Having the proper kind of energy is essential to realigning your work/life balance. I’m not just talking about “energy” in the sense we usually mean: “get up and go,” or “fire in the belly,” but more about a positive attitude…
Please excuse the academic-sounding title of this post! Just the other day I received an email from a concerned mom who was worried that her son, recently graduated from an excellent university, was floundering in his job/career search. She wanted…
I recently met with a client who stimulated my thinking for this week’s post. She’s a very successful lawyer who has “burned out” on her profession, but has been unable to move forward pursuing alternatives without really understanding why. She…
Stuart MilesAn out of alignment Work / Life balance (guess which side is generally overweighted!) is a problem many clients want my help in solving. There are two principal aspects to solving this problem: changing one’s actions and realigning one’s…
I had intended to write about either the right mindset to approach the development of a Career Plan B, or about half full and half empty glasses, but I spent such a wonderful and fascinating 5 days in MN, IA,…
The majority of the work that I do with clients involves helping them to first identify and then explore promising alternate career paths. To give structure to this process I frequently use one of several career exploration books that contain…
Today’s post is more philosophical in tone than the majority that I write, inspired both by my reading the latest issue of Wesleyan, the alumni magazine of my alma mater, and a conversation I had with my godson. It delves…
“Huh?” you might think. “I’m in control of my mind. I decide what to think, and when.” But for most people that’s frequently not true. The mind is constantly generating thoughts, and too often one of those thoughts can capture…
Over the past couple of weeks I’ve encountered a larger-than-normal spate of requests from third parties concerned about the career welfare of significant others in their lives: From a sister whose brother is ending a twenty year engagement as a…
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