Archive for 'Personal Change'
Personal Changes – When the Number of Changes Starts Looking Too Big
I’ve recently started seeing and talking to a number of people with huge list’s of changes and issues going on in their life. All are pressing, all are “A” priorities and most of them have a hefty emotional component to them. The result is people that are stressed and overwhelmed. People in this situation often [...]
Posted: January 3rd, 2011 under fear of change, Personal Change.
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Life skill: Dream about the Future
Dreaming about your future is basically the concept of visualizing conditions you want in your future life, which will truly get you charged up and excited. Another way to put it is having a passion in your life. I have seen all too often that as some people age, the ability to get excited about [...]
Posted: October 3rd, 2010 under Personal Change.
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Personal Changes – When the Number of Changes Starts Looking Too Big
I’ve recently started seeing and talking to a number of people with huge list’s of changes and issues going on in their life. All are pressing, all are “A” priorities and most of them have a hefty emotional component to them. The result is people that are stressed and overwhelmed. People in this situation often [...]
Posted: September 5th, 2010 under fear of change, Personal Change.
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No Motivation to Change?
When it comes to our health and fitness or for that matter anything, making a change can be a challenge. I’m here to give you a pearl of wisdom about getting up off the couch to get you moving. The pearl of wisdom is this: You need one part commitment, one part plan and one [...]
Posted: July 30th, 2010 under fear of change, Personal Change.
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What is your purpose for being here?
Whoa, that’s a big thought. It’s not too big but it is big. Sometime in our middle years (and for those fortunate few that are younger) we discover the need or drive for meaning and purpose to our life. It is safe to say that for many of us, the purpose in our early adult [...]
Posted: July 18th, 2010 under Personal Change.
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Career Development: Are You as Good as Your Word?
A concept I don’t think gets talked about too much as it relates to a person’s career growth is integrity. Integrity sometimes sounds stiff and too conceptual but there are aspects to it that are so critical to your success that it bears pointing out – repeatedly. In the world of work (and it doesn’t [...]
Posted: May 28th, 2010 under career advice, career development, Career growth, career management, Personal Change.
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Careers: FINDING PASSION – 5 Easy Steps to Finding Passion in your Life and Career
Many people, particularly as they accumulate years of work experience, find they have a growing desire to put passion into their life and career. My observation about why this takes place is that as we grow in life experiences a lot of the excitement or “newness” diminishes. We simply have been there and done that [...]
Posted: May 18th, 2010 under career advice, Career Change, career development, Career growth, career management, Personal Change.
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CAN A PERSON MAKE REAL CHANGE?
That’s a great question. At some point in your life, you have witnessed in yourself and perhaps others, attempts at making changes to their life which simply didn’t “take”. The range of changes is everything from losing weight to ending a bad relationship or smoking. Whatever the example, we have all had an opportunity to [...]
Posted: May 3rd, 2010 under Career Change, Personal Change.
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Olympic Personal Change – The New Extreme Sport
This week a person made an observation of me that stuck with me long enough to think up this concept. He observed that change was really a big part of who I was but noted that most people run the other way due to fear and loathing of change. Like a fire fighter running into [...]
Posted: April 2nd, 2010 under fear of change, Personal Change.
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Career Change: 2 Strategies for getting off your “buts”
I hear countless comments from people saying they want to change careers, BUT, but, but, but. They make up some reason for not changing. Among these reasons are: I’m too old – I’ll have to take a pay cut – I don’t want to make the effort – I don’t know what I’d do. Essentially, [...]
Posted: February 16th, 2010 under Career Change, I hate my job, Next Chapter New Life, Personal Change.
Tags: Career Change, fear of change, job change, procrastination, research
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Dear Dorothy,I've been working at an entry level position for about two years. For the last 6 months, I feel as if I have outgrown my job and don't see any room for growth. I enjoy my job and the people I work with, but I feel like I need to make the next move in my career. How should I move forward?

