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4 Ways to Release Pressure

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4 Ways to Release Pressure

How many times have you heard people say they perform best under pressure?  In our society the idea that applying pressure to a situation will reap the best results is very prevalent. It’s such a part of our psyche that we do it subconsciously. For many of us it’s a part of life, basically second nature. 

I’m not here to say whether our national obsession with pressure is right or wrong. However, I have noticed a significant pattern between my clients overall mental and physical well being and the amount of pressure they apply to themselves. It reminds me of a [...]

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When You Know What to Do and it Still Doesn’t Get Done

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When You Know What to Do and it Still Doesn’t Get Done

You are smart, motivated, and success oriented. You know exactly what you want to do, but somehow it’s not happening. Or you are doing a lot and not yielding the results you are desiring? It’s the toughest spot to be in, the middle.  You have past the point of uncertainty (or maybe you never were uncertain) and can see what you want so clearly, but somehow you feel motionless, feet planted firmly on the ground.

There are a myriad of reason that you may feel stuck in the middle. Here are some examples from clients I have worked with: 

Trying Too Hard: [...]

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What to do When You Feel Overqualified and Under Stimulated

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What to do When You Feel Overqualified and Under Stimulated

I worked with a client recently who is in a situation that is familiar in this economy. After being unemployed for 5 months, she took a job that is far from where she would like to be at this point in her career. Though the job is in her career field, she is overqualified.  She’s got the drive, motivation, and ideas but says she is stuck in a situation that leaves her feeling bored and without any choices in her life. And of course when you feel bored and powerless, a little bit of anger starts to brew. 

For the first [...]

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Getting Clear on Your Career Purpose

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Getting Clear on Your Career Purpose

You can change your life fairly quickly by using a new approaches and changing your patterns. However, change is difficult. Many people claim to have the burning desire to change their job, career, and life. They become so desperate for change that they give up in frustration when it doesn’t happen right away.

I realized recently that change doesn’t happen until you are ready for it. How do you become ready for change? You align yourself in mind, body, and spirit with what you want. This became crystal clear to me when I picked up a book I was given 15 [...]

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How to Shift Bleak Career Opportunities

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How to Shift Bleak Career Opportunities

 

When you feel stuck in your career it seems like there are no opportunities and there is no way out. People tend to live their lives in one of three places: Resignation, Anger, or Possibility. The economy is bad, recent graduates can’t find jobs, and people have been losing their jobs for months. It sounds bad all around. So even though you want to change jobs, you tell yourself to hold tight because this is all there is or the best you can do, etc. So you have resigned yourself to the idea that this is just the way it [...]

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Staying Fit to Stay Sharp in Your Career

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Staying Fit to Stay Sharp in Your Career

Why do workplaces like yahoo have volleyball and basketball courts on site? I have noticed a theme in my research the last few weeks. Every article I read or news story I pick up discusses the benefits of exercise in the workplace. I have seen some fabulous examples where companies actually have fitness centers on site. Employees are actually encouraged to use these facilities during their lunch break or after work hours. Exercising and staying fit have a huge impact on your productivity level and your career. That’s why companies like yahoo are so successful; they understand that if you [...]

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Eliminating Frustration by Focusing on Strengths

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Eliminating Frustration by Focusing on Strengths

Have you been working towards the same accomplishment for years? Do you think that pure will and determination will create a force so strong that it will just happen? I love enthusiasm, but chances are this strategy won’t work. Before you get frustrated and stop reading this article, let me share with you what will shift you from trying to force things to happen to actually making them happen. 

 I came across a quote in a book called “Strengths 2.0” by Tom Rath that states it quite simply: “You cannot be anything you want to be-but you can be more of [...]

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Is Perfectionism Gnawing Away at Your Success?

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Is Perfectionism Gnawing Away at Your Success?

Is your perfectionism standing in the way of your ideas? Where do you draw the line between a healthy sense of accomplishment and an unhealthy obsession with being perfect? Finally, a study has come out that can help those of us who fall along the perfectionist spectrum. Many of my clients are very competent, creative, and full of great ideas, but they falter when making steps towards turning their ideas into actions or even sharing their ideas at the workplace. Their biggest fears lie in making mistakes that they believe will lead to criticism. A mistake, whether big or small, [...]

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How You Can Change Your Life in 1 Week

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How You Can Change Your Life in 1 Week

I’ve probably mentioned that change takes time and you have to give yourself flexibility when making big shifts in your life. But some shifts don’t have to take a long time. These are the kinds of shifts that start in your mind. As humans we are prone to thought ruts, those continual verses that play in your mind telling you why things are a certain way and how you should feel about it.

Not long ago I found myself in a spot I was uncomfortable with. I wanted to create a network within my community to share and promote my services. [...]

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Choosing to Better Your Career

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Choosing to Better Your Career

It is not news to anyone that the climate of the workplace has shifted dramatically over the last year or so. My clients often tell me that they fear losing their jobs and will do anything required of them to secure their positions. Other clients come to me frustrated with longer hours and more demands and feel powerless. To many it feels like a choice less world right now. Allowing yourself to be powerless in your world is not going to help you progress or succeed in an ever changing workplace. The key is to learn resilience with change and [...]

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