If you live in the Northern Hemisphere, your life has long been calibrated on the school year calendar – it jumpstarts in September. For millions of us, September has always been a time of new beginnings, new opportunities, new demands, and renewed energy. It’s the ideal time to take stock on what’s important to…
Ever wonder why some of your dreams go unfulfilled? Do you daydream about writing a book, taking an exotic trip, or starting a business, but stall out? Have you started a project that’s really important to you, but never finished? You may have hit a wall called Resistance – and learning to move past it…
This article was originally published on the Pocket Mentor mobile app – start your free trial today! When it comes to your personal development, one of the most important questions you can ask yourself is, “What are my strengths?” Knowing them is essential to satisfaction in your work and life, and to accelerating your success.…
This article I wrote was recently featured in Take the Lead – hope you enjoy it! We were born for reinvention—to remake our lives, to bring back and revive our true purpose and potential. We are here to be changed and to make change, not remain static. The path to reinvention can take many forms—from listening to an…
“Think twice before you speak, because your words and influence will plant the seed of either success or failure in the mind of another.” – Napolean Hill, best-selling author, Presidential advisor Think about the power of your words today. In face-to-face conversations, on the phone, in emails, on social media, at meetings – what will your…
Questions are the secret sauce that lead to big and small successes in your career development. Asking questions can be a pivotal tool in accelerating your trajectory to achieve the impact, influence, and rewards you want. Questions ignite new paths of thinking, challenge assumptions, and encourage us to reach beyond what we think we already…
At one time or another, every one of us will know the burn of working with someone who should be fired. These are co-workers who are lazy or unmotivated. They erode the culture through gossip or dishonesty. They complain instead of finding solutions. They refuse to learn and don’t take direction well. They have anger…
“You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, … ‘I can take the next thing that comes along.’ You must do the thing you think you cannot do.” Those powerful words of wisdom were written by…
It’s Commencement Season! You have friends or family who have achieved one huge goal and and are entering into the next big thing in their lives. Many of them will endure really dull commencement speeches. Others will hear powerful words they’ll never forget. I wish I could remember who gave the Commencement Speech or what…
A savvy young woman who is an ad agency video producer recently told me her boss’s management style and stress was negatively impacting her work. We’ve all had “bad” boss experiences – someone who is difficult or ineffective – occasionally, even abusive. Maybe you have one now. A lot has been written about “toxic” people. …