Are You Procrastinating on Clarifying A Super-Fun Career or Business Idea?
How long did it really take me to get to this article, let me count the ways. I have finally settled into feeling confident in what I want and need to impart to you. Moving to California has seriously changed my perspective on what is of value or most important in my life. Now it […]
Why Emotions Are So Important to Discovering Your Abundant Livelihood?
In my first session with new clients, we cover what to expect going forward. The biggest point I like to make is that of noticing how they are feeling at any given time durng the process of “peeling the onion” and discovering an authentic career/livelihood direction. As ADDers, we may not be used to noticing […]
The Entrepreneurial ADDer – The Ultimate Freedom
So the elephant in the room is that most of my clients with ADD seem to end up creating a business that capitalizes on their authentic gifts in an entrepreneurial capacity. I have to admit that I have likely been dancing around this fact because I don’t want to give the impression that if you […]
Synchronicity and Career ADD
A few weeks ago I received an email from the “Twilight Zone.” It read, “Are you the Shelley Mendelson I met in Europe in 1980? Actually it was 1981, but I digress. In fact, he was a friend that I had gotten to know while traveling and living in California and came up to visit […]
Nine Essential Career ADD Strategies
I am reposting this article as a reminder to fall in love with the work you do and make it a priority! Those of us with Career ADD have special challenges that are necessary to address if we are to live well and find Career Happiness. I consider these things “must dos.” I have heard […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
YOU’RE NOT THE BOSS OF ME
How to Shift the ‘Tude” and Have More Fun In Your Job I remember when I was in my twenties and I worked for a big corporation as a legal secretary – if you can even imagine an off-the-chart ADDer doing this job in the first place. After being shuffled around the legal department to […]
Authentic YOU Career Tips
I used to write for a popular online Career site, and may go back to doing so one day. The site has career practitioners from the Career industry such as job search coaches, career counselors and coaches, resume writers, interview coaches, etc. I still receive updates daily with typical titles like “How to Secure a […]