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What I Wish I Knew When I Was New To The Workforce
Most people who are new in the workforce don't know how they come across. This has been true for as far back as "the office" has been a thing. What I wish I knew was how to use language differently, and how to ask for help. Instead, I found a world that seemed...
Retaining Good People: 4 Key Steps
Trouble Retaining Good People On Your Teams Or In Your Company? Here are 4 key steps to fixing the issue (as well as other ways of retaining your top talent). Traditional advice from sources like the Wall Street Journal for how to retain employees and top talent...
Which is more important? Theory or Practice
When you want to do anything in life, there's a good chance in today's day and age that someone has made a YouTube video or written a tutorial about how to do it. There is no shortage of available information for us to digest today. In fact, we have so much...
Thankful For a Root Canal? The Power of Positive Thinking
In 2017, I had to have a root canal on tooth number eighteen (back, bottom, left side). Considering the number of procedures, (three… on the same tooth, yes, three.) I will remember the tooth number forever. Rather than get into the details, let me just say that each...
Leveraging LinkedIn Relationships? Don’t Make This Mistake
I got an unexpected message on LinkedIn. A friend of a friend was using a mutual - and close - friend, Shaun, as leverage to connect - potentially as a way to get clients from LinkedIn. I was happy to carve out time for a phone call. Anything for Shaun. Did he care...
Stop Apologizing. Here’s Why
https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/300055 - why you should stop apologizing, according to science Ever been in an instructional session (e.g. spin, spanish, yoga, or a business meeting), and found yourself in front of someone who just kept apologizing? Their notes...
Self-Awareness Leads To Emotional Intelligence: A 1:37PM Realization
Why is self awareness important? As a business leader you are often told to have emotional intelligence. But what does it mean to have emotional intelligence or to be emotionally intelligent? It may seem counter-intuitive, but emotional intelligence comes from a place...
The Real Value of Giving Feedback
Growth is in our DNA. We want to improve, get better results, and see the progress we have made. The challenge (and opportunity) is that we often lack helpful (and healthy) mirrors to offer us perspective on our own growth. While self-reflection is essential to...
From Self-Talk to Self-Awareness: 16 Ways To Grow
At home, getting ready for a day at the Korean Spa (a well-priced cultural experience I recommend for anyone who’s okay with different), irritation mounted as every sip Yvette took from her coffee cup grew louder in my ear. “Stop sipping your coffee so loud,” I said,...
5 Simple Steps to Boosting Productivity Throughout 2019
“Wait. What? Fox hunting… as a sport? What’s that?” I asked Erin, a new friend I just met at the gym. Seeing her face beaming with pride, I had to know more about this sport (and her specific accomplishments). Apparently fox hunting originated in England in the...
Can’t Stand Managing People? Here’s What To Do Instead
Have you ever found yourself running the other direction when asked to consider managing a team or group of people? People management can be hard. And if you don't like managing people, I’d like to offer another perspective. The first thing that goes through your...
How To Achieve Goals With Joy? Make Your Goals Smaller
Decrease Your Goals In Order to Achieve Them It seems counter-intuitive, but by setting smaller goals, with lots of checkpoints along the way, you set yourself up for success in achieving those goals. Set Achievable Goals Make sure that you set goals that you can...
Single Most Important Leadership Skill
What Is the Most Important Leadership Skill? The single most important skill in leadership is also one of the hardest to practice. This is especially true when you’re weighed down with deadlines and have employees looking to you for guidance. It’s easier to keep your...
The Time I (Almost) Licked the Boot That Had Kicked Me
Her words spun in my head as I made the long walk across the office building to my side of the office. Imagining that everyone in the building knew exactly what she had just said to me, my mind filled with judgments I imagined they were making about me. I could almost...
Overcoming Impostor Syndrome! 9 Ways I Overcome Feeling Like An Impostor
Young, and feeling like a total impostor My first year in business, I made a grand total of $20K, which was enough to pay my bills (barely). To eat, I would go to the upscale pizza restaurant down the street from where I lived. I would bring my computer to the bar and...
How to Achieve Goals: A Simple Tip And Strategy
To achieve a worthwhile goal can be quite difficult. Challenging goals in life are, by their very nature, something which require extra effort. Whether your goal is to become a successful world class speaker, writer, or athlete (or any other goal really), here are 2...
5 Steps To Cultivating Gratitude In the Midst of Difficulty
With four little boxes in hand, I headed over to the post office. Considering it was early December (the holidays), I fully expected long lines and grumpy people. But that is not at all what I found. Instead, I stumbled on a pearl of wisdom, one which I will take with...
No Expectations, Just Acceptance (Yeah, right!)
If I can just get it right, then I can relax, or so we tell ourselves. Of course, that is a lie. No matter how right you get it, there will always be something that could make it better. We recently planned a trip to New York, to see the magnificent colors of the...