We all know that feedback is useful for building awareness and improving skills right? It is so hard to keep that at the forefront of your mind when you’re actually receiving the information though. I probably get more practice at this than most. Between my work as a leader of several teams, being a mom […]
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Where are you at in your career goals for 2023? Got them all set for yourself or are you one of those people who is trying to decide whether you’ll focus on your health, reading, or career for your 2023 goals right up until New Year’s Day. Well, what are you waiting for friend? I
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We are all leaders in life. Whether you’re leading a family, leading a team at work, setting an example of behavior at the gym, in the board room, or in your church, you’re leading. That is because you have influence. Some people have more influence than others, but we all have it. We are also
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Have you ever noticed that there are times where it feels like your hands and feet can’t seem to keep up with your motivation and ambition? You have so many ideas and plans and you’re ready to make progress on all of it. Maybe you’re wrinkling your forehead at this because you’re not in that
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Have you ever worked with someone who never seemed to make the wrong decision? It doesn’t have to be work either I suppose. Maybe you spent time with someone on a large project like planning a fundraiser or updating the landscaping around their home. No matter what was thrown at them they seemed to get
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Over the years I have learned countless lessons from others. Sometimes it is a brand-new concept that I wasn’t aware of. More often though it is the solidification of the something I ‘know’ but have trouble being consistent in. Who are these others I’m always learning from? Well, often, they are my kids. I would
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People come to me about jobs that they’re not able to apply for or get promoted to because they are unqualified more often than I can count lately. They will point me to all the requirements of the job and zero in on one or two that they don’t meet. The logic being, I don’t
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It is no secret that attention spans have been decreasing over the years. The length of our attention varies based on age, topic, situation, and the degree to which we use social media (you’re shocked right?) but many studies report it is as low as 8 seconds. That means that even in the time you
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When I was first trying to get a job in my field, I used to call it ‘getting a real job.’ This compared to working in the shoe section of a department store for years in college. As you can imagine, my comparison of a real job in contrast to the work I was doing
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I want you to just take a second and read that title again. You deserve to feel valued at work. You deserve it. Not some proverbial people that you’re not sure if you’re included in or not. Also notice there is no asterisk at the end of that. There is no qualifier of if you
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