How Changing My Perspective Led to My Career
How changing my perspective led to my successful career.
2016 Word – Hustle
In the early part of 2016, I used One Word to frame the year and my intentions. The word that chose me was “hustle” after I’d done Jon Acuff’s “30 Days of Hustle” in January. Although I’d initially picked something else as my word, it became apparent that was to be my word this year. I…
Missing: A Personality
I seem to have lost my personality recently. My “part-time” job has been fairly high stress due to some turnover and I’ve been working a lot of hours to transition, streamline, and meet tax due dates. I’ll get those hours back, but not for a while. If you want to discuss Excel functions and formulas,…
Time For A New Story
As May drew to a close, it became apparent to me that I needed to tell myself a new story. I need a story that doesn’t involve the workplace, doing taxes, being a CPA, or any of the other ways that I’ve defined myself for these many, many years. I’m proud of my career accomplishments and the…
Seeking Closure
My employer (well, former employer) has had a number of layoffs over the years. People just mysteriously disappeared. People that I worked with, laughed with, and got to know. It always bothered me that they just vanished without me even being able to say goodbye, I’ll miss you, and I appreciated the help you gave…
Naming My Emotions
I was laid off on Wednesday. Outsourced. Bye-bye. 7 years of my life over just like that for myself and my entire team, all of whom had been with me for over 5 years. Whew! There. I finally told it. My former employer left me in good shape, so I have time to thoughtfully look…
Working A Day Job – Part 3
It comes the very moment you wake up each morning. All your wishes and hopes for the day rush at you like wild animals. And the first job each morning consists simply in shoving them all back; in listening to that other voice, taking that other point of view, letting that other larger, stronger, quieter…
Working a Day Job – Part 2
Yesterday, I began a discussion on how working a day job nurtures my creativity. Today, I want to explore more of this: Exposure to New Technology My day job uses technology nearly all day long, from complex tax software to Microsoft Office and other specialty pieces of software. There’s usually very little training for this…
Chaos Is Inevitable – Part 2
A not-so-funny thing happens along the way to extraordinary results. Untidiness. Unrest. Disarray. Disorder. . . Messes are inevitable when you focus on just one thing. . . One of the greatest thieves of productivity is the unwillingness to allow for chaos or the lack of creativity in dealing with it. Gary Keller and Jay…
Living The Seasons 