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Are You A “Value-Builder”?
Is that how your manager would identify you – value builder? Do they see the great impact you make in the workplace? You know in tough times, those who add the most value remain. NY Times columnist and...
View ArticlePlastic or Metal?
Some of the wisest words came from my college roommate’s mother. She said “the older you become the more you realize that life is not black or white – it is really shades of gray.” Some people go...
View ArticleRunning on Empty?
When your car’s gas tank is empty, you don’t sit and get depressed and think it’s permanent. You go fill it up. It is the same with life-when you’re running on empty, go fill up your tank with a better...
View ArticleLife –“Your Way”
Today, each of us wants our music, our food, our cars, our houses and virtually everything else exactly our way. We personalize; we customize – because we have choices. The amazing thing is that we are...
View ArticleStand Out and Get Hired in 2010 – Week 2 of the Plan
Week 2: Know your talents and passions – learn what you are great at and love doing. Most people continue to apply for the wrong jobs because they don’t know what they are good at. And today, to have...
View ArticleSchedule Some Whine Time
Go ahead, schedule some whine time – complain away. Jill Bolte Taylor, the author of the amazing book My Stroke of Insight; A Brain Scientist’s Personal Journey, explains our left brain is our...
View ArticleGet Hired in 2010 – Week 3’s Plan – Know Your World
Week 3 of our plan to get hired: Know your world – what fields are hiring, what are the hot jobs and the growing industries. It is not the same world that was in place when many of you got your last...
View ArticleNever Miss An Opportunity To…
With Valentine’s day just behind us, I was reminded of our tradition to take a day and celebrate special events. We celebrate mothers, fathers, pilgrims, veterans, workers, religions traditions, famous...
View ArticleGet Hired in 2010 – Week 4 of the Plan
I have been presenting a new way to get hired in 2010 – click here to see my full plan. Today – it is time to talk about fit. Here is how it works: identify what you are good at and passionate about...
View ArticleDon’t Let Little Things Become Big Things
Day in and day out little nuisance things happen to us – little things – you stumble, drop some papers, take a wrong turn, spill a cup of coffee or lose your cell phone connection. In our busy and...
View ArticleHalf-full or Half-Empty?
Are you a half-full or a half-empty kind of person? Are you optimistic or are you sure to find the down side if there is one to be had? One of my favorite books is Arianne de Bonvoisin’s First 30 Days....
View ArticleAre You The Right Kind of Smart?
Your IQ – your hardwired intelligence (actually your ability to learn) accounts for 4 – 10% of your career success. Important, but not the most important. Your EQ – your emotional intelligence (your...
View ArticleGet Up When You Fall
“The greatest glory consists, not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” Oliver Goldsmith. Some celebrities seem never to fall. Their careers keep rising, they have money, fame, great...
View ArticleGet Hired in 2010 -Step 7 of the Plan – the Interview
We are at the interview step. So far we have focused on knowing our talents, strengths and passions, and the jobs that need these. Focusing this way gives us a competitive advantage in job hunting. We...
View ArticleThe Power of Kindness
The other day, while driving to a meeting, the car ahead of me started to change lanes, apparently unaware of a car already in that lane. The horn blew and the car in front of me swerved back in to his...
View ArticleThe Talent-Based Interview
Interviews are changing. More and more hiring managers are realizing that using standard interview questions about skill and experience don’t give them the information they need to hire the right...
View ArticleRoadblock!
Picture this. You are driving along, not a care in the world, and suddenly the road is blocked ahead. You can’t continue. You have to stop. What is your first reaction? g%lr#*@#?$@! Now let’s say that...
View ArticleFacebook: Embarrassing Photos or Contacts to Get Hired
Social networks are not unusual anymore. We all know about Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and MySpace. More will be coming along anytime. But for now, Facebook seems to rule the roost. If this technology...
View ArticleYour Favorite Things
“Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens…” A thunderstorm in the musical The Sound Of Music served as the venue for a very significant life lesson – both in the musical and for us: when things get...
View ArticleWhat You Can and Can’t Control
Here is a situation: It rains during your meticulously planned annual big family barbecue. Feeling the tension and anger? I thought so. Two questions: The first: What can’t you control? o The weather....
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