Allowing BS to Get to You BSers. We all know some. In fact, some of us may know many of them. We deal with them at work, socially, or we just bump into them through random contacts. They are usually loud and have definite opinions about everything. They are never wrong (At least according to …
Not getting recognition You put in lots of time. You work you butt off and accomplish more than any three people you work with. Yet, for all of your efforts you are not receiving any recognition. In fact, your annual performance reviews are average at best. You could have done a lot less and gotten …
Getting help “The best advice I can give to anyone going through a rough patch is to never be afraid to ask for help.” Demi Lovato Jonas Jacobsson – Unsplash So, is getting help or conversely not getting help what is keeping you awake at night? Are you concerned that no one really cares about …
Having Friends? The glory of friendship is not in the outstretched hand, nor the kindly smile, nor the joy of companionship; it is in the spiritual inspiration that comes to one when he discovers that someone else believes in him and is willing to trust him. Ralph Waldo Emerson Friends. We all have them. …
Making the Right Decisions Every time you make the hard, correct decision you become a bit more courageous, and every time you make the easy, wrong decision you become a bit more cowardly. If you are CEO, these choices will lead to a courageous or cowardly company. Ben Horowitz How often do we second guess …
Who to Trust Of all the things that can keep you awake at night, perhaps one of the biggest is your concern about who you can and can’t trust. How many times have we been burned by someone we swore was good and reliable? We may even have called them, friend. But then they did …
Difficult Clients We all have at one time or another dealt with a difficult person. It could be someone close to us or someone for whatever reason we just did not get along with. We never quite understand why that person wants to be difficult. We think we are a nice person and are told …
Taking Care of Employees Remember how you once felt that your boss and your company were not looking out for you? Matthew Henry from Unsplash The pay was ok, but the raises were miniscule and the benefits were so-so. You worked hard and put in extra hours, but got scant if any praise for your …
Am I in the Right Career? Are you laying awake at night because you are not satisfied with where you are at in your career? It doesn’t make sense, but yet it bothers you so much that you are losing sleep over it. And you can’t understand why. You really knew what you wanted to …
Personal Life vs. Work Life You wonder if it is truly possible to enjoy a life where you can ‘Play Longer.’ You wonder if the rat race our society seems to be in is all that there is, and would love to find another way to enjoy life with your family and friends. Tara Ross, …