“Were you si-lent or were you si-lenced?” asks Oprah. Like an orchestra conductor before a musical canvas, she makes an elegant brushstroke gesture as the question is produced.
The rhythm is slow.
The carefully enunciated words dance in the air before landing on surprised ears.… Continue reading
If you are dreading going back to work after the holidays, you aren’t alone. Many come down with what might be best described as “a bad case of the Sunday Scaries.”
Except, the Sunday Scaries are not typically preceded by a couple weeks of uninhibited freedoms.… Continue reading
The Queen’s Gambit is one of the most powerful dramas on Netflix. Ever. And the critics agree – this masterpiece is the “Best Limited Series” Emmy winner. Bravo!
Who could have guessed that a show about chess strategy could hook you like this!… Continue reading
Career mistakes happen to everyone, including the most experienced and pragmatic of individuals.
Thankfully, many are not career-ending mistakes. Although your stress level won’t suggest this at the time.
They can be caught and addressed in a timely and relatively straightforward fashion, squashing any chance of them morphing into major work snafu status.… Continue reading
Navigating your career should feel like you are on a treasure hunt. It is one of the greatest searches of your lifetime. You are the relentless Explorer.
A career presents various job paths, clues and problem-solving, teamwork and collaborative solutions, wrong turns and revised approaches.… Continue reading
Life before lockdown vs. life after lockdown. Are you desperate to go back to your old daily patterns, or are you embracing new changes in your life?
Stay-at-home orders have eased. Our Old Lives are eagerly beckoning for us to rejoin them.… Continue reading
Have you been feeling down in the dumps lately and struggling to focus at work? A few simple adjustments to routine habits may be all that is needed to turn things sunny side up.
Here are actions that require a minimal input of effort, and which can result in significant gains to your productivity.… Continue reading
What career advice would you give to your younger self?
These are the words which I asked myself and a few other peers across Advertising, Finance, Hospitality and Architecture.
Interestingly enough, there was one outstanding theme that kept surfacing in the pool of feedback: not limiting yourself.… Continue reading
