Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness
I’ve made the mistake of believing that the pursuit of happiness should be fun, easy and effortless; that once I’m on the right path to happiness everything will be smooth...
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What Really Matters When It Comes to Interviewing
According to a survey of recruiters conducted by Lee Hecht Harrison in 2016 (see below), your attitude, cultural fit and values are the top three items that are important in...
From Corporate Creative Director to Painter: Living the Dream
We all need help getting out of our own way. Today I want to share another true story of one of my clients. In just two months, he created his dream...
3 Tips for Figuring Out What To Be When You Grow Up
I love working with people who don’t know what they want to be when they grow up. For some people they are bored, burned out, and want out of the corporate...
Life Lessons from a Millennial
With my adult hubris, it never occurred to me that I would learn from her. So the first thing I learned—or was reminded of, again—is that life lessons come to...
The Value of Knowing Your Values
Understanding your values helps clarify what makes you happy and can lead to easier decision making. But first it’s important to make sure those values are actually yours.
A True Story About the Power of Prioritizing
What's your biggest time-sucking, energy-wasting activity? Email? Scheduling? Facebook? While all of the above are known for sucking you into a black hole where time has no meaning, the one "activity"...
What If You Didn’t Need to Retire?
How much of your life is being dictated by your future retirement? First of all, are you sure retirement will make you happy? Just like in life, some people are...
C'mon, People, Go Do Your Thang
Today’s post is inspired in part by International Women’s Day, which was yesterday, but you probably already knew that. One of my colleagues told me about Diane Von Furstenburg’s foundation...
How Do You Find a Company of Integrity?
The challenge from nearly every person I talk to is: How do you find a company with integrity?
How to Conduct a Job Search that Doesn't Completely Suck
Anytime I’ve had to look for a job, it seems fraught with gut wrenching anxiety from the first time I edit my resume to the time I finally hear the...
Is It Time You Took Your Own Medicine? (I did and it worked!)
This past Saturday I led a free workshop in which I taught participants to use one of my favorite "make the crazy in the brain stop" tools. The workshop went...
How to Write Succinct & Powerful Bullet Points for Your Resume
The hardest part of writing a resume is often coming up with your achievements and condensing them into a bullet point. Watch this (entertaining?) video for a quick, mad-libs-style tutorial...
How Karaoke Taught Me a Lesson About Decision-Making, Leadership & Perfectionism
The more I pay attention to what makes good leaders, I see how trapped many of us are by our perfectionism without even realizing it. In fact, what they found is...
How to Overcome Resume Writer's Block
week, I am providing a video that goes into more detail about how to overcome resume writer’s block. It’s my first-ever video (yikes). Let me know what you think.
Want a Nonprofit Job? How to Get Your Foot in the Door
Last week I had the pleasure of attending an event, “Piloting Your Nonprofit Career” put on by macslist.org. The panel discussion provided helpful insight about how to get into a...
Stop Avoiding Your Resume: 5 Reasons People Procrastinate and How to Overcome It
Here are the top 5 reasons I’ve heard from clients that cause people to procrastinate, and why they shouldn’t. People procrastinate is that they are uncomfortable talking about themselves, they...
Don't Quit 5 Minutes Before the Miracle Happens
To be honest, life has thrown me some curve balls lately that have put me smack-dab in the middle of a big pity party. Since life is not all unicorns,...
5 Tips for Finding a Career That Fits
I am lucky. I have the best job in the world. For me. I get to help people. I get to write about whatever I want. I get to teach...
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...