Your Pivot Hinges On Your Free Time (Uncertainty Part 4)
A lot of people wake up to a life they neither envisioned for themselves, nor do they want. They find themselves asking, “How did I get here? And most importantly, what do I have to do to get back...
View ArticleMy Father’s Empty Office Diaries (Uncertainty # 5)
To read more of the Uncertainty series, here are Post #1, Post #2, Post #3 and Post #4 There are times when I feel like I was put into my job experience a decade ago just to understand my father....
View ArticleLessons to Carry Into 2020: Return to the fundamentals
I recently had to write a recommendation letter for a colleague, and as I never start from a blank page, I went back to some of the letters that were written for me, and noticed one phrase repeatedly...
View ArticleYou’re Not Always Going To Be Strong
In the previous post, I wrote about how you never know how strong you are until being strong is your only option. But you’re not always going to be strong. There will be days when you’ll wake up with...
View ArticleThe World Is Your Oyster, But Can You Eat It?(Uncertainty # 6)
This is part of a series, Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5. You often hear in graduation speeches something along the lines of, “The world is your oyster.” Cool. But can you eat it? People...
View ArticleManaging Anxiety During The Coronavirus Pandemic
Not only has the coronavirus pandemic shut down schools, grounded planes, upended life as we know it, and wreaked havoc on the economy, but it also has been unleashing a sinister attack on people’s...
View ArticleCoronavirus: What Did It Amplify For you?
In the last post, I wrote about managing anxiety during the coronavirus pandemic, and I ended it by saying that you can know everything on an intellectual level and still have problems emotionally....
View ArticleNurture a Sense of Agency
As career coaches supporting people transitioning into the job market, we often find ourselves asking these questions: How do I instill hope in these young leaders with so much uncertainty around?...
View ArticleHow To Define Your X-Factor
If you were a superhero, what would your superpower be? What is your X-factor? What makes you unique? Isn’t it fascinating how we go through an educational system that values conformity and then...
View ArticleMind The Gap
“Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.” Viktor Frankl This pandemic is giving some people...
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