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Love Mondays Again
When you’re going through a rough patch at work, it can be tempting to doubt your entire career. One bad day leads to another, and before you know it, you’re regretting leaving med school for the marketing job that you’ve enjoyed for years. Before you start to panic, ask yourself these three questions to assess job satisfaction. …
I like January. It’s a time for dreamers. There’s a whole bunch of you who will try to change careers this year, and to you I say, go for it! You’ve made a pact with yourself. You want to like Mondays again. You want to do what you’re meant to do in this world, whatever that …
Why do you work? Such a simple question borders on annoying, and yet so many people struggle to answer it completely for themselves. Many of my clients feel pushed to the brink. They can’t fit in a phone call to a friend, let alone a job hunt. They’re working too hard. Craig Lambert, in his …
Ahhh, Monday career tip, on a Thursday. Eh, a few days late, but it’s never a bad day to talk about taboos. Solving our career problems often involves talking about taboo subjects. Money, divorce, dreams, failures. I have yet to ask a client about the salary they want and have an answer roll off their …
© sherrie smith | Dreamstime Stock Photos Considering a new career often comes with the question, how much will training cost? In past years, that could mean tens of thousands for a master’s degree or even a hot certificate program. But good news! Education is going nano, Newsweek reports. Udacity, a four-year-old startup run by the former Google …
Have you had the kind of day where everyone stressed you out and you’d like to let them know why? This handy graphic, shareable in the usual ways, can clue in your coworkers and friends. As you can see on my type summary to the left, there are all kinds of ways of freaking me out. …
I’m reading Are You Fully Charged? by Tom Rath, of StrengthsFinder 2.0 fame. It’s a good title. The answer, of course, is no. I’m not fully charged. Who is, these days? I was annoyed at the size of the book, too. Under my breath I dared Rath to explain it all in the 160 pages …
You want to make a change in your life. You’ve got some ideas, or maybe you’ve just had it with your present job and need a change. How do you start to feel better \? You need to feel like you’re taking control. Time and again, I see clients feel better when they start to …
My car broke down this week, and the mechanic says the engine is shot. Since then I’ve started hunting for a new car, and I’ve been working through the usual questions. Do I go with the brand that failed me? Do I find another brand? And within that brand, what model do I choose? As I shop …
