Eat Your Career

APRIL 11, 2017

We can’t rely on other people to pump us up and yank us out of the rut we’ve created for ourselves. When we’re struggling and feeling demotivated, we have to pump ourselves up. We have to step up and do what it takes to get our groove back, because really, we’re the only ones with that power.

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Eat Your Career

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

Once again, my thoughts on this topic are fully summed up in my book, The Proactive Professional. If you’re going to be proactive, you want to think about the actions you’re taking, the effects you’re creating, and the fate you’re setting yourself up for. Learn more about it and access links to other articles in the series here.

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Eat Your Career

MAY 9, 2017

If you’re not willing to accept that and step up to the challenge, you might as well settle for some lesser goal. They’ve given up—not on the dream , but on themselves. Members have the option to sign up and receive blog posts directly in their email inbox as soon as they are published. I often find that it’s fleeting.

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Eat Your Career

MARCH 8, 2017

Others are willing to give up professional power and prestige for a more balanced personal life. I’m not willing to give up any piece of it for my career—and I shouldn’t have to. I’m not willing to give up certain elements of my personal life, no matter how much money someone offers. Compromise isn’t a bad thing.

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Eat Your Career

MARCH 28, 2017

To quote myself: We often have to give up on one thing in order to move forward with another. By refusing to give up when things clearly aren’t working or ignoring signals that a natural phase of completion has been reached, one only wastes precious time and energy. Recommended Reading: Bad Career Advice: Never Give Up.

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Eat Your Career

MAY 4, 2015

It’s not just because I’ve been writing this blog for over 5 years (any Joe-schmoe off the street can do this, you know!). Rather, it’s because I’ve immersed myself in the field—soaked up knowledge and applied it at a rapid pace. Colleagues at all levels sit up and take notice when an expert enters the room. Scary isn’t it?

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Eat Your Career

MAY 4, 2015

It’s not just because I’ve been writing this blog for over 5 years (any Joe-schmoe off the street can do this, you know!). Rather, it’s because I’ve immersed myself in the field—soaked up knowledge and applied it at a rapid pace. Colleagues at all levels sit up and take notice when an expert enters the room. Scary isn’t it?

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Eat Your Career

AUGUST 23, 2017

Those of you who have read my blog for a while know that I’m always looking for career lessons in the strangest of places. Don’t procrastinate (and have a back-up plan). The real eclipse enthusiasts had snatched them up! Thankfully, I had a back-up plan. And always have a back-up plan just in case. But not always.

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Eat Your Career

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

If you’re not keeping up, you’re falling behind. And yet, up until the moment I find them, they never existed in my world. I’ve learned, over the years, to focus my curiosity on areas of learning that pull me toward my personal and professional goals, that lift me up and challenge me in the most positive ways.

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Eat Your Career

JUNE 5, 2017

Every week, I get a ton of emails from blog readers with career questions they want me to answer. Are you setting yourself up for disappointment by believing that work shouldn’t ever feel like work? When you’re constantly comparing your situation to others and you’re always coming up short, you’ll never be happy.

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Eat Your Career

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

I wanted to take just a minute to update all of you about what’s been going on around here because I haven’t had a chance to write a new blog post in several weeks. So speak up. I haven’t written on this blog (or even thought about it, honestly) for several weeks, and I’m okay with that. I’m not beating myself up about it.

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Eat Your Career

MARCH 8, 2015

Well, friends, let me start this blog post by saying one thing: I’m still alive! Here’s a quick overview of what’s been going on (and then I promise I’ll get into the details): I endured a painful (though ultimately incredibly necessary ) break up. I woke up one morning and thought, “Wow. I know, I know. It’s been…like…forever.

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Eat Your Career

MARCH 8, 2015

Well, friends, let me start this blog post by saying one thing: I’m still alive! Here’s a quick overview of what’s been going on (and then I promise I’ll get into the details): I endured a painful (though ultimately incredibly necessary ) break up. I woke up one morning and thought, “Wow. I know, I know. It’s been…like…forever.

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Eat Your Career

AUGUST 26, 2010

Write a blog post about this contest and put it up on your blog. (Be (Be sure to use the hashtag #EatYourCareer so I can track it!). Note: If you’re already following, just tweet with the hashtag to be entered. Be sure to send me an email with a link or just add a comment here.). For each one you do, you’ll get one entry.

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Eat Your Career

JANUARY 16, 2017

These things may not feel like much in the moment, but they add up over time. Members have the option to sign up and receive blog posts directly in their email inbox as soon as they are published. Or accepting credit for something that wasn’t really yours to own. Or grabbing some extra supplies to restock your home office.

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Eat Your Career

DECEMBER 5, 2016

You can’t talk a big game and not back it up with tangible proof. If you confidently assert your position and then don’t have real information to back it up, the self-fulfilling prophecy is reversed. Members have the option to sign up and receive blog posts directly in their email inbox as soon as they are published.

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Eat Your Career

MARCH 21, 2017

To what degree is up to you. Members have the option to sign up and receive blog posts directly in their email inbox as soon as they are published. In my opinion, career choices must factor in money—not as the sole factor, but a critical one nonetheless. Finances usually play a part in that. Follow your heart!”

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Eat Your Career

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

I mentioned in a previous blog post that I had accepted a full time role in corporate training at a local financial services firm here in Denver. Remember to sign up here. ). I’ll be starting a few new blog series that I’ve been looking forward to writing for some time. I hope you’ll take advantage.

