#Career

Dec 4, 2019
2 min

Is It a Comeback If You Never Left?

The definition of Comeback: a return by a well-known person, especially an entertainer or sports player, to the activity in which they have formerly been successful. A comeback means you "left" something to pursue something else, it didn't work, and now you're "coming back" to what made you successful. What the heck does that mean? Does that mean you moved into a position which required other skill sets and now you're back at what you're known for, SME? While working in this

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Nichelle Rae

Nov 18, 2019
1 min

Let's Get This Party Started

It's mid November, the year is quickly coming to an end. You had goals, which you didn't meet for your career. You had some gains, but not the success you planned on. You made some changes, but your lifestyle is still not fully in line to support your journey. It's over. .... NOT! The holiday season is upon you. This is the time to catch up and kick-start your 2020. There are so many social events happening in the next few weeks to connect you and move you steps forward. The

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Your Worthiness Should Not Be The Hustle

Nichelle Rae

Oct 22, 2019
2 min

Your Worthiness Should Not Be The Hustle

Part of the issue with reaching your career goals has to do with your TRUE belief about yourself. Sure, it's easy to point towards the people who hold the power to promote you, move you up, pick you for the projects, add you to the list of those who are "chosen" for elevation; however they are making their decision based on how you project your own feelings about your skills and potential. Here is the secret .... "You are Worthy of your goals". You don't need to prove yoursel

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If This Doesn't Focus You....Nothing Will

Nichelle Rae

Oct 8, 2019
1 min

If This Doesn't Focus You....Nothing Will

Every blog, book newspaper, magazine and motivational speaker tells you to stay focused on the vision that you have for yourself. Your goals are doable if you just stay the course to reach them. It's not going to come easy and it won't come quickly but it will come. The test is, will you stay the course long enough to reach those goals you have. Hard work and ignoring all those voices inside your head and around you that say "this will never work", "what makes you think you c

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Nichelle Rae

Oct 1, 2019
2 min

A One Off isn't a Bad Thing

Slightly irregular, not in line with the rest, not fitting the mold; these are statements which considered to be telling that a person is not quite right. In a world that seems to be in contradiction to what is "right" and what "fits in", it's kind of hard to know if what you are doing is what is expected and will bring rewards. There is one view that is looking for someone who is not like the rest. Someone who not only thinks outside the box, but works outside of it as well.

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Nichelle Rae

Sep 25, 2019
1 min

Don't EVER Take an Email Lightly

It goes without saying that an email you must watch your words when sending an email. Be clear about your message. Do not use all caps and please whatever you do, don't get too fancy with the font; people can't read it. Sometimes I think we are so quick to respond through frustration, trying to be "immediate" or just in the email flow of the day and you "shoot" off another one. I wonder. Do you actually READ the emails that come to you? Or do you just skim them picking up the

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Nichelle Rae

Sep 18, 2019
1 min

Let's Keep Our Composure

There is something to be said about "not letting your left hand know what your right hand is doing". At 1st read, it sounds like someone keeping secrets. At 2nd glance you can see it tells you not to tell all of the plans you have. However, what I'm seeing is Keep Your Composure. Whatever happens in the office - they don't choose you for the project, they pass you over for the promotion, they seem to not see you when looking for ideas, no one hears your remarks during the mee

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Nichelle Rae

Sep 10, 2019
2 min

Sometimes I Just Don't Feel Like It

Man, the work of hustling hard, grinding, being on point, covering all my bases is EXHAUSTING! There are days when just the thought of it all makes me overwhelmed and not want to do anything. Do you ever feel like this? It's not that I don't want the success. It's not that I don't see the success. It's just some days it makes me want to lay on the couch and "binge watch" anything; I put it in quotes because I have not had the luxury to do this in a couple of years. To reach

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Nichelle Rae

Aug 13, 2019
1 min

No Time Like Now

The recent events in the news has made it very clear to live your life as best you can in the best way you know how. This is not a directive to be irresponsible, be overly adventurous or to throw caution and common sense to the wind. Instead, it is a directive to Go Forward. The ideas you have about the direction of your career, the goals you are "hoping" to reach and personal hurdles you want to overcome require action today. There is no reason to wait, hold back or hesitate

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Nichelle Rae

Aug 7, 2019
2 min

DO Not Disturb ... please.

