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When “Good Enough” Isn’t Good Enough
In my experience, we often sell ourselves short. We are our own worst critics. What we think we can get is much different from what’s actually possible for us. We...
Why Trusting Your Gut Is More Efficient than Analyzing Data
I don’t know about you, but it has taken me a loooong time to find a career I love. Figuring out what I wanted to be when I grew up...
What’s the SINGLE-BEST Way to Get Your Resume to a Human?
Let me start by saying that I don’t really like networking. At least, not in the typical ways we may think about it. Loud rooms full of strangers smiling too...
Why Work With a Coach When You Can Just Buy a Book?
The reason to work with a coach is because your current thinking is what got you stuck in the first place. To get un-stuck, you need a different perspective and...
Is it Time to Give Your Resume a Spring Cleaning?
We often make the mistake of thinking that a resume crammed with skills and information detailing every task during our tenure at a company is necessary to get us a...
Job Search 101: Sometimes It's Darkest Before the Dawn
One of my clients was having a difficult finding a job. He was doing everything right – networking, reaching out, following up, applying, customizing his resume and cover letter for...
Does Your College Major Really Matter?
A friend and I have long debated the purpose of college. I’ve always believed in the universal value of a liberal arts degree. I prefer the idea of a classical...
Living His Mission: Why One Engineer Chose Art Over HVAC
Below is an interview with Rick Huddle that shows how he evolved from being a project manager for a construction HVAC company into a children’s storyteller.
From Healthcare to Smoothies: A Fresh Look at Retirement and “Security”
Have you ever been on vacation and said to yourself, “I could live here. Why don’t I just move?” And then reality smacks you in the face: you have RESPONSIBILITIES and...
From Corporate Marketing to Personal Training: The Ordinary Tale of an Extraordinary Career Change
My mission is to help people identify and pursue work they love. Many of us dream about breaking free from our office cubicles, but find the “golden handcuffs” — the...
The Two-Pound Ripple Effect: How One Little Itty-Bitty Goal Can Change Your Life
Have you caved in on your 2018 New Year’s resolutions yet? Or, did you not bother to set any?
Why I Hate This Job Search Advice
“Treat your job search like your job.” This conventional job search advice makes me cringe.
Confessions from a Career Coach: Does Goal-Setting Really Matter?
Confession #1: I don’t like setting goals. They scare me.
Giving 80%: Perfection, Procrastination, and the Beauty of Action
Here’s the problem with perfectionists. We try to figure out all the steps, rabbit holes, potential problems before we take a single action. We want to know everything ahead of...
Stop Using Job Sites to Look for a Job — Instead, Use Them For This
Stop relying on a job site to find a job. Job sites are helpful; they just aren’t all that helpful in getting an interview, which is the first step in securing...
Shiny Self-Improvement Syndrome & the Problem with Big Goals
I see this with many high-performers: they are constantly chasing improvements, but the goal post is always moving. When my day is a constant barrage of “I need to get...
The Miracle in "You Do You"
I should also mention that add that this person is 3.5 years away from retirement and got exactly the job he wanted—in the middle of a pandemic.
The Difference Between True Grit and a "Grindset"
When I first started hearing people talk about “grit” in relation to what makes people successful, it raised my hackles. I was immediately resistant to even hearing about the concept...
Myths About What to be When You Grow Up
Aside from indicating that our education system isn’t designed for today’s world, these statistics also show that most of us don’t actually know what we want to do when we...