
Navigating Office Politics The bane of many of my clients’ existence is office politics. They hate it, often for “moral” reasons and at least as frequently because they’re no good at it. They long to find a workplace where office…
Healing Election Wounds I am writing this on the Friday before Election Day, knowing that I may be in a less calm and objective place starting Tuesday night. But NO MATTER THE OUTCOME I passionately believe that we have an obligation…
Three Different Perspectives on Career Building I have just completed reading the third of three vastly different books on career success. First The first, about which I wrote at some length a few weeks ago, is entitled “The Startup of You”.…
How to Make Your New Year’s Resolutions Stick Almost half of the adult American population will make New Year’s resolutions, but less than half of those will have successfully adhered to their new ways come July 4. Changing bad habits is…
The Chasm vs. the Puddle A little while ago I posted an entry entitled “Small Steps that Can Lead to Big Change“. Relatedly, this past Christmas I posted about psychological barriers to moving ahead with the search to improve one’s…
Loneliness Isn’t Just About Being Alone A small but still significant number of my clients talk to me about their loneliness. It’s an emotion that is highly complex – we are social creatures, and most of us need connection to nourish…
I wrote this post on Saturday but because of internet problems I haven’t been able to post it until tonight. It’s my blankedy-blank birthday (more on that in a minute) so I’m celebrating by diverging from my usual format, and…
We all label people. It makes functioning in the world simpler when the people we encounter can be placed in a category with which we are already familiar. We meet a Republican and we assume that she’s relatively conservative; we…
I previously wrote about psychological barriers that prevent people from taking the steps they need to in order to move forward on finding a new job or career: “Psychological Blocks to Pursuing a Better Career.” In brief, they were perfectionism,…
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Jim identifies paths with clarity including responsibilities, entry points, challenges, and genuine trade-offs.
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