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Key Career Moments that Determine your Future & Drive Results
In your professional journey, you experience key career moments that impact your direction and focus. To gain more control over your professional future, try viewing your career as comprised of two elements: these key career moments, and all of the work you do in-between. The important realization is that key events generate the content and quality of your work.
Some key career moments are predictable and others happen spontaneously, turning out in retrospect to be pivotal moments on your profess…
Career Development During the Holidays
The Holidays are not a career development wasteland. In fact, December & January are 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:
The Social Phase
The Reflective Phase
The New Beginnings Phase
How can you make the most of the holidays?
The Social Phase
Of course, during the Holidays, you have competing demands for your time and attention. Parties to attend. If you cel…
Develop a Professional Development Reading Habit
Do You Have a Growth-Oriented Daily Reading Habit?
The cumulative impact of reading about personal and professional growth-oriented subjects on a daily basis is one of the surest ways to expand as a professional and a human being. This year, I increased my professional development reading commitment: frequency (daily), quantity (shooting for 30 books) and breadth (outside of my comfort zone). For me, the results have been explosive including expanded self-awareness and effectiveness, increased un…
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