Category Archives: Professional
Credit and Blame…
“Take your life in your own hands and what happens?
A terrible thing: no one to blame.”
Erica Jong
I have had two very interesting exchanges with people recently, both cases were with people that were trying to convince me (which meant that they were trying to convince themselves), that they had no control around something in their [...]
If you love it…
“Your chances of success
are directly proportional
to the degree of pleasure
that you derive from what you do.”
Michael Korda
By all objective standards, he was good at his job.
He was able to fulfill the job description without incident.
He had been a solid, stable employee for the past seven years.
He produced…and completed…and performed…very well.
But, when he talked about his [...]
What you do NOT do…
“If you don’t go after what you want,
you’ll never have it.
If you don’t ask,
the answer is always no.
If you don’t step forward,
you’re always in the same place.”
Nora Roberts
You are right-
there IS a risk in taking a risk.
There IS an unknown.
There IS a possibility that something won’t work,
and a chance you will not succeed.
But, there [...]
Self maintained distractions…
Do we ever stop and take a moment to think, “what am I doing this for?”
So many of us operate on autopilot, whether in our jobs or in our personal lives, and we don’t always stop and think about what we are doing, or why we are doing it!
It is easy, especially with the increase [...]
You have had it all along…
“The more you seek security, the less of it you have.
But, the more you seek opportunity,
the more likely it is that you will achieve
the security that you desire.”
Brian Tracy
I was thinking about how so many people are desperately grasping at attempts to secure promises about tomorrow- hoping against hope that if they line it all [...]
Time~
“We must not allow the clock
and the calendar
to blind us to the fact
that each moment of life
is a miracle and a mystery.”
H. G. Wells
Today was the first day of daylight savings.
There is the camp that loves it, because it stays later an hour longer.
There are those that hate it, because the mornings will be darker.
Then, [...]
What?!
“Nothing will work
unless you do.”
Maya Angelou
She was waiting.
She was sure that this year would be better than last year, and so she was waiting to see what happened.
She wanted to “wait and see” if her job would get any better.
She wanted to “wait and see” if her relationship would go to the next level.
She just [...]
Is this what you want…?
“Most people are so busy knocking themselves out
trying to do everything they think they should do,
they never get around to do what they want to do.”
Kathleen Winsor
She was so angry.
Initially it didn’t make sense, and it was hard to follow.
Her friend had finished a training program, in an area she loved,
left her job, and opened [...]
Emotional Intelligence
“You and I do not see things as they are.
We see things as we are.”
Herb Cohen
Emotional Intelligence, or EQ, is an amazing framework for assessing
the most important factor in your personal and professional life….
YOU.
We all experience life, and all of our relationships and interactions in it,
through an individual lens, or filter.
This lens frames every [...]
Thanking the challenges….
“When I’m having trouble with someone,
it’s a sure sign that person is exactly the gift I am needed in my life.
Sometimes it takes me years to write the thank you note though!”
Unknown
She was recently challenged in a way that pushed her to question all that she was,
and all that she wanted.
She was angry about being [...]