You know what you need. You know when you have reached your limit. You know when it's time to take some time, even if only a few hours or a day, to step away from others and regroup. The question is: If you know this, why don't you do it? It would be easy to say it's FOMO, but that's not what it is. That would be an easy fix. No, you won't because you have so many goals, aspirations and milestones to reach that you think if you step aside for even a few hours you will lose th

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Nichelle Rae

May 7, 2019
2 min

Decipher Your Skills

Looking at your resume it's easy to see only the skills that apply to what you are doing right now. However, there are many skills which you see as specific to what you do that are also specific to the job you dream of doing. Soft skills - communication, interpersonal skills, adaptability, leadership, team building, problem solving and a solid work ethic - are at the top of the career placement list. If you have been working for at least 2 years you should have most of the so

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Nichelle Rae

Apr 16, 2019
1 min

It's Time to start Blooming!

It's Mid-April. For those who created 2019 Plans and Goals, if they haven't been started feel like it's too late. Well, it's not. It's not too late AND you don't have to wait until Monday to start fresh. If you want to end 2019 better than you ended 2018, today is as good a time as any to get started. Spring is about new beginnings. Spring is when seeds are planted, watered, fertilized and given plenty of TLC to ensure in the next 30 to 60 days blooms will appear. Your career

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Nichelle Rae

Mar 20, 2019
2 min

Self Focused = Success!

There is something about the word "selfish" that doesn't sit well with most people. Being selfish is an indication that you would take from someone else for the mere reason of wanting it for yourself. There seems to never be a context where it is used when the consensus deems it OK to be selfish. Webster's Dictionary defines Selfish as "concerned excessively or exclusively with oneself : seeking or concentrating on one's own advantage, pleasure, or well-being without regard f

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Nichelle Rae

Mar 12, 2019
2 min

You'd Better Figure YOU Out!

Recently, in the movie Dumplin on Netflix there was a quote which they credit to Dolly Parton, which is fine since the bulk of the movie is a Dolly World Fantasy. Anyway, they said something that stuck with me "Figure out who you are and then do it on purpose". Sounds simple enough. After a week, and reading my usual business writings I realized, this is very important when mapping out your career for success. You must figure out who you are! If you're a family person, home

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Nichelle Rae

Mar 4, 2019
1 min

Winter Weather ... Cold Career

Are experiencing a cold shift in your career? People aren't returning your emails for lunch or happy hour meetings? In the office some co-workers don't seem to have time to chit chat with you anymore? Even the light hearted banter you felt within your work team isn't quite what it was. Don't worry about it; as you shift so does your working relationships with people. As you begin to shift into focus and intention about your career through words and actions, those around will

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Everybody Needs a Confidant....just not at work.

Nichelle Rae

Feb 12, 2019
2 min

Everybody Needs a Confidant....just not at work.

Work friends are the best! Some days they are the only reason for showing up to work everyday. You spend most of your waking hours at work, so to be in an environment where you have a couple people who get it all. You can make faces about something said in a meeting. Watch the politics that go on around getting on a project or face time with a high profile client. Aside from work, you can talk about your lives - relationships, family, finances, grief, aspirations and failures

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Nichelle Rae

Jan 2, 2019
1 min

2019: Doing The Work!

No one seems to want to say it out loud, so I'll say it YOU have to do THE WORK! Yes, there is no easy route to success. Your career is not going to move just because you took a lunch, made a connection or had a few chit-chat sessions with important people. No, YOU will need to do the work. You will need to be better than the rest, brighter then the average star, work harder and put in the hours. Yes, old school hard work and drive is what it will take to move forward in 201

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Tis' the Season to Give, a Little to Yourself

Nichelle Rae

Dec 18, 2018
2 min

Tis' the Season to Give, a Little to Yourself

I LOVE the Holiday season! It is the time of year when even those, like myself, who are decorating challenged can somehow put together a festive decor`. Giving gifts to those who have touched your heart during the year. A gesture of appreciation to those who give you a service - Administrative staff, mail room staff, cleaning crew, hairstylist, managers, team leads, manicurist, Esthetician, and so on. Receiving and giving happiness to all you possibly can. What are you givin

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Nichelle Rae

Dec 10, 2018
2 min

Stay True & Good...to Everyone

One of the things my parents taught me, particularly my father, was to treat everyone the same. I've lived my career using the mantra. It's especially come in handy in the last 5 years, it's getting more difficult for me to remember names. However, some people seem to only use this theme when it comes to those in positions of power; they are so wrong. If you treat everyone in the office, from the Administrative Assistant to the mail room staff to the entry staff to the powers

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Nichelle Rae

Oct 30, 2018
1 min

Choose YOU!

Everyone is pushing you to lean in, raise your hand and speak up, all of that is great but at a point you have to choose you. You have to sit back, look at your schedule of projects inside the company and outside the company, check your networking schedule (you should have a networking schedule), check your career goals and decide if it's better for you to sit this one out. Sometimes the best thing you can do for your career and sit silent. If you raise your hand too often an

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