspace is transformed into a Disney setting complete with all the trimmings. Nor can I do the work required, or formulate the necessary behaviors that help cultivate career happiness […]
Career Advancement Requires Saying “No”
By kim on November 22, 2016 in A Healthy Career, Blog, Million Dollar Career, Resume, CV & Salary, Uncategorized
For those who are seriously interested in advancing their careers, there is one required skill that needs to be mastered—the art of saying “no.” Saying “no” doesn’t mean that you are letting things slip through your fingers, but rather that you are concentrating on what’s really important right now as well as what’s a valuable […]
The Year of a Mindful Career: Redirect Your Wandering Mind (and Career)
I often hear people lament about not having a career plan. As your goal-focused coach, I’m here to tell you that’s okay. Yup. It’s okay to wander down a path towards the unknown then gently redirect your steps as you go. This is a mindfulness career journey. Of course, you should have a career purpose […]
The Year of a Mindful Career: The Past Is In The Past
Learning mindfulness practices helps you train your brain to focus on the present. When you let go of past hurts and disappointments you are more likely to have future successes. Still, we can let these past experiences hinder our careers. The past is in the past. Learn to embrace the present. When you do, whether […]
The Year of a Mindful Career: Three Mindful Ways to Start Your Day
Before you jump out of bed and check your phone, take a few mindful minutes to start your day off right. Breathe deeply and go internal. Do a body scan and explore how you’re feeling and what your body is telling you. Then take some time to quietly concentrate on the healing process. Whether you […]
The Year of a Mindful Career: Steal Away And Advance Your Career
Did Robert Frost practice mindfulness? I wonder. His internal musings below are magical comparisons to a modern career-advancing journey. I should not be withheld but that some day Into their vastness I should steal away, Fearless of ever finding open land, Or highway where the slow wheel pours the sand. #### They would not […]