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

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

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

I've been out of the loop for a bit. I was out of the country; USA country that is. My 1st day back at work was a Tuesday. I literally stepped off the plane, picked up my bag, jumped into the car with my husband and went to work. Since I got there in the midst of Tuesday busyness happening I felt out of sorts. Then I realized being silent, still moving and functioning of course, but speaking only when necessary helped me to catch up with what happened while was out. Going ba

Choosing someone you admire within your field is what most goal minded career person would do, reading and studying their career path, following them on twitter, FB or possibly their newsletter. Doing all of this is in part keeping you focused and also helping you to chart a path for your own success. However, in using someone else's career as a blueprint it is easy to begin to replace some of your traits with theirs. That's not a horrible happen stance but you must be caref

Sometimes raising our hand and leaning in gives us a load that's heavier than expected. In those moments, retreat isn't the answer but there