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Being a Beginner: 5 (Often Forgotten) Benefits
Running (Into) A Beginner’s Mindset A year ago, a friend asked me to fill in last minute. She had put together a relay team for the Baltimore marathon. One of her teammates had another obligation, and my friend wasn’t about to run two legs of the marathon herself....
Get Out Of Your Comfort Zone: 10 Ideas (Through the Lens of An Enema)
Way Outside of My Comfort Zone “You want me to give myself an enema?” I asked my friend, Kristin, who had successfully dealt with the same discomfort I was experiencing. “Yes, it will help relieve the pain and discomfort you’re feeling. It’s also really good for your...
“You are a beautiful work of art.” She wrote it on a gum wrapper!
Being with difficult emotions can be challenging for all of us. We can feel like we're insufficient to handle the challenges and difficult emotions life presents. And yet, we have such incredible power to see and acknowledge other people, for their beauty and...
Invest In Mindset: Advance Your Career
The mindset you need to advance your career At the end of July, my niece Ellei arrived here in Baltimore, Maryland to begin her two-week internship (with the director of neurology at Johns Hopkins University). Considering the immensely challenging life experiences...
How To Get The Job You Really Want
Do you know an awesome company, or a specific job you’d like to land, but you’re unsure how to get in the door? Maybe you know someone who works at the company, and they’ve even sent your resume to the hiring manager. But you still haven’t gotten an interview. What...
Overcoming Difficulty: 5 Steps I Learned From My Cat (Of All Places)
Ever find yourself running in circles in your mind about some difficult thing that happened (or may happen)? There’s a script that can get going, replaying past situations, or future potentialities, over and over. It seems like our brains are wired this way, trying...
1 VERY Powerful Way I Overcame Adversity
How do you overcome adversity? Cultivating a mindset for success is a process that has more to do with letting simple successes energize you than taking giant steps into the unknown. In this motivational video, Misti Burmeister shares a powerful strategy for using...
7 Simple Steps To Landing The Opportunity You Really Want
You’ve had your eye on an awesome company. It’s known as a best place to work for its creative environment, industry leadership, advancement opportunity, pay or something else that is a priority for you. You begin to dream. There are a few jobs you know you can do,...
The Uses And Abuses Of The Law Of Reciprocity
Ever find yourself avoiding situations or people who do nice things for you? You want support, encouragement, valuable advice, or even a hug, but yet something inside of you knows that accepting it means you owe something. And so you avoid the people or experiences...
A Simple Strategy To Strengthen Your Confidence
In an effort to avoid looking self-centered, unfocused or unproductive, it’s easy to fall into the trap of exhausting yourself by doing what you think you should do. Said simply, —Sharing time with people you love, —Learning, —Taking a vacation, —Spending time in...
The Truth About Freedom
How free are you to appreciate life, even as you wrestle with some of life’s great challenges, climb in your career, contribute to your potential and enjoy the people and experiences that present themselves every day? Throughout the month of July, gratitude ripples...
Feeling Productive Comes From Getting Your Priorities Straight
Getting Productive! Your top 3 priorities need to come from you. But what does it mean to get your priorities straight? Have you ever found yourself continually frustrated at the end of every day, feeling a significant lack of progress? “If I can just get a few more...
Why Is Leadership Presence Important?
You walk into a room and people gravitate toward you, look to you for clarity and direction, as you swing, with ease, from one promotion to the next. Considering the level of dedication you inspire, progress mounts and so does your reputation. What company doesn’t...
The Best Way To Get The Job You Want
With nearly seven million articles addressing the topic of advancing your career, it’s no surprise the topic is confusing. While there is no magic bullet, simple strategies can be taken to land the opportunities you want. As I enjoyed a delicious breakfast with...
Here’s How You Sway Others To Take Action
Ever find yourself frustrated with the push back you get from someone you care about and would like to see succeed? Perhaps you’ve encouraged them to get more training, go to a conference, build new relationships, or finish their degree. Despite your many attempts to...
The Truth About Fathers Day
What is Fathers Day for? To acknowledge and appreciate the man who participated in the creation of your birth. It’s to acknowledge what he did and did not do to guide you, as best he could. It’s to remember the special moments of connection when you felt like you...
A Pitfall Of Drumming Up Opportunity
Clarifying your target market (or desired opportunity) can be immensely helpful in growing your business. The process can aid greatly in focusing your time and energy on building mutually beneficial relationships with the right people. The problem comes in when the...
You Want Employees Who Act Like Owners
Ever hear negative comments about your business, team, product or service and think, “They (your employees or colleagues) know better than that. We have a protocol for a reason. If it were their business—their reputation on the line, they’d put forth more effort and...