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No more new year new you

No more new year new you

I was completely a "new year new you" person for years. Each new year rolled around and this was finally going to be the year I was going to do things differently.   I tried resolutions. I tried goals. I tried themes. I tried big. I tried small.   But at the...

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Why aren’t we doing stuff?

Why aren’t we doing stuff?

I was talking to one of my clients. They were trying to focus on making progress in a few areas. They finally basically said, I tell all the right things to my team but I'm not doing them. So why don't we do them?   Well, the answers are both very personal and...

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Is it time to get out?

Is it time to get out?

One of my clients came to me when there was a lot of transition in their company. They were a Sr. Director and had a new manager and a new skip manager. And these new people were making things so unfun they were thinking of retiring early. They hadn't quite hit the...

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What I liked about getting Covid

What I liked about getting Covid

So Covid sucks, obviously. I had been lucky to avoid it for as long as I did but this last uptick got me.   And while it is definitely not how I wanted to spend the last ten or so days I'm a learn-from-your-experience kind of gal. So here are a few of the things...

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I want a promotion!

I want a promotion!

I started working with one of my clients who was a Sr. Director. They were running the show and really felt like what they were doing warranted a VP title and the salary that goes with it. Part of the problem was that the group had gone through a serious restructuring...

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Your career path is up to you

Your career path is up to you

I had decided I was done with my job (years ago). The company was bought out by another company. Things hadn't been going well. And the direction of the company was changing. For me, it didn't seem like a good thing.   So I got up the courage to tell my boss. My...

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Ain’t nobody got time for that

Ain’t nobody got time for that

One thing I think we're all aware of is the limitation of time. And we've probably all heard the expression it's not that you don't have time for something it's that you haven't prioritized it. Ok true.   But what do we do when we find that we don't have enough...

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Is the grass always greener?

Is the grass always greener?

One of my clients came to me because they were ready to do something new. They'd been at their company for a long time and they were ready to go elsewhere. We went through my Clarity Bootcamp (a program I do to help you figure out what you want) and they decided they...

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Does time off work stress you out?

Does time off work stress you out?

From a macro level when you're planning your workload be realistic about what you can manage. Know that you will have sick days and vacation days and holidays. When you're planning your time off plan your schedule to reduce as much as possible beforehand.Last weekend...

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