For the past several weeks, I’ve been coaching a good friend as he searches for a new gig in a specialized field (read: it’s taking some time). My coaching with him is “lite” really, in that every so often he’ll send a text with a...
5 Ways To Conquer Your Fear of Failure
Failure isn’t holding you back: fearof failure is. We’re conditioned to fear failure, as if lack of failure guarantees success. The reality is that lack of failure equals lack of risk-taking, which is required for meaningful...
Glass Heel on Forbes: 6 Ways to Achieve Any Goal
Remember that one glorious night not too long ago when you were pumped full of champagne and big ideas? You promised yourself that this would be the year you accomplish <insert goal here>, and you resolved to make it happen. And then you...
Succeeding Despite Your Emotional Reaction to Rejection
When you hear a NO… when you get REJECTED… what do you do? Do you feel upset, bad, like a failure? What do you say to...
The 6 Reasons You Didn't Get The Job
It’s tough out there right now (surprise!). There are piles and piles of resumes waiting to be reviewed, hundreds of candidates to be seen and only a handful of dream jobs out there. Maybe you’re bored out of your mind and think it’s time to...
Book Review » The First 90 Days
If you just started a new job (or ever plan on moving into a new role within or outside your current company) - stop everything, and pick up this book. I have used this book as a road map for the first 90 days on the job in ...
5 Reasons You're Not Getting What You Want
I don’t care who you are, you’ve been in want for something before. And at one point in your life, that thing you wanted…didn’t happen.
Maybe it was getting her to say yes. Maybe it was a body that would fit into the two-sizes-too-...
How To Cope With Your Creativity (Or A Boring Workplace)
My first step into the professional world was over the threshold of a small PR agency (the biggest one in Houston) where I served as an intern. There, I was given small tasks and some (...
Just Ask!
There is power in knowing what you want and letting the world know exactly what it is you desire and need. We all have lofty dreams and desires and simple wants and needs which at times cannot be produced by our own efforts alone. You need to...
Should You Have a Solution Just Because You Identify a Problem?
In the working world, the answer to that question is taught to be an emphatic "yes." If you're going to point out how something can be improved, you should have a solution prepared to solve it.
Makes sense, right?
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