Self awareness
Know When to Change Jobs – Watch for Six Signs
Do you know when it’s time to change jobs? I find this topic interesting because when and how often you decide to change jobs can determine how fast you can progress in your career. Those who stay at a job too long can stignant their own career progression without knowing it as opposed to those who are in tune with the overall job market and their market value. It’s important to realize when to change jobs so you can giving yourself the best chance for upward progression. For this question of when to change jobs, I have two answers. ...
Being Right Is Not Enough
I have been struggling with an issue at work: We are doing a project that I know is the right thing to do for the company and the line of business involved. With that said, I still need to figure out the best way to inform the partners in that line of business about the project, get their “buy in,” as well as their help to ensure that it is getting done correctly. ...
Don’t be a Perfectionist
“What’s your biggest weakness?” This is a question often asked in an interview. One of the most common answers given is “I am a perfectionist.” You may think yourself clever when you provide that answer, as it’s often thought of as a good, subtle way to talk about another strength of yours in the guise of a weakness. Comments that follow may include “I work too hard, and may obsess about details…” ...
Anyone Can Achieve Work Life Balance
Three weeks ago, the weather was amazing in San Francisco — close to 80 degrees. As it is rare to have such good weather, and since my kids love the beach, I decided to spend the day at the beach with them.
You might be thinking that this seems like a rather abrupt choice, maybe even a rash decision. ...
Ditch Your Traditional New Year’s Resolutions
Typically, right after Jan 1, we start saying resolutions for the New Year,
- Lose 20 pounds
- Get promoted by June
- Find a better, more satisfying jobs
- Get a 25% raise
- Buy a house
If these sound like the resolutions you are making this year, I challenge you to throw them out! Why? We can be so result oriented that sometimes it keeps us from simply experiencing life. Is life about results or is life about experiences? Result-oriented resolutions have three major downsides ...
Which 4 Adjectives Describe You?
Workout Objective: Build self-awareness and have fun.
Prerequisite: None
Recommended Frequency: Once
Don’t think about it, just take 10 seconds to see which four words jump out at you from this image.
It’s just a game, but it’s interesting to find out which four words you see. Perhaps they reflect less about who you are to others, but how you see yourself currently. Did you see all positive words, or were some of them negative? ...