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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We frequently hear the importance of being flexible. You want flexibility in your plans. Solutions are supposed to be nimble. Rigidity is seen as an obstacle for work, play, and family life. I’ll be honest, I’ve seen countless examples of people not being flexible enough. It happens both inside and outside the office. I’ve seen
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There is a theme going around to just move on from mistakes. Don’t give any misstep a second thought and continue on. I can understand where that thought might have originated, likely with all the right intentions. It will create a slippery slope though that will take you away from where you want to be.
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Wouldn’t it be wonderful if every person we needed to work closely with was someone we could trust to have our back? We’ve all had people at work that we just do not trust. Maybe there has been evidence in the past of them actively working against you. It could have been a rumor that
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Have you cast a vision for the way you’d like your life to go? Is there an idea you have of what you want life to look like and when you want to see it? Can you tell if you’re making progress, even if it’s small? OK so a lot of people I know would
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