Derek Sivers the creator of CD Baby shared this advice and I took it. Most everyone I know has a dream, an item on their bucket list–something they want to accomplish, but they just don’t know where to start or what to do next. I liked Derek Sivers advice: Start to work backwards. Contact someone
February 27, 2017 I had been working with Executive Steve for about a month and he was having a difficult time realizing how his behaviors and emotions were keeping him from progressing in his career and personal life. (How his wife lived with him was beyond me!) The company he worked for was paying me
February 22, 2017 There are different ways we can make money. Since the vast majority of us earn our income from a job, one of the best ways to make more money is to get a higher salary. There are three main paths to getting a higher salary. Improve your skills at work, be great
I think it’s fun to be human, but it seems lately I run into humans who aren’t enjoying it. While waiting in line at 7-11 today I witnessed a human get angry when his lottery scratch off card didn’t win him millions. His vocabulary burned its way from one of my ears right through to the
Be careful using corporate jargon and business speak. People never talk like that once they leave the office. When I hear an especially “fluent” corporate jargon speaker I imagine them at the dinner table talking to their kids: “Don’t drink the Kool-Aide at school, I am empowering you to make your own decisions when it comes to
If you grew up in the 70’s you will remember when your TV or radio would beep and a deep voiced announcer would say, “This is only a test. This is only a test of the emergency broadcast system.” Every time it happened I was sure Russia was bombing us. (I was taught that in grade school!) Remember
Nothing is ever truly in balance—just ask any PhD in Quantum physics. So if the earth and the universe are constantly changing and in motion, why do we expect that we can create a life that has balance? We can’t. But don’t worry; we CAN learn to live differently. In 2017, I have decided to
In 2017 let’s do it differently than we have in the past. I used to write lots of resolutions on New Years Eve and after 20 years and 2 PhD’s I realize that I had it all wrong. I already have enough. You already have enough. You are starting 2017 with plenty to make you
You Don’t Have to Wait for Your Dream Career to Be Happy “The grass is always greener where you water it.” —Unknown “Success is liking what you do and liking how you do it.” —Maya Angelou One of the first questions I ask my clients is, “If you could have any job, what would
Work is busy and you are barely keeping up with the heavy demands and upcoming deadlines. Your boss steps into your office asking for a “quick minute” to ask you a question. “Would you be able to take on an extra project? It is important to the department and everyone else is too busy.
