When Work Feels Like Groundhogs Day
Remember Phil Connors, a fictional weatherman played by Bill Murray in the movie Groundhogs Day? Phil Connors wants change in his life, yet wakes up to continually discovering that he is reliving February 2 OVER and OVER again. Welcome to Groundhogs Day!
Organization Spotlight: Discover Your Next Career Move With Your Project X
Everything you were taught about work is wrong. If the future’s predictable, we can make a plan. We can define a path. We can work tirelessly to earn our degrees and achieve success. The future is anything but. Grandma and Aunt Amy’s little chat about choosing a career (lawyer or doctor) and studying hard is the imaginary TV vision of the global economy.
Moving With Kids
Moving is stressful. Over the last 20 years I have moved over 15 times: across cities, across the USA, and across oceans. Along with the excitement that accompanied each move, came a unique set of challenges too.
Handling A “No” Gracefully
Sylvia Plath once said, “I love my rejection slips. They show me I try.” Thank you Sylvia! What a wonderful way to reframe rejection! Imagine the pain we would avoid, if only we viewed rejection as proof of our courageousness and evidence of our self-investment?