Originally published September 10, 2015 I wrote a few weeks ago about my supervisor’s response to my request for a 90-day review. She granted me the review, during which we looked over my first 90 days on the new job and looked ahead to our goals for the next 90 days. A month later, company-wide…
Originally published September 10, 2015 Breathing new life into your career – something we all seem to want to do all the time – starts with giving new life to your résumé today. Crafted properly, a living résumé is not easy, nor is it done with a Mary Poppins-like snap of the fingers. In fact,…
Originally published August 20, 2015 It’s that exciting milestone in any new job, at which you and your supervisor get to swap stories about how well – or poorly – you’re doing. And for me, that time rolled around two weeks ago. Hard to believe that I had been at this new gig for three…
Originally published August 1, 2015 Sugar is back in my diet. Not like before, though. Eight weeks ago (well, nine for me, as I started a week before my comrades), I joined a small crew of close friends in Sarah Wilson‘s “I Quit Sugar Challenge” 8-week program. I did it for competitive reasons, mostly bragging…
Originally published April 14, 2015 I read recently that when you want something, the universe conspires in helping you achieve it. (Paulo Coelho). I only half agree. Recognizing what you want is a vital first step, though wanting it is not enough to achieve it. Experience – mine and others’ – has convinced me that…
Originally published April 1, 2015 How do you know when you’ve found the job or entrepreneurial experience that fits you like no other? I’ve left two solid jobs in the last four years, both times for reasons I couldn’t quite articulate until recent weeks. I’m also a part-time entrepreneur, for all the paradox that statement…
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 12, 2014 You know how you always seem to know the perfect thing to say long after the moment has passed? And you mentally kick yourself for not having thought of it sooner because you know that if you say it later, someone will inevitably judge you as slow for taking so…
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 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…