My resume and career marketing clients often have one thing in common. The latest one to book an appointment this morning said the same thing, “I want to be at the top of my game.” All of them have been at the top of their game. In fact, they have been game changers. The Key…
A standing joke in our family is that I “waffle” whenever we go out to eat. Unlike the picture above, it doesn’t mean I actually want to eat “waffles.” I pick three or four items from the menu and “waffle” back and forth until the waiter comes back because everyone else at the table is…
Seems like 2010 had more tumultuous weather than any recent year I remember. Perhaps it is because I know so many more people throughout the world and pay more attention. I know our city, Wausau in Central Wisconsin, has had unusual weather all year. We were in drought phase for the past 7 years. It…
At our monthly Christian Business Leaders meeting, the conversation turned to the economy, the growing unemployment rate, and how business owner’s evaluate both their present employees as well as who they hire when they do have openings. Everyone in the room nodded in agreement when Jim, owner of a commercial and residential HVAC company said,…
We all have them, right? Those days when you wonder if you should have gotten out of bed? The days when everything you touch seems to go wrong? Those are the days that can make us grumpy for the rest of the day because things just aren’t going right. Let me tell you about yesterday…
I’m a rescuer. I want to jump in there and make everything right for everyone around me. I hate conflict and prefer sunshine. When there is conflict, I want to make it better. It’s not necessarily a bad quality totally, there are times when it is exactly what needs to be done. Here’s the pitfalls…
Did you ever give thought to how differently you feel when you — or your office — or your house is clean? I’ve been on a mission lately. Call it fall cleaning or whatever you want but I have been crawling under things, dusting and vacuuming, organizing files, sorting paperwork, and in general cleaning up. My…
I had another post in mind for this morning but I was over reading my brilliant friend and colleague, Christine Livingston’s blog, A Different Kind of Work, and realized that maybe we want to discuss something different. Christine’s post is titled: “How the Threat of Layoff Can Scare You Sh*tless (and what to do about…
How often do you think about what kind of ruts you are stuck in and what being in a rut is doing to your overall perspective? This is Teddy. For any of you who are new to this blog or are just getting to know me, Teddy is part of our family and part of…
Yesterday I shared the story of my own job loss. The lengthy post describes the lead-up and let down of the job loss and unemployment. I put the dates in the post, 1987. What I never fully said was that though we had worked for the same company since 1981, the whole transfer and job…
