Stress and subsequently anxiety are on the rise in America. It has been for more than a decade but is now increasing even further throughout the pandemic. Healthcare, money, and the economy have been the most common stressors for years. According to Med Alert Help the stress experienced from the pandemic, particularly by Millennials, eclipses […]
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Work is often seen as drudgery. How often have you heard people say, it isn’t meant to be fun, it’s work? But if you use work as a way to feel accomplished and confident it suddenly is rewarding. It doesn’t matter if it is life changing complex work or lugging a bucket around. You can
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What do spelling tests and interviews have in common? (I know you’re thinking nothing but you know I wouldn’t have asked if that was the answer.) Anticipation, they both create a stressful type of anticipation leading up to them. I suppose when you think about it they really aren’t that different in most people’s eyes,
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Do you think about advancing your career? When? Odds are, if you are, it is coming to you during the workday or at the bookends of it. Considering your career strategy at 4 o’clock on a Tuesday is great, if you aren’t rushing home to make dinner at 5. If you’re anything like me, weeknights
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Every year during Read Across America week kids in our little town, and probably all across the country, read the great Dr. Suess book, Oh the Places You’ll Go wearing the outfits they picked out to support where they want to go when they grow up on career day. You get kids dressed as plumbers,
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Maybe this is just me but I go through ebbs and flows of reflection. Reflecting on where you’ve been so that you can be objective and intentional about where you’re going is crazy important but I just don’t do it every day. I will sometimes intentionally ask myself things like; What makes a good leader?
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Prior to 2020 a networking event looked like this, you go to a conference or speaker and as part of the event the organizers would build in 20 minutes of ‘networking time.’ During this time you get a drink and either buzz around from circle table to circle table trying to hit it off with
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OK I’m cringing a little at my own title here but I wanted to get your attention. If you’re feeling stuck in your career and starting to feel a little helpless this message is for you. I remember sitting in my cubicle with people around me complaining every day. I’m sure they hated every task.
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You spend so much time at work that it’s nearly impossible for your brain to not turn non-work-related situations into work ones. No, just me, well doing a puzzle recently gave me inspiration on standard operating procedures, skills gap analysis, team development, individual development and more. Unfortunately, that is too much for a single blog
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Are you working a job or are you working in your vocation? Have you heard of this concept of having a vocation? Isn’t your vocation the same as a job? No my friend, a vocation is the calling of your life. Now that might sound a little woowoo but let’s think about it a bit
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