As I’m sitting down to write this post, it’s election season; we’re rounding month nine of a pandemic; I’m in day who-knows-how-many of virtual schooling; I’m running my business as an executive coach for women; and the hot button issue of VALUES keeps coming up for me and my clients. What are their values? Are […]
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Study after study has proven that social networks are critical to both landing a job and advancing in your career. The term “networking” has a certain ICK factor. And, hey, I get it – it evokes an image of a desperate man in a suit crowded into a windowless conference center aiming his finger guns
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All of us struggle to succeed on our own terms. And, if you want to accelerate your career, working harder is seldom the answer. Fourth century Greek philosopher, Diogenes, said, “Without goals, and plans to reach them, you are like a ship that has set sail with no destination.” Here are some key strategies for
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You know it’s true. We spend so much time working, running our households, giving back to our communities, our endless to-do lists, and pursuing our goals that we forget one crucial element to our well-being and happiness. PLAY. When is the last time you played? And it doesn’t count if you play with your kids
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I am brave, I am bruised I am who I’m meant to be, this is me Look out ’cause here I come And I’m marching on to the beat I drum I’m not scared to be seen I make no apologies, this is me. ~ This is Me, Greatest Showman If any of you have
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Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. – Mark Twain Since I decided to leave BigLaw–yes, a lawyer career
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I bought $200 in groceries and then ate my child’s leftover chicken nuggets over the sink because I’m too tired to cook. Sound familiar? We’ve ALL been there. If you follow me on Twitter (@snwalsh), you know that I LOVE to cook. And, I’ve shared that love with my husband and our kids, so that
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“You talk as though you’ve been enslaved. If you don’t like your fate, change it! You are your own master, there are no shackles on you. ” ~ Aida Are you dragging your heels or afraid of career transition? When I spent the summer of 2000 in New York City, I was fortunate enough to
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Can you relate to this? Since I entered high school, I have been pushing. Pushing to get better grades. Pushing to lead every organization I join. Pushing to wring more out of each and every day. Every hour. Every minute. Pushing, pushing, pushing. It’s exhausting if you never take the time to GLIDE. As an
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“Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.” ~ Martin Luther King, Jr. When Trump was elected in November 2017, my family decided that we needed to be part of the change we wanted to see in the world. We chose LOVE and
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