Use Your Curiosity as a Personal GPS

March 30, 2011
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Your curiosity is like a GPS. It connects you with your interests and helps you follow your passions. I was reminded of that this morning, when I went for a walk after a rain shower. Looking at the puddles and smelling the fresh air, I remembered how as a child I used to go out [...]

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Moving Through Those Obstacles in Your Path

February 28, 2011
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“If you can find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn’t lead anywhere.” ~ Frank A. Clark It can be so frustrating to be ready to change your life, and then be faced with those oh-so-familiar obstacles standing in your way. I encountered quite a few of them on my own path to self-employment. [...]

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One Person Can Make a Difference: Encore Careers’ Launch Pad Contest

February 10, 2011
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“Never believe that a few caring people can’t change the world. For, indeed, that’s all who ever have.”  ~  Margaret Mead It just takes one. One person, one community, one at a time. That’s all it takes to make a difference in the world. Many of my clients want to feel they’re making more of [...]

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When Researching Careers, Know When Enough’s Enough

January 31, 2011
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I love collecting information. I have a file cabinet in my office, where I keep newspaper clippings and notes in brightly-colored file folders. Everything else I gather into folders on my computer – articles, reports, ebooks, ideas, and mind-maps. I adore programs like Evernote and OneNote, which allow me to quickly clip and store information [...]

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Balancing Life and Work: Choosing What Matters to You

January 18, 2011
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Balancing life and work… is it even possible? Until two months ago, when I had my wake-up call, I didn’t think too much about living a balanced life. It took some rather frightening physical symptoms to make me finally realize that I was letting my work take precedence over other things that matter in my [...]

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Creating New Year’s Intentions… Not Resolutions

December 30, 2010
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I’m not very good at keeping New Year’s resolutions. But I guess I’m in good company. Apparently, more than a third of New Year’s resolutions are broken by the end of January. Only 23% of people actually stick to their resolutions. What does work for me is creating New Year’s intentions. Intentions aren’t the same [...]

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Brené Brown on Wholehearted Living

December 9, 2010
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A friend passed this video on to me, and I’m so glad she did. In it, Brené Brown, a research professor at the University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work, talks about the importance of “wholehearted living,” and how shame and fear can keep us from living authentically. I wanted to share this with [...]

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How to Gain Work Experience When You Don’t Have Any

November 30, 2010
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How do you get work experience for the new career you want? Depending on the type of work you’re interested in, you may be able to show on your résumé how your current accomplishments and skills are transferable to that new career. In some cases, though, it can be difficult to change career direction without [...]

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