Although I still consider myself a novice when it comes to parenting, I’ve grown in many areas of my life during the three short years we have been parents. So far, here’s what I’ve learned about a career from having children.
A Review: Read This Before Our Next Meeting
Admittedly, it was hard to get fired up about a book focused on meetings. After all, meetings are the bane of corporate existence right?
However, this book was released by The Domino Project, so that was my first clue
Why We Need You To Do Work You Love
There is an epidemic that has plagued our land for far too long. It’s a silent killer and the majority don’t realize it’s curable. The culprit?
Doing non-creative work you don’t enjoy.
The One Idea That Will Change How You View Your Career
What if retirement were completely different?
What if retirement as we know it didn’t exist?
Would you do anything differently?
Music to Work By: Shad
Do you like to listen to music when you work? I do. It helps me to be more creative and enjoy myself. I have my favorites but I especially enjoy being introduced to new music. However, there are so many artists out there its difficult to pay attention to them all and still enjoy the old stand bys. So I want to introduce a new segment to the blog called “Music to Work By”.
5 Essential Steps to Landing Your Dream Job
The best way to open this post would be to have a meaningful story about how my ebook 5 Essential Steps to Landing Your Dream Job was inspired by the night I couldn’t sleep so I watched the J.K. Rowling episode on the Biography channel where she goes back to the apartment where she lived pre Harry Potter and breaks down in tears as she ponders how far she has come.
5 Ways To Know It’s Time For a Career Change
Last week I bought a new pair of shoes. I bought the same brand of shoes three years ago and I loved them so I was excited to get a brand new pair. Everything was going well on the first day I wore them. A little stiff here, breaking them in there, the usual with new shoes. However, at some point during the day I noticed some significant discomfort on the top part of my foot. I just chalked it up to the break in period of new shoes so I
How To Deal With a Boss From a Different Generation
I once knew of someone whose boss had them print out all his emails. Then the boss would hand write responses on the hard copy email. After that she had to respond to each of the emails with what the boss had written down on the hard copy. Wow. Painful to say the least. That is a pretty extreme case, but what do you do when your boss doesn’t appreciate…
How Throwing Up May Be Good For Your Career
Recently I had an exchange with someone that went like this.
“How was your fifty mile run?’
“It went really well. After I finished the run I threw up for three hours. It was great!”
It was great? I thought about that statement for a couple of days afterward. Here was a seemingly lucid man…
How to Escape Your Career Coal Mine
In southern West Virginia during the late 19th and early 20th century there was really only one good option for work. The coal mine. The coal mine meant hard work, black lung, and a steady pay check. If your granddad worked there, your dad worked there, and guess what? You were going to work there too. Seemingly there weren’t a lot of choices. In times past children were expected…