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What a Recent Trend in Careering Has to Do With My Intuition Journey
This year I have embarked on an introspective energetic and spiritual journey. My coach this year is very unlike the business coaches I have had in the past, and the program in which I am immersed will strengthen my own ability to make intuitive, powerful decisions for my business, to consult with greater wisdom, and […]
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Step 4 to Career Happiness: Allow, Accept, and Architect
When you visualize yourself in your ideal future, is there dissonance that makes you resentful, fearful, or even guilty? Does it make sense that if you experience these emotions, you are not able to fully go for it? Actually, you can, but you have to acknowledge these emotions, confront them, and overcome them first. You […]
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Step 3 to a Happy Career: Freedom!
Are the people you deem as successful really free? The answer may surprise you. Freedom, by definition, means unrestrained, able to do as one chooses. Some of the most successful people are severely accountable to many people, and while they may have power to make decisions, they have to make them under heavy constraints with […]
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Get in the Game
Was it hard to tell this Monday from any other Monday at work? Can you remember the last time you felt triumphant at work? Has it been more than three years since your last big professional growth spurt? Your answers may reveal that you have been coasting. Sometimes we need to coast, like when […]
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Dear Soon-To-Be Graduates: The Last 2 of 7 Things You May Not Want to Know, But Need To
The big day is arriving soon, dear graduates. You will be a full-fledged member of the “real world.” Some of you are ready, while others are scared to death. The difference between the two groups is outlook. The ones who are ready perceive the real world will be able to offer them more than childhood […]
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Dear Soon-To-Be Graduates: 5 of 7 Things You May Not Want to Know, But Need To, Part 2
It probably sounds a bit condescending, this, “Take it from me; this is how the world works” post. You are probably sick of that, huh? Well, don’t tune out, because this is just what I wish I knew, and if I had, I might be much further along in my mission, which would actually […]
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Dear Soon-To-Be Graduates: 3 of 7 Things You May Not Want to Know, But Need To
I went back to college this weekend. It was horrifying to discover that these girls were born the year I pledged. My sorority invited alumnae back to campus to say farewell to the house that has been ours since my senior year. It was a time to reflect on some of the most impactful […]
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The Secret to Influencing Corporate Change Revealed
Many of my clients over the past ten years have either developed thought leaders for their organization, leveraged thought leaders, or have been thought leaders themselves. It seems like common sense that if change in an organization is going to be adopted, it needs to happen from the top down, but my clients have […]
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Good News or Bad: Longer life > Longer career?
Trend alert: Employment for workers 55-74 is rising faster than any other age group. Are you alarmed or encouraged by this news? You might be alarmed if you were thinking that retirement was on the horizon. On the other hand, you could be encouraged if you already realized that retirement is years away and […]