It’s important to be grateful for all the awesome people and things in our lives. That being said sometimes we look at our lives and wish we could change some of the things going on in them. Or maybe we wish we can change a lot. Probably depends on the day, week or month. The…
Category: Life Lessons
General Observations On Life’s Lessons
How to Prepare for the Job Interview
Being in recruiting for over 15 years I’ve coached a lot of people on preparing for a job interview. Kind of goes with the territory. There is no specific one way on how to prepare for the job interview. What there is are some best practice ideas that you can use to maximize your chances…
How To Be A Good Boyfriend
How to be a good boyfriend? What? Why would I be writing about a topic like that? After all, unless I have been hiding something from my wife for over 25 years I don’t have a boyfriend. But wow, wouldn’t she have a fun look on her face if I did? Doesn’t matter, I don’t….
How A Lack of Communication Can Cost Your Career
The power of effective communication is amazing. A company that clearly communicates their strategy can get everyone working towards the same goal. Alternatively, a company that has a lack of communicate strategy clearly isn’t going to get good buy-in from the folks that work there because they don’t know the vision. This article will share…
How Failing Makes You Better
Ever read that quote that floats around about Thomas Edison’s process of inventing the lightbulb? The one that goes something like “I didn’t fail 1,000 times, the light bulb was an invention with 1,000 steps.” What an impactful statement about what it took to come up with one of the greatest inventions of all time….
What’s Happening in 2020
You see that calendar don’t you? The one that shows you Christmas is NEXT WEEK! And that the end of the year is barreling towards you like a freight train. I know, I know. You are alternating between excitement (or dread if you’re traveling a lot) for the holidays and Oh My Gawd how is…
Creative Ways to Make Money From Home
Since we are the midst of the holidays I’m thinking a lot about money. Especially as I continue to shell out money for presents. Now I have a regular day job that I love. I also wind up doing a few side gigs to bring in extra cash. I do this to put money into…
Holiday Jobs Hiring Now
So Halloween just happened. Awesome. I didn’t really do much for Halloween, did you? In any event now that Halloween is in the rear view mirror you know what that means right? It means the end of the year is right around the corner. And if you are anything like me (and hopefully you aren’t)…
Why Are People So Flaky?
Is it just me or does there seem to be flaky people everywhere these days? You know what I’m talking about. The people that say they are going to do something but fail to do it. Not once but repeatedly. Well, in my recent experience it’s both one time with new people and sometimes repeatedly…
How To Not Be A Good Friend
This article is inspired by what I guess I would term the ending of a long friendship. Something happened recently that made me open my eyes and realize this person had not been much of a friend over the last year. And to be honest that was really disappointing and kind of sad. There’s some…