Category: Employment Happiness
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The Joy In Taking On “Drastic” Changes
A beautiful, talented, under utilized, under appreciated friend said yesterday she is making “drastic changes.” My response to that is “YAY!” Sometimes we need to jump to rise up out of our funk. I think a post from Dr. Bryan Schuetz says it best. The good doctor’s post include the following (some I’ve paraphrased.) As […]
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The Somebody Else Syndrome
I’ve been working with someone who is out of control and ego based and has no idea that 1) he is, 2) it is a problem. This person is a victim and most excellent example of the “Somebody Else Syndrome”. No one wants to deal with the potential fall out of telling the king he […]
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Higher Incentives Lead To Poorer Performance
If you are operating in management or leadership you may be thinking the better the reward, the better the performance. Makes sense right? Or does it? Science shows there is a paradox… check it out… adapted from Dan Pink’s talk at the RSA. This clip illustrates the hidden truths behind what really motivates us at […]
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Go For It! It Is All Perspective After All
More and more lately I’ve been talking with fabulous people who are working in amazing jobs and loving it! These are jobs they are crazy passionate about and jobs most of us would think ‘oh, I can’t do that, I wouldn’t make enough.’ Some of these fabulous people are making a ton of money and […]
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Can’t Have It All…p.s. Why Would You Want To?
The other day, after being on the road for nine days, and working seven straight days to prepare for the nine I succumbed to drinking soda. I was SO tired and needing to pick up my game to make it through the home stretch without seeming/getting tired and/or crabby. So I’m drinking this soda and […]
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Struggling? Fantastic!
Do you feel as if you are struggling? Fantastic! In a world that presents immediate gratification and that everything should be easy, struggling doesn’t seem fashionable. But guess what…fashionable or not, it paves the road to your dreams. We don’t really tune into ourselves unless we feel the push and pull of life. Struggling helps […]
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Unleash The Power Of Your Inner Kitten
I coined the term “unleash the power of your inner kitten” while coaching a gentleman who was very detached emotionally at work. Many of us are like that as we were professionally groomed to keep our emotions out of the workplace. Keeping emotions out of the equation, one, is not realistic and two, is not […]
Strategic Alignment For Individuals & Organizations 