Preperation. This is the key. When you get to your 1:1 and your manager asks, “How was your week?” your answer is most likely off the cuff. Probably, whatever you remember from that day, which of course is a fraction of the whole week, and is also likely a poor reflection of what you actually…

“Not one person attributes their joy, success, or feelings of enough to being perfect.” – Brene Brown, Ph.D., LMSW, Author of Daring Greatly One of my good friends, Lydia Weibel, sent me the book “Daring Greatly” and I haven’t been to put it down. The author, Brene Brown, discusses perfection, and I’ve highlighted my favorite…

In my last post I talked about fighting for your value in the workplace. But in order to fight for your value, you first need to know what your value is. There are two types of value I will address. First is the value you hold as a human being, which is priceless beyond comprehension….

People can work very hard and be spinning their wheels in the same spot. No one would stop me right now from going to the local Taco Bell, applying, and starting to work the following day at their lowest paying wage. The work I’d be doing there would be more physically demanding than what is…

I try to be very cognizant of what I praise. Because what is praised becomes behavior that is encouraged and promoted. However, sometimes behavior is praised that we would not want to promote. For example, if I were to praise purely the amount of time someone spent in the office that would encourage them, and…