I tend to group crises of confidence into two categories.
As a career coach, I have sessions with people who are in a variety of fields. But there’s something specific that happens at least once a week with people who work for non-profit organizations like…
There’s a common platitude that emerges when people talk about work in America, which is that you should “find a job you love.”
I can’t stand that terminology or the expectations it propagates. Love is the stuff of pop songs…
For many people, career reflection is not a priority, but done on a reactive basis, involuntarily, to an unexpected negative event.
Sometimes a boss forces you to reflect on why something bad happened, by asking…
A few years ago, I had the dubious experience of exiting a romantic relationship and a working relationship of over a decade’s duration, each, around the same time.
Some people pick their careers at an early age. Some make mindful decisions about what career makes sense to them as they go through their years of work. Some even end up feeling fulfilled and rewarded in their ultimate career choices.
When people talk about their work they most often say that they fell into what they are doing now. If their working life were a car, they hopped in, started driving and made decisions about where to go with limited information…