Words of Power
I admire those writers who can string together a story that can make me weep or suck me into the beauty of their words. There are many great story tellers but few who can immerse me into a feeling, a …
Category: Personal Development
Reaching for the Prize
A few weeks ago, I noticed that my Dream Job had opened. It is about 5 years too soon. It is currently being advertised on several large national job sites. I have been working on my cover letter and curriculum …
When did I become we instead of me?
As I am putting together the materials I need to apply for my dream job, I realized that sometime in the past year or so I have lost the ability to call successes “mine.” When I updated my CV to …
Resisting Change
Dave Cheong, who is writing again after taking break when his child was born, wrote a wonderful article entitled Embrace Change, Your Life Depends on It. Wow. There are very few people who naturally adapt to and embrace change. It …
Facing Fear
A few days ago I came across Christine Kane’s post called lying works wonders. Mostly she talks about how the lies we tell ourselves prevent us from getting what we want, even going so far as not even being willing …
Blog Widgets
I recently subscribed to MyBlogLog and it is rapidly becoming one of my favorite community building tools. Late at night I like to traipse through the Internet clicking on faces I see that interest me, drifting to new places, finding …
potpourri
Late at night when I am too exhausted to sleep I browse vacations on-line. I need one. My husband learned this week that he passed the Colorado Bar exam. Ho! Ho! Ho! He finished up law school in December and …
Constructive Criticism
I recently had an Insights discovery profile done. I’m a “reforming observer”. This analysis is similar but not identical to having a Myers-Briggs type indicator assessment done. With Myers-Briggs I always come up as an INTJ. The Insights profile does …
Ben’s Book
I started reading Ben’s blog in the summer of 2004 during my second semester of business school. Brad Feld had spoken at one of my classes and mentioned his own blog. In one of Brad’s posts, he mentioned Ben. I’ve …
I have work to do
On my recent trip to Washington DC for NIH study section, I loaded up on books to read during my flights. I started with a business (personal) development book by Marshall Goldsmith called What Got You Here Won’t Get You …