Happy New Year

We just returned from a long vacation in Quebec. As you can see, no blog posting or newsletters during that time. It was an important time for me to unplug both figuratively and literally (I didn't even have cell access where we stayed).

I want to send you the very best for 2007. First and foremost, health and happiness for you and your loved ones. These are the foundation of everything.

And, I hope that you find / maintain / achieve that level of career & professional challenge, reward, and fulfillment that you are working towards in 2007.

Resolutions have a bad rep these days. However, the intent to make something happen during the year is a powerful one and the natural energy and momentum that occurs this time of year is one you shouldn't waste.

Call them commitments, resolutions, goals, intentions, or action items. Whatever works for you. But grab hold and go for it.

My very best to you for the coming year.

Holiday Career Development Series

Last year, I wrote a series on how the holiday season doesn't have to be a career development wasteland, if you don't want it to. December and January can be a powerful time for career development.

There are 3 time periods, or natural phases that take place during the Holidays and each phase has its own inherent opportunities. They are:

1. The Social Phase

2. The Reflective Phase

3. The New Beginnings Phase

Enjoy.

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Pencils. Binders. Lunch Box.

Here we are. Labor Day. I truly enjoy summer and am sorry to see it end. At the same time, I have always been jazzed by the promise and possibility that September brings.

How you look at September has a lot to do with how you feel about your work. A recent Labor Day poll by Workopolis.com reveals that 15% of respondents are experiencing feelings of either dread or anxiety about their return to work.

I love what I do and am already hard at work on bringing some new projects to you. What about you? How are you feeling about the coming months? What do you want to make happen between now and the New Year? What has to change?

Here's to a productive next few months for all of us!

Good thoughts...

As someone who runs their own business, I can really relate to this first idea...

"A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects."
- Robert Heinlein, writer

"Thinking is easy, acting difficult, and to put one's thoughts into action, the most difficult thing in the world."
- Goethe

"The tougher the times, the more clarity you gain about the difference between what really matters and what you only pretend to care about."
- Po Bronson in Fast Company

"Addressing the question, What should I do with my life? isn't just a productivity issue: It's a moral imperative."
- Po Bronson in Fast Company

"In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock."
- Thomas Jefferson

"It's always fun to do the impossible."
- Walt Disney

Good thoughts...

Your big opportunity may be right where you are.
- Napoleon Hill

If people knew how hard I worked to achieve mastery,
it wouldn't seem so wonderful after all.
- Michelangelo

Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice.
It is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved.
- Jeremy Kitson

In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing.
The worst thing you can do is nothing.
- Theodore Roosevelt