Scary title, Huh? Those of you who know me know I have a helping spirit. There is nothing wrong with that and the world benefits from people who do. But you can take anything to an extreme. Every once in awhile I have to remember that every problem out there isn’t there for Julie (if…
Category Archives: Organization
Plan Ahead or Prepare to Fail
Job Stickiness #5 a series to help you keep jobs or tips to make you sticky in the next one. The challenge was the bathtub drain, a reoccurring problem related to many factors: the normal hair, soap, and dirt that build up over time. A house perpetually under construction means more drywall dust and other debris …
Organization & Job Stickiness: The Colored Pen To-Do List
Job Stickiness – #2 - a series that can help us keep jobs or tips to make us stick in the next one. What do colored pens have to do with Job Stickiness? The previous Job Stickiness post talked about Maximizing Your Energy Levels, how finding what your best times to work (and sleep) can make…
Are you sitting on the sidelines?
In yesterday’s post, Use It for Good – the Haiti Connection, I explained how Haiti’s earthquake became personal when I read a post from Jaclyn at church asking for prayer. Suddenly I understood that the international students who were and are part of my worship came from Haiti. When I talked to Jaclyn, I told…
Don’t Apologize!
Don’t get the wrong idea! I’m not suggesting that you should never apologize to people for your actions. I’m talking about another kind of apology. One that I hear from clients all the time. “I know I should be able to do this myself.” Let me know if this crosses into other fields but I…
Business Advice from Fiction and Mom
My mom has always loved to read. She’s 82 now and is still buying books and reading every day. When my sons were younger, they used to laugh because it would be 90 degrees outside and they would say, “There’s Gramma, still in the hot house, sitting in the hot kitchen, drinking hot tea, and…
A Christmas Tradition, Clam Chowder – Step-by-step
Our family has always liked New England style clam chowder. We have used various recipes over time but recently we adapted one that we originally found on Recipezaar, created by Derf, her version, Recipe #14134. We liked this recipe originally because it has lots and lots of clams. In our house, rarely does a recipe…
I can't help helping
Random thoughts today: I had coffee with a friend today and we shared heart concerns. Then I ran up to church and I fixed the direct debit and offered some other gifts if needed. I can feel it in my heart when I am doing something right. I read somewhere that when you get touched…
LinkedIn or LinkedOut
In December, I detailed how I started with LinkedIn, since then my LI community has grown and I periodically take time to see what is happening with my contacts. As a career professional, I value the way social networking enables people to understand networking in general. When I am speaking with my clients, I often…
Making Excuses
I am so good at making excuses. It is not that I really put off work and anyone who knows me knows I have too much on my plate, fail to delegate, and often take the hard way to get something done. Not always, but too many times. If you read backwards in my blog,…
