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Career Blog

I was recently reminded of a story that the famous author Paulo Coelho had on his blog: There was once a businessman who was sitting by the beach in a small Brazilian village. As he sat, he saw a Brazilian...
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I am working on with a coaching client at the beginning of her career. She is struggling with creating a career strategy plan. She is unsure what she wants to do next. She knows she has options, but this does...
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Last night I woke up at 3:30 am. That happens. Sometimes I go right back to sleep.  Sometimes I go to the bathroom and then go right back to sleep.  Sometimes I read for 20 minutes then fall back to...
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I am not even finished with the book Burnout: The Secret of Solving the Stress Cycle and I’m already planning it as a topic in the Unstoppable Series for the “IT” Community (What? You haven’t joined yet? Sign up now. It’s free ya’ll)....
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Every year for over 20 years a small group of friends and I have been getting together around the Christmas Holiday. I started the tradition after the birth of my first child.  I wanted to make sure that, even though...
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I have 3 vision boards. I write my career goals every January and post them on my bulletin board at work. I am a Passion Test Facilitator who works with people on aligning their passions with the work they are...
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I am currently working with a high-level software engineer in Silicon Valley who has had enough! She has been with her current employer for 3 years and consulted with them for almost 2 years before that. She thrives when solving...
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I have been struggling these past few weeks. I wake up many mornings with this low-level sadness and anxiousness that requires me to use every tactic I have to get level:  Prayer, journaling, walking, doing something  productive, talking with my husband,...
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I am going to say something pretty radical here so get ready! If we had listened to the millennials, we would have been better prepared to navigate through the changes that living through a pandemic has required us to make. I read a...
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In our most recent meeting of The “IT” Community, a gathering of Women in Information Technology building careers and lives they love (email us at [email protected] for details), we started our introductions talking about something good that was happening for each of us...
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