Tweet. Text. Emoji. We don’t even have to pick up the phone anymore. So why is it so difficult for everyone to return messages, follow up or follow through? One thing that probably makes the biggest impact on career advancement is following through. This can mean many things, but in career language, it’s all about effort—touching base […]
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Year of a Mindful Career: Complaining Catharsis
It feels good to vent. Get things off your chest and blow off some steam. No one is an exception when it comes to complaining. But how and where are you venting? Is it too much? Too often? Are you building a reputation as a complainer? I’ve learned over the years to rely only on […]
Is Parenthood Holding You Back from a Big Career Change?
This is a common pressure for all parents. As a professional, you need change in your career. Or perhaps you want to go for a new job entirely. Maybe you’re itching to walk into your boss’s office and demand a raise. BUT the pressures of parenthood have put this on hold. Worrying about risk and […]
Year of a Mindful Career: Three Rules for Stress Reduction
You know what I’m going to say here—we need to find ways to cut stress from our careers. We also need to cultivate ways to manage it when it does come our way. I’m the queen of stress. When I don’t have it, I find a way to get it. (Thanks Mom and Dad—just kidding. […]
Are You Working With a Manipulator?
Oh, good golly. Why do we have to play head games? I’ll tell you why—FEAR! Fear makes us do the craziest things to get back to a comfortable state. For those who’ve heard me speak, you know I address the “fear” fault a lot because we’re human and it holds us back and causes us […]
Year of a Mindful Career: A Health Promise
We all set resolutions for the New Year and certainly “health” is the biggest one of all. What’s your health promise this year? Please pull out your journal and write down your health promise that you’re making to yourself. And I know you don’t break promises (wink). Neither do I (wink, wink). But we are […]
Year of a Mindful Career: Being
One of the hardest things to do is just “be.” Rather than working, chatting, texting, tweeting, watching and dashing all over the place, try a little being. I took this challenge to heart and tried to sit quietly (not in meditation) but just enjoying my surroundings and looked out the window at nature. How did […]
Are You Successful AND Lonely?
It can be lonely at the top. Did you know that oftentimes loneliness occurs when you’re not alone? Too often, lonely people are those who are always in a crowd of others. They may be successful, sitting atop the ivory tower, always busily scurrying around, or that social butterfly chatting away at a party. Loneliness […]
Year of a Mindful Career: Blame—Put a Pin in It!
“The enemy of art is the absence of limitations.” – Orson Welles. For those who have attended any of my trainings, you know that I joke about blaming snow for all of my problems. Though it’s partially in jest, I really do blame it for many of my issues and fears. But over the past […]
Year of a Mindful Career: Emails Can Wait
Focus is the most important thing we can do on our mindfulness journey. If one minute can stretch to five, then five can certainly stretch to fifteen and so on. Whether this includes concentrating on your breathe in meditation, a discussion with a friend or learning something new in a professional development program, focus is […]