Category: Career

Hyper-identifying With Our Jobs

Work, though essential to life, is not life.  As important as work is to finding our individual meaning, it twists us out of shape if we let it. – Geoffrey M. Bellman, author of...

The Attitude Shift Pattern

My philosophy is that when bad things happen, there must be something in it to learn from or apply to the rest of my life’s journey.  Call it a spiritual outlook if you will,...

Five WIIFM Reasons to Volunteer

Recently, I suggested volunteering while networking, saying that you get out of something what you put into it.  There are several aspects of volunteering that can benefit you whether you are retired, in a...

Ancient Chinese Wisdom…

One of my favorite proverbs is, “Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.”  I heard someone say...

Achieving Work Satisfaction

The other evening I had the privilege of participating in a discussion about why we work.  Reasons we came up with included:  to pay bills; for personal fulfillment and growth; to make a difference...