ALREADY LOVE YOUR WORK?
TIPS TO KEEP IT FUN FOR ADDers No matter how much you love your work, ADD symptoms can derail you and can turn an awesome situation into a nightmare. I just read an article that listed ways to manage ADD at work. I thought I would put my spin on it, particularly if you LOVE […]
CAREER ADD AFFLICTION NO. ONE
On my website at www.passiontocareer.com I used to list Eleven Afflictions of Career ADD. Truth be told, told there are several more. However, these are the afflictions that quite naturally came up for me as I pondered my own ADD issues related to my career life. In my next few blog posts, I hope to […]
What Creates Inspired Action – A True Story
You might be familiar with the term “Compelling Vision”, or creating a compelling vision of your future. If you have ever attempted to “visualize” your Compelling Vision before you have a crystal clear direction, you may find it a daunting process. In this post, I am sharing the Compelling Vision of my client Jonathan. If […]
CAREER ASSESSMENTS AND CAREER HAPPINESS II: Connecting the Dots
I recently wrote on Career Assessments and Career Happiness. In it I explained that the trouble with many of these assessments are that there is no personal involvement or inner process that involve an individual seeking guidance in the results other than checking yes or no to a question – or another limited response. I […]
TIME TO PLAY and REJOICE
Quit Being So Serious OMG – I have been listening to the Love Afformation by Noah St. John and I am feeling so good and inspired that I wanted to refocus us all on PLAYING and to stop trying to figure it all out. I drove my son to his job this morning, and […]
Career or Business Cobbling Joys of Flexibility
By now, most everyone knows that retirement from one company in which you start, work your way up, and end up retired with the Golden Parachute rarely exists. Besides, if you have ADD characteristics like me, you would not likely have the patience to stick with anything that requires taking orders, operating within a bureaucracy […]
DO CAREER ASSESSMENTS LEAD TO CAREER HAPPINESS?
When I first began my career as a Career Counselor, I remember attending a conference for our profession held in Sacramento close to 20 years ago. One of the workshops was a debate on both sides of the effectiveness of career assessments v. self-assessment and introspection. While I have taken and given many assessments, I […]
Understand Your Value at Work with ADD
In my practice, I often hear, “I do the work of three people and no one understands what I do.” So when asked to provide an explanation, the only answer we can come up with is “It’s complicated.” This happened to me in my own company as a franchisor with KidzArt. For me, it got […]
ADHD and Career Transformation
Recently, my trusted advisor/coach told me today that it is time to get out and use my natural gifts and talents of teaching, coaching and healing now! In other words, I got the royal kick in the booty. And since my specialization is in the career world, specializing in ADHD, I am here to say […]
CONSISTENCY AND CAREER HAPPINESS: The Cost of a Lapse
As I sit here today, I realize that I have not written a blog post or article for several weeks. Although this may seem insignificant to many of you who are reading career-related articles daily, I have personally paid a price. Being human, I understand that uncommon results come from doing the common thing over […]