I was recently asked to take on a consulting assignment in which, had I accepted, I would not have felt authentic and about which I would have been anxious and stressed (and frankly, for which I was not entirely qualified). Luckily, I am blessed with choice. I don’t (from an economic point of view) have […]
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Job Interviews
Do you remember your last job interview? Did you research the company and cram to determine the straight-A answers for the questions they were likely to ask? Were you nervous? After the interview, did you worry about whether or not they approved of you or the answers you gave? A friend of mine went through […]
Emotional Attractors
Why is it that making change is so hard? Whether it’s a change in jobs or careers or our financial situation or our personal relationships, it isn’t easy making change. The tipping point for change is emotion, largely due to our “positive emotional attractors”, those people who help us to thrive and grow. These trusting […]
‘Tis the Season
My personal definition of success includes helping others, both professionally and personally. So I am a humanitarian worker, living and working in less industrialized countries. I support all manner of programs designed to improve the lives of those who are less fortunate. I also give personal resources – my time, my family’s gently used belongings, […]
Customize Your Life
Are you slogging through some parts of your life? Work? Relationships? Have you ever noticed how quickly time passes when you are doing something in which you are truly passionate and engaged? So many of us are doing what we “should” be doing. Maybe we selected our profession because we were good at a particular […]
You Don’t Have to be Friends with Everyone
A few years ago, early during a brief tenure with a fair-sized development agency, I led a one-day training of management skills for a group of about 15 managers. I gave an overview of management styles, teams and empowerment, communication, decision-making, time management, delegation, and performance reviews. Most participants were new to management. They […]
Self-Indulgence
In July 2015, my husband and I are going to start a year of traveling with our daughters. It’s something we’ve always talked about doing. “Wouldn’t it be nice to take some real time to travel” we would say rather vaguely. In the early summer, I told my husband that it was now or never. […]
Living is Vital
Last week, I was speaking with one of my interns. She is a senior university student who has had several diverse jobs and internships over the last couple of years. She has seen a variety of careers and jobs and lifestyles in this short time period. She was reflecting on all of this, wondering out […]
Motivation
Have you ever noticed how hard you can work when you are truly motivated? Friends of mine have a small weekend farm outside of the city. They have apple, peach, and plum orchards, a few vegetables, and a fair few grapevines. A few times each year, we spend the better part of a day helping […]
Being Fair
A couple of years ago, in the midst of a conversation with a fairly large group of people, a long-time friend referred to me as a feminist. The label surprised me. Until then, without having thought about it, I had thought of feminists as extremists, as women who were militant about changing the world. I […]
