Advice for your younger self
How many times in life have you thought, “If I only knew then what I know now?” When you think about your younger self, what do you remember about starting your career? Try, if you can, to remember how you felt. What was exciting? What did you worry about? Think about your first “real” rung […]
Career move: Are you ready?
You know you’re ready for a change – a new challenge, perhaps a move up the career ladder or maybe a new location or industry. Before you start putting out feelers, stop. (Yes – stop!) A little bit of groundwork can make a career move much more successful. Review Take some time to review: What […]
Create a personal vision statement for your career
I think we’ve all had moments where we feel so overwhelmed by tasks and demands that we wonder what we’re doing. Or so stretched by the day-to-day firefighting that we feel hopelessly trapped on an endless treadmill. As we’ve discussed before, busyness has become an epidemic of our time. So how do we figure out […]
Why you should write your own retirement speech TODAY
My 13-year-old nephew, when he was a bit younger, was famous for asking interesting, open-ended questions. Perhaps he’ll be a great coach, one day! One of those questions that stuck with me was, “Uncle Patrick, if you could have any superpower, what would it be?” My answer was that I’d like the power to go […]
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