Category: shame

31Ways2GetItStarted™! January 9, 2013

Day 9:  Don’t Ask Someone Else’s Permission to Achieve Your Goals It’s always strange/interesting/irritating to me how many people need to ask and receive another person’s permission to achieve their own goals. Just writing that sentence, in fact, irritates me. You’re going to ask someone else to approve your goals? Okay, deep breath, relax, calm…
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January 9, 2013 0

31Ways2GetItStarted™! January 3, 2013

Day 3: Allow Yourself to Succeed Yesterday I implored you to be realistic as you set about making changes–since it is a process, not a one-time thing…well, it is if you want to be successful!–so on a related note…allow yourself to succeed. Whether you’re trying to make big changes or small–and all big changes start…
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January 3, 2013 0

On Maturity

If you’re looking for a job, or trying to make a career-transition, I need you to write this down—not on your hand, preferably—and commit it to memory: you are selling yourself. You’re selling your experience, your education, your connections…but you’re also selling a more “emotional” type of value: your common-sense, your ability to present yourself as…
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August 19, 2011 0