Years before I launched this coaching business, when I was still working in network news…ugh I remember all-too-vividly how terrible it was to feel trapped by my job. Waking up at 3am, the so-called “hour of the wolf,” and immediately feeling sick to my stomach when I thought about work…blech. (And then, since I’m apparently…
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A preternaturally beautiful October Friday afternoon here in NYC…perfect time to brood about your dating life! If you’re at work, wondering if you should talk about your dating life, or your new boy/girlfriend…probably don’t. Unless you implicitly trust the person you’re about to confide in, stop. Hold your tongue. Keep your private life private. People…
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Thanks Robin Farmer for including me in your great Washington Post piece about tips for negotiating your dream job offer!
It’s often been said that looking for a job is the worst job there is, and IMO, part of what makes job-hunting so emotionally arduous is that it requires us to aim high, and commit to our magnificent potential…even when we’re, to paraphrase Willy Loman in Death of a Salesman, “feeling kinda temporary” about ourselves.…
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“People pay for what they do, and still more for what they have allowed themselves to become. And they pay for it very simply; by the lives they lead.”- James Baldwin A client I’m very proud of—yes, I sound like someone’s mom, and have you just met me? I have clients who will do their…
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They are certain types of clients who hire me to help them become more selfish. There are certain types of clients who, when I start talking about how they’re going to have to become selfish to achieve their goals, become almost orgasmic regarding my use of the word, “selfish.” They move in close, lock their…
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I have a coaching client who, after being “wooed” for an extended period by a potential new employer, finally had the necessary come-to-Jesus meeting with the management team, to hash out all the final details. Except that the more she and the new team tried to clear up the so-called “minor” details, the more it…
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