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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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Step 2 to Career Happiness
Some people grow up believing that they can do anything. Some people have parents that reinforce this belief. When you grow up under these conditions, you develop a very friendly perception of the world. You perceive very few limits and are attuned to identifying and leveraging resources to achieve goals. You are apt to try things […]
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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 Last 2 of 7 Methods of Overcoming Self-Limiting Beliefs
Have you taken the 7-day challenge to identify who is REALLY in control of your career decisions? Have you tried any of the first 5 methods I shared to overcome self-limiting beliefs? I would be very interested in hearing if you did, what results you found, and if you have found one that works […]
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5 of 7 Methods of Overcoming Self-Limiting Beliefs for Career Breakthrough, Part 2
Don’t be too surprised to discover that there have been deep-seeded beliefs that have been making decisions for you. This is a blessing and a curse of our brain. The most important thing to realize is if these beliefs are serving our optimal growth or inhibiting it. I shared 20 limiting beliefs that I […]
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3 of 7 Methods of Overcoming Self-Limiting Beliefs for Career Breakthrough
Last week I challenged you to find out who’s really making decisions – is it you or your subconscious belief system? If you found that like most people, including myself, somewhere in your past an event happened, and you made it mean that there are limits to how successful, happy, loved or wealthy you can […]