Career & Money

It’s one of the most critical life skills nobody talks about. It has the ability to transform our personal and professional lives. And the pandemic has been the ultimate test, forcing all of us to reexamine our strengths and weaknesses. I’m talking about communicating during a crisis.     While communication today is a struggle for everyone, it’s especially difficult for employers. Faced with new and unexpected challenges, they are being asked questions they don’t have the answers to. And this is completely understandable; with everything changing so quickly, it’s hard to keep up and make...

 Today I want to talk about something that seems a little silly but the message is important — “to-do” lists. I love a good “to-do” list. Sometimes I’ll write things on the list that are super easy and simple because I love the feeling of crossing it out and feeling this sense of accomplishment. This week’s topic: Reframe your “to-do” listThere’s nothing wrong with “to-do lists.” The problem that I see with these lists is how we judge ourselves based on how many items we have on the list. Here’s a common scenario for my clients. They have a million things to do each day. They...

 “So typical right?! I’m 26 and having a quarter-life crisis! I hate my job but have no idea what I want to do with my life. I’m such a cliché.” These words have probably been uttered by every single twenty-something that has walked through my door.Sometimes she is 28 and says work is “meh” and sometimes she is 23 and has worked incredibly hard to get a position at a top company only to find one year in, she is burned-out. Regardless of age or job, she always feels she is the only person in the world that experiences the dreaded quarter-life career crisis.Well I’m here to say,...

 I have a love/hate relationship with resolutions. Like most people I make them every year and usually break them before the end of January. I love the chance to “start over” and erase the mistakes of the prior year and have a “blank canvas” to work with. It allows me to “shake it off” (to quote Taylor Swift) and stop beating myself up about what I did or did not accomplish the previous year.Why do I continue to make resolutions, year after year, even though I have failed in the past?I believe anyone, at any time, can change.I would rather try to change and fail over and over...

 You’re there! You’ve finished college. You landed your dream job. Great! Now, it’s time to get a mentor. Why? You need someone to help you advance your career especially if you want a management role.You were taught as a child not to talk to strangers. Well, the same thing applies when finding a mentor. Mentors need to be people you know. Start making a list of people in your career field who can teach you a thing or two or people who have qualities you want or successes you want to achieve.As you make your list of possible mentors it will most likely include people who inspire...

 Everyone experiences fear and anxiety. We need it.Anxiety and fear are your body’s natural response to danger, it’s an alarm that goes off when you feel threatened, under pressure, or are facing a stressful situation.Anxiety in moderation is a good thing. It’s what motivates us to wake up in the morning and go to work for fear of losing our job and not being able to pay our bills. Fear of getting hit by a car prompts us to run across the street to avoid traffic.The problem is that when we are faced with a scary choice or decision, such as quitting our job and pursuing our dream...