New Year – New Opportunities! Lean into your fears!

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Whitewater rafting image with quote about self expansion through leaning into your fears. Complete this sentence. If no body’s feelings would be hurt, money and time were not issues; I would absolutely want to… Travel abroad? Start my own business? Learn a new language? You could start today with language CDs, E-books, online classes, and even look up and bookmark tickets for your first trip. It’s certainly easier… Read more »

5 Questions to Ask Yourself When Criticized

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Picture of a man and woman pointing fingers at each other. How do you handle criticism? 5 questions to ask yourself when criticized. Don Powell, Ph.D., of the American Institute for Preventive Medicine writes that sometimes criticism—the right kind of criticism—is just what we need to make important changes. In an AIPM handbook, Dr. Powell outlines the following questions to ask yourself when working with criticism: Does the criticism seem reasonable? Is there some truth to what was… Read more »

Thirty-Second Thursday: Dealing With Career Pressure

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If you feel a sense of pressure today as deadlines arrive, people act impatient or the big picture becomes overwhelming; BREATH!… Take a breath! Breathe your presence down out of your head, out of your throat and into your heart. Breathe again, your presence down out of your head and out of your throat; this… Read more »

Workable Wednesday: Achieve Your Career Goals!

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In setting career goals, writing them down begins the process of the action required to manifest your career dreams into reality. It’s just the beginning. Another action step is commitment. Although commitment to others outside of self, even publicly is powerful; the real power in it is actually to enforce the commitment to your self…. Read more »

Mindful Monday: Conflict in Career

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In every career there is the rough waters of conflict — Personalities don’t match, business gets mixed with pleasure, misunderstanding of all kinds. It doesn’t matter who is at fault; no one seems to escape conflict in his or her career. Are you willing to try on a different perspective today in how you approach… Read more »

Soft-Spoken Sunday: What can others tell you about your career?

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Often others see your gifts more clearly than you can. If people keep saying the same thing about you and what you would be good at, try listening to them and then notice where you have resistance to going in that direction with your career. What do you notice in your resistance? Often resistance has… Read more »