Blogs About "goals"

In my last post, I covered a Month-By-Month-Guide To Your Career in 2012. This same practice of breaking down a seemingly large task into smaller, systematic actions can be done with your job search. However, it wouldn’t make sense to stretch out an active search over 12 months. It’s true that sometimes a job search can take a long time. But you shouldn’t aim for a long, drawn-out job search....

You’ve heard the common wisdom on career management – be proactive, maintain your network, promote yourself more. If you look back at 2011 and you did these things, great! If you’re like the rest of us, there’s always 2012! Here is a month-by-month guide to key career actions to take, so that you can set your calendar now, you can rest assured that you have the whole year (not everything needs...

I taped the last episode of the Oprah show and watched it with pen in hand since I knew she would be sharing some amazing wisdom worth repeating and I wanted to take notes. My biggest take-away was that nobody but you is responsible for your life.  As Oprah eloquently said - “You are responsible for the energy that you create for yourself, and you are...

A fellow career coach and friend, Angela Beeching shared a great article about Integrity Day – a targeted day when you collaborate with friends or colleagues to get things done. I’m a big fan of assigning accountability masters in life to give you a gentle nudge, or a firm kick, as need be to help you accomplish things on your list of goals.

Integrity Day is a similar concept...

We are hard wired to seek comfort in patterns and habits which is why so many people struggle with change. The fear of change can even cause people to cling to an uncomfortable situation because it is one they know best.

Most find comfort in a familiarity with location, people, thoughts, and actions but when we stagnate in these aspects of our lives we shut the door...

Does it seem a bit early to be thinking about your 2011 goals? Not really, when you think about it. Once the holidays are fully underway, you'll have so many other things on your plate (literally and figuratively!) that planning may get overlooked.

Why not get a jumpstart on the new year, take some me-time and begin developing your 2011 Success Plan today?

Of course, we all have our own definition of...

And blessed... As contemporary women, we really have little to complain about in the boredom department. The world is our oyster. Yet, with all those choices comes some heavy duty responsibility. In the last nine months, my professional life has been completely transformed. Early this year, I made the decision to dive full time into becoming the entrepreneur I was "meant to be". As a single mother, this decision had...

"The cobbler's children go unshod." It occurred to me recently that many of us are living our lives like that proverbial shoemaker. Sadly, this phenomenon isn’t limited to the family of the poor shoemaker. In fact, the English phrase is actually a translation from a Spanish proverb that says, “In the blacksmith’s house, the knives are wooden.” Sound familiar? I’m betting this is resonating with at...

One of the foremost theologians of our times called this country’s fascination with career and vocationalism, ‘the danger of a limited goal’.

Many of my clients come to me with a strong, successful career under their belt. Exhausted physically and mentally, they’re not even sure what’s wrong or how they came to feel so unfulfilled. All they know is that something isn’t right. These folks have discovered first-hand the danger of a...

What’s your intention? That’s the famous question that the movie or TV dad asks the daughter’s nervous suitor at the front door as the kids are on their way out for their first date. (And why I always tried to meet my dates out…) It’s a great question. What does it actually mean? Simply, it asks, what are you going to do?

The dictionary defines intention as:...