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Eat Your Career

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

I mentioned in a previous blog post that I had accepted a full time role in corporate training at a local financial services firm here in Denver. Remember to sign up here. ). I’ll be starting a few new blog series that I’ve been looking forward to writing for some time. I hope you’ll take advantage.

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Eat Your Career

DECEMBER 12, 2016

Otherwise, I’m setting myself up for disaster. After all, how can we proactively do the right things today to set ourselves up for success tomorrow if we’re not taking the time to think about the future? Members have the option to sign up and receive blog posts directly in their email inbox as soon as they are published.

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Eat Your Career

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

In fact, I’ve come up with hundreds of them. Members have the option to sign up and receive blog posts directly in their email inbox as soon as they are published. No one is judging you except for that sabotaging voice in your head. Don’t let him win! Positive Career Affirmations. Now, go AFFIRM yourself!

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Eat Your Career

JANUARY 3, 2017

They didn’t use it as an excuse to give up or confirm the fear they undoubtedly were facing. Don’t beat yourself up, but seek clarity. Members have the option to sign up and receive blog posts directly in their email inbox as soon as they are published. So how do you fail forward instead of backward? But it’s rare.

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Eat Your Career

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

There are plenty of other opportunities to talk yourself up—but you have to use discretion as well. Think of it this way: Imagine you find yourself in the elevator with your CEO and he or she asks, “What have you been up to?” These situations require you to speak articulately about yourself and your past achievements.

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Eat Your Career

JUNE 4, 2012

Here’s something that happens to me at least several times a month: I get an email from a blog reader. You’re like a little hamster in his wheel—running like crazy but barely keeping up. WHAT you do is up to you; just do something. It usually contains a very long, very elaborate description of his or her career problem.

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Eat Your Career

JANUARY 22, 2014

To help you, I’m starting a blog series wherein I’ll address some of the most commonly asked questions on how to utilize the various features LinkedIn offers. These currently show up as my “top” skills because I have the most endorsements for these. Additional skills I’ve listed show up below that list. Career Counseling.

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Eat Your Career

DECEMBER 12, 2013

But this is one concept that’s so important, it deserves a blog post of its very own. The more you can create measurable, positive, powerful outcomes through your actions, the more people will sit up and take notice. Find a few minutes here or there to step up your game in the value department. I say…RISK IT. Give it try.

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Eat Your Career

AUGUST 2, 2015

If you’ve been a reader of this blog for any period of time, you know I never a share a problem without also offering a solution. When I feel that crippling sense of anxiety creeping in, I stand up and walk away from my desk for a minute. I know some of this is simply the plight of the modern worker and I’m not alone.

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Eat Your Career

AUGUST 2, 2015

If you’ve been a reader of this blog for any period of time, you know I never a share a problem without also offering a solution. When I feel that crippling sense of anxiety creeping in, I stand up and walk away from my desk for a minute. I know some of this is simply the plight of the modern worker and I’m not alone.

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Eat Your Career

APRIL 4, 2012

On a recent free coaching call , I heard from a loyal blog reader who was feeling distraught. I know it’s easy to get down on yourself, down on your company, and down on this person who snagged the role from beneath you, but don’t get wrapped up in those emotions. Don’t beat yourself—or anyone else—up. It’s a new day.

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Eat Your Career

SEPTEMBER 17, 2010

My friend, Kathy, recently started this snarky little blog that describes the madness that is working for an entrepreneur. I had a Citibank credit card but I just chopped it up. Watch this video and think about how you’re not “free climbing” a 1700 foot electrical tower as a storm approaches in the distance. Working for Wonka.

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Eat Your Career

APRIL 4, 2017

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Eat Your Career

DECEMBER 20, 2016

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Eat Your Career

MARCH 4, 2011

So look out for more frequent blog posts in the near future. I wanted to spend more time coaching and writing, but my role as Managing Editor at a demanding start-up company meant my days were full with a variety of “other” tasks. We build up momentum and the idea of slowing down starts to seem like such a waste.

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Eat Your Career

JULY 25, 2013

If you want to be seen as a leader in your field, you have to stand up and be vocal about what you have to offer. Or start a blog! Step up and offer to guide the ship if you know you’d make a good captain. If you keep your eyes, ears, and mind open, you may learn something in the process as well. Volunteer it.

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Eat Your Career

AUGUST 13, 2010

I’ve done some guest posts recently on a few awesome blogs so click on through if you’re so inclined and read more from me in other places: Changing Fields: Advice from a Career Coach (on Ms. I just love it when creative people take something, break it apart, and turn it into something new and cool. Dragos Roua is known for this.

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Eat Your Career

JANUARY 16, 2011

Every blog post I publish is a challenge. They constantly beat themselves up for falling short, or they push themselves to unfair and unhealthy extremes. Either you’re perfect in their eyes and nothing you mess up will change that, or you’re imperfect and nothing you master will change it. Love Yourself (As You Are).

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Eat Your Career

OCTOBER 23, 2013

Things I had input on my phone wouldn’t show up on my computer and vice versa. Some online task and project management systems are more up to speed on this kind of thing and have apps for your phone to make capturing information easy even when you’re offline. Learning a new system. Project Notebook. Electronic Calendar.

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