Do you dread getting up and going to work every day? 1. Begin focusing on what you want instead of how much you want to escape. When you find yourself sharing the latest horror story, stop in mid-sentence and say, “What I want to have is…” 2. Create an image that describes you in your […]
Career Advice and Opinions
Work-Life Balance: Realistic?
Recently I came across someone else’s blog post on the topic of life balance. The author emphasized the need to be sure all areas of your life are working, using the analogy of a car: if one part of the car isn’t working, eventually the whole car dies. For instance, you’ll soon be having problems […]
Age Discrimination? Not this time.
Yesterday’s New York Times included its popular section, The Workologist. This time the Workologist tackles a reader’s question that appear age-related. It’s not. Read the original here. I have long been passionate about age-discrimination. I can sniff it out like an energetic bloodhound. But I also believe we need to stop defining ourselves by age. […]
Making Changes, One Step At A Time
I’ve been working out for a long time – most of my adult life. In fact, most people who meet me today assume I was a tomboy as a child. Today it’s rare to hear words like “tomboy.” Girls who play sports are athletically inclined, just like boys who play sports. But that doesn’t matter because, […]
Your LinkedIn Profile: Be a human being!
A really good article from Forbes – click here for more. Excerpt: “If you write your LinkedIn profile in the language I call Corporate Speak Zombie language, you’re going to sound like every other battle drone in the Empire’s battalion. You won’t sound like yourself.” I don’t agree with all the examples – for instance, […]
Career Strategy: Getting Interviewed to Get Ahead
Some time ago I volunteered to organize an ezine for one of my alumni groups. I was the only group member who’s edited newsletters and I know how powerfully they can build loyalty and motivate membership. Immediately I ran into the biggest challenge of editing a newsletter. It’s not coming up with ideas. Not meeting deadlines. Not […]