Inspiration as Strategy When I was 13, my Spanish teacher showed the documentary of the legendary Cuban band, Buena Vista Social Club. Spanish had felt largely i...
Whose Input Are You Available To? I had severe acne as a kid. Occasionally, people would approach me and just start sharing their advice about my skin. One day at the beac...
4 Ways to Improve Your Networking “If it’s fun, it doesn’t count as networking.” I like to say that to my clients. As a joke. When networking feels like work to you, other...
How to Sell Yourself My favorite clients are often those who hate the idea of selling themselves. If that's you, my guess is that you are very values-based. I...
What you need in order to land the job Have you ever spent time with a 3-year-old in a Batman costume? He stands tall, leaps off of furniture, and runs faster so that his cape ...
How to Get More Energy for Your Career or Job Search Replace blame with creativity. A good friend of mine once sat and listened to me for hours as I complained about a company I was contract...
The Things You Can't See About Yourself Are Holding You Back If you have a gut feeling that you're missing something in your professional life and you wonder what it might be...I respect that about ...
When You're Not Qualified like the Others in Your Field If you haven't walked the career path that's typical of others in your space...it's hard to be as confident as you'd like to be. It's har...
"The Rules" Need Not Apply I don't assume the rules for job searching and career development apply to my clients and I don't think they have to apply to you, either...
How to Do Less and be More Enjoyable Hiring managers can choose between qualified people they like and qualified people they don't. It's not surprising that they want to hire...
