Originally published December 24, 2014 Do you sometimes feel braggy when crafting your CV or résumé? Do you think you come across as cocky during job interviews? Crazy thing is that in business – and job hunting is your business – it’s not bragging at all. It’s marketing. More to the point, it’s self-marketing, or…
Originally published November 7, 2014 In the life of every great house – let’s just pretend that houses have lives – there are many shifts in furniture, fixtures, accessories, appliances… When my house began its minimalist movement earlier this year, first steps were tiny. Following a visit last evening from an aspiring interior designer (we’ll…
Originally published October 1, 2014 Ever go through one of those slumps that convinces you you’re depressed, only to discover that it’s not depression at all? Since making a tough call about employment and breaking off a potentially amazing friendship before the label even got out the gate, I’ve been tossing around a few emotions….
Originally published July 7, 2014 It happened one Friday. Specifically, it happened Friday before last. In a casual conversation about careers and projects, someone made a remark to me. It’s not important who said it, what was said, how it was said, or even whether it meant anything. Suffice it to say that the comment…
Originally published July 5, 2014 I haven’t become any more athletic since last posting a sports analogy for my career decisions. If anything, I’ve done more fumbling. My sister coerced me into joining her and some friends on a fishing trip one early morning in May. I was reluctant to fish, though I was eager…
Originally published June 27, 2014 I’m not athletic. In fact, the closest I’ve come to active participation in sports is that one basketball game I played in high school. That was the first game I allowed myself to be coaxed into playing and the last time the rest of the team cared to lose that…
Originally published June 21, 2014 I’ve never been a big fan of beauty pageants. I’m still not entirely won over on them. There is one pageant in Philly, though, that has stood for something that helps young Latinas find their voices and in so, inspire a young generation. I’m speaking, of course, of Miss Puerto…
Originally published June 5, 2014 Today I’m taking a page from my own book – yes, I’m still writing a bunch of books that I’m not writing – and looking at ways I can practice what I preach. Recent life events – increased career day appearances, office management consultation, business plan consultation – positioned me…
Originally published May 25, 2014 I love Career Day. Every year I visit schools to share from my professional life with middle- and high-school students. Every year I tell myself to write down the many deep, insightful, and often humorous questions and comments that students share, and then I forget to do so. Every year…
Originally published April 10, 2014 Today I take a page from my mothers’ book on encouraging children. On this morning’s commute to work, I sat across from and overheard – mainly because he was being particularly loud, almost as if for an audience – a father berate his very young daughter. In particular, he rode…