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5 Ways to Make the Office Better When You Return

What lessons have we learned in these last three months away that we can bring back with us to the office?

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6 Things to Help You Make Good Decisions in Bad Times

When we are living in a period of deep uncertainty, without context or precedent, it can be easy to make bad decisions.

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How Self-Reflection Can Make You Happier and More Successful

How can we truly understand ourselves – what we want and what makes us happy – without stopping to consider where we’ve been, what we’ve don

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How to Make Uncertainty Work For You

What a Layoff Taught Me About Living My Life Living in this moment of Covid-19, of social distancing, economic distress, layoffs and...

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How to Be Fearless (Even When Life Is Scary)

Imagine what it would be like to live and lead without fear. What would you do that you aren’t doing today?

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7 Ways to Overcome Your Fear & Self-Doubt

Fear and self-doubt are two things that every normal person faces. These are also two of the biggest obstacles to success and happiness

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How to Challenge Imposter Syndrome and Win Confidence

Though many of us deal with imposter syndrome at times, there are actions you can take to prevent it from interfering with your success.

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Finding the Silver Lining During the Coronavirus Pandemic

Last week, when I took my dog out for her first walk of the day, I saw a flamingo on my lawn. It was a small, pink, plastic flamingo with...

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What You Need To Know About Managing Up

Use managing up to help you develop a mutually beneficial, and even enjoyable, relationship with your boss.

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How To Maintain Your Sanity In Times of Uncertainty

5 Things You Can Do to Live Your Life During the Pandemic Hoda Kotb cried onThe Today Show this morning. She had just interviewed Drew...

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What To Do When You Are Stuck in a Mid-Career Rut

If you think you’re heading into a rut, there are many ways to recharge your career. Try these suggestions for dealing with fear and boredom

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How To Make Peace With Your Inner Critic

Although our inner critic exists to protect us from failure and other possible dangers, it so often stops us from moving forward

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How To Make Comparisons That Help, Not Hurt You

Comparing yourself to others doesn’t provide useful information so let’s try something else, something more productive.

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How to Make More Successful Decisions

We make decisions all the time – good, bad, or otherwise. The question is, how do we ensure that most of the decisions we make are good ones

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How To Leverage Your Energy To Be Less Stressed

In a 2017 survey, 57% of people said they were paralyzed by stress. Do you count yourself among them? If so, your energy might be the source

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3 Books To Inspire The People In Your Life

Are you still shopping for holiday gifts? Is there someone in your life who needs a little motivation, a nudge perhaps? Here are my book...

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3 Ways You Can Feel Good About Networking At Social Events

How can you take advantage of opportunities to network at parties without coming across as being too pushy?

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7 Good-For-You Ways to Cope with Job Transition

Job transitions can be stressful and emotional —whether they’re due to layoff, a new job or working extra hours because others were laid off

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How To Ensure a Successful Performance Every Time

Summer is over, school is back in session and I want to talk ABCs. I mean having an ABC plan. Last week, I wrote about having a Mastery...

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How to Approach Your Next Challenge Like a Master

Have you ever felt like you put a lot of effort to get something only be be disappointed once you got it?