Regular readers of this blog may notice the large number of posts in the Attitude and Mental Health and wonder how that fits with career marketing. Recently, someone searched for this blog with these terms: “can people with bad attitudes be successful?” It made me smile. They found this post: 5 Reasons to Check your…
You were so excited! You found a new position or you were promoted and it just seemed perfect. Promoted to Plant Manager Perhaps you are working in manufacturing and you found this position as a production supervisor. Then they promoted you to Plant Manager. Great, huh? So you weren’t too annoyed when the Vice President…
We’re in transition here. My youngest son is finally making the move to his house. The remodeling process has gone much slower than any of us thought. I thought by April of 2010, both my sons would have moved to the house and I would have to adjust to that empty nest. The house took…
Saturday I invited my friend, Linda, to come and help me clear mail, files, and clutter from my office. One of my goals for this year was to organize my office and rid myself of clutter. I work a lot of hours but I find it hard to be motivated to sort mail, throw things…
There are times when we all get to the point where we are just exhausted. Pushing too hard to reach our goals. Or as others say, burning the candle at both ends. It’s at that point when we just need to step back and say enough. Examine how many “Yeses” we have and figure…
I’ve been thinking a lot about eagles lately. Within the last few weeks as I watch through my office window, several eagles have flown in the distance. One of my clients agreed that we were seeing an eagle not the usual batch of crows who fly by and wander in my back yard. Eagles are…
I bet all of you reading this have some of those tasks that just look impossible and you think you can’t possibly do them, right? For me, gardening and specifically gardening as organically as possible is one of the things I enjoy. Last summer, I had my in-house carpenter team finally build the compost bins…
Like many people, I sometimes struggle with indecision even when I have all the tools available to make the decisions. For example, my e-mail inbox fills up despite my efforts to tame it. I have multiple organizational systems and I have read countless articles on how to tame the inbox and periodically I succeed, only…
Normally when you look out my office windows, you can see forever into the horizon. But not today. The pea soup like fog is finally starting to lift at 4:30pm. All day, it has been gloomy and dark and my view of 20 miles to the West and ski hill to the south has been…
Did you miss me? Those of you who know me well know that I am generally very accessible. You could say that I am plugged in. And you can reach me so many different ways. I like it that way. I’m not one of those who would be happy to leave my cell phone and…
