What are achievable and exceedable goals? Achievable and exceedable goals are the small steps you set yourself en route to completing your project. They fit into your daily routine. They are specific, focused on a single task. And they are measurable in that you will know when it has been achieved. With our main end-goal […]
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But I have a day job
It is all fine and well to talk about wanting change in our lives, and keeping our eyes on the prize when we hit the rough patches if we do decide to make a change. We all know that nothing is really that easy. Without a great support team behind us, it often doesn’t take […]
Surround yourself with Support
In my e-book and workshop “Silencing Your Inner Saboteur” I discuss how common it is for family and friends to be the ones who stand in our way of making changes, completing our projects, following through on a diet, and even following our dreams. It isn’t that our family and friends aren’t well intentioned. They […]
Tolerating the How for the Why
Following up on my blog post “The Satisfaction Equation”, today’s blog is on working with the roadblocks in our way to achieving the career we want. A number of years ago, I was in a highly stressful job. I enjoyed it, or aspects of it, but I was quickly becoming clinically burnt out, and I […]
The Satisfaction Equation
The International Coach Federation shared an interesting article on Twitter the other day titled “Do you Need a Career Coach?” The article focuses on the story of Tami Hausman who reached a cross-roads in her career. She enjoyed her work bur felt that she was at a dead-end. She hired a Career Coach and soon […]
Pursuing your Passion, Following your Bliss
The title for this post was a line from the show “Dharma and Greg”, at least that is where I heard it first. I am blogging today from a rain forest in Washington State where I am spending the weekend pursuing one of my passions: writing. In my other life, that is when I am […]
Something has to change
There’s a fabulous book titled “Midlife Crisis at 30: How the Stakes Have Changed for a New Generation—And What to Do about It” written by Lia Macko and Kerry Rubin. In their book, the authors contend that women often find that when they reach the age of 30, their lives are not what they had […]
Good News Monday!
Good News Monday is here again! I want to hear your good news and celebrate with you! No matter how big or small the good news in your life, always celebrate the little things! My good news is that I have spent this long weekend with good friends, had good food, lots of laughs, and […]
Living the Dream
Last week I talked about winning the lottery. I asked you what you would do if you won. How would your life be different? How would you choose to spend your days if money was not an obstacle? How did you answer? Did you go out and buy a lottery ticket in the hopes that […]
Live the Life You Want
We all dream of winning the lottery. Even winning a one-week dream vacation is enticing enough for most of us to enter all kinds of sweepstakes and sign up for endless membership rewards programs. The lucky few who actually win are held up as being just like you which means you could be next. Why […]