Archives for October, 2010
Experts Say We Already Have What It Takes. Oh What Rubbish.
Can you remember the last bad day you had? The one where the future seemed dimly lit and you felt frustrated not knowing what to tackle first? Well, today’s mine. Bad mood and overwhelmed, I feel my life has a thousand loose ends and the dragon that will slay the fears of my future is […]
What’s the First Step? The Step You Don’t Want to Take.
I’ve been seeing more people standing on street corners with signs in my small town. A couple of weeks back, a middle-aged woman on the median of a busy intersection held a one word sign - “Help.” It’s unusual to see a woman on the street holding a sign; mostly it’s men. Most signs ask for […]
Are You a Workaholic or Just a Hard Worker? Find Out Here.
“Workaholic.” Vile word. Implies I am not a normal functioning person. I imagine an intruder who shadows me for a week and, as he logs my 60th hour of work, he enters another checkmark into the red column and makes a frowny face. Does the number of hours I work make me a workaholic? Or […]
Are You a “Belonger” or an “Other”?
After a couple of falls and a hospital stay, my 94-year-old dad isn’t able to return to his assisted living apartment. He’ll stay at the nursing home when he complete his rehabilitation at the end of this month. Sunday night in the hang-out room of the nursing home, “The Wharf,” Dad and I watched the baseball […]
The New York Times - Making the Dream Trip a Reality
IT’S a dream anyone with a passport fantasizes about once in a while: ditching everything to travel the world for a year, or at least long enough to forget about office life. Acting out that fantasy tends to be reserved for retirees and recent college graduates, but some midcareer globe-trotters hope to show that anyone […]
Trapped in Darkness: How Can It Change Your Life?
Not one of us would trade places with the 33 Chilean miners pulled to safety yesterday after 69 days trapped in a mine. And maybe that’s too bad. According to media reports, many of those men will begin to live their lives very differently. Their group “career break” has allowed them an enviable perspective. After […]
A Gen Y’er’s Career Longevity – Whether You Want It or Not
Hey ho, Gen Y. Are you watching your parents grapple with late-in-life work issues such as staying on top of their game in a youth-obsessed world, pensions, retirement and 2nd career issues? Your parents aren’t the only ones who will face these issues. You’ll have your chance too. The difference is you might be facing […]
Out-of-the-Dollhouse Thinking: First Step for Your Best Career Sabbatical
Sabbaticals and career breaks are amazing experiences – or can be. But sometimes listening to individuals express their ideas about what they’d like to do is as exciting as exploring competing healthcare plans. Why? The ideas are vague, not aligned to specific personal or career goals and reflect small-inside-the-box thinking. Here’s what people have said when asked what […]
Five Easy Steps to Wreck Your Life
Wrecking one’s life isn’t all that difficult. Coaching sessions with top-notch executives – talented, smart and good at what they do - reveal an extraordinary gift for giving momentum to the wrecking ball of life. But once in a while, a leader has a come-to-Jesus meeting … with himself or herself (and perhaps a coach) to […]