Dealing with the Fallout from COVID It’s becoming increasingly clear that COVID-19 is going to be impacting us for a lot longer than was initially hoped. The surge in cases this month is a pretty devastating blow to the hope…
Essential Tips for Coping with the Coronavirus Dealing with the physical health challenges of a pandemic, especially during allergy season, is paramount for all of us. But what about our emotional health? We’re all feeling the stress of working from…
An Additional Warning About the Economic Slowdown March 22, 2020 Some of the on-air pundits, particularly those favorably disposed towards the administration, are talking about a fairly rapid V shaped recovery as the virus gets under control and as the…
How to Turn Resolutions into Results I just got back from my local gym. The parking lot was full, the Zumba class was packed, the trainers were signing up new clients like crazy. It’s that time of year again! Sadly,…
A not infrequent question of my clients in their mid twenties to mid thirties is “Should I go back to school and get a graduate degree?” (most commonly an M.B.A.). There are a number of ways of looking at this…
Don’t Compare Yourself to Others! My last post was about negative self-talk. A primary source of this negative self-talk is the practice that most people have of comparing themselves to others. In the majority of instances, comparing makes people feel worse.…
My Career Progression – Part II The closest I could get to a top job in the world of advertising turned out to be on the sales side – my old friend Bill Connell was now president of Whittle Communications…
My Career Progression As promised last week, here’s the story of my career trajectory – how I embarked upon the path that led me to prominent positions in the world of advertising, why and how I left the path, the…

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…
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