20th October 2009
If I had ten dollars for every time someone has come up to me after an event and said, "I've always wanted to write a book," I could be retired. I'm serious.
It is a sad refrain because, almost every time someone says it, I can tell that the book will ...
25th September 2009
David Bailey hated it when people would tell him the day would come when he'd see his adversity as the best thing that ever happened to him."What a terrible thing to say," he says.Months later, he tells this story without realizing that he keeps recountin...
23rd September 2009
Change places with your child and imagine this: Your mother is a world-class, trailblazing executive who has hundreds or thousands of people who work for her. People cling to her words and jockey for her favor, desperate to impress her ...
And, there s...
22nd September 2009
If you’re feeling worn out and frustrated as you try to re-invent yourself or transition your career, have faith. It isn’t going to kill you.
So much of the re-invention process comes down to making the decision to play to win — then positioni...
22nd September 2009
If you're feeling worn out and frustrated as you try to re-invent yourself or transition your career, have faith. It isn't going to kill you. So much of the re-invention process comes down to making the decision to play to win - then positioning yourself ...
21st September 2009
"Oh it's just humiliating. And no, I don't frankly care that I'm not alone and others are suffering, or that the universe is bigger and my problems are small by comparison. None of that helps. No offense."That note came in a recent e-mail from an old news...
18th September 2009
Today, my favorite server at my favorite beach restaurant sighed and said, "I need to do something different with my life, but I don't know what it is."Yesterday, the exasperation came from an acquaintance who e-mailed, "I'm still trying to find my passio...
08th September 2009
IYesterday, I delivered a keynote speech for a Fortune 500 company that, in the mid-1990s, was slammed with a high-profile class-action lawsuit alleging discrimination against 45,000 female employees. The suit said the company denied them equal pay, manag...
08th September 2009
If you are feeling worn down and beaten up by the economy, you aren't alone. It's easy to get discouraged and give up -- but don't.
I have several coaching clients who are truly struggling because they still haven't found work months after being laid ...
07th September 2009
When you read, hear and watch nonstop bad news, there's one natural human reaction.
You freeze up.
You become scared.
You worry that what you have right now is all that you will ever have.
You worry if you spend twenty dollars at a restaurant instead ...
06th September 2009
By Fawn GermerHere's the final tip-sheet from America's most sucessful women in business. They are featured in my book, The NEW Woman Rules,• A career is not a ladder, but a highway with off-ramps and on-ramps and turnsthat will take you to interesting ...
