Category: Professional Development
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2025 So Far – Reflections and Lessons
Some years feel like running a marathon uphill… in the rain… while carrying a backpack full of bricks. That’s how 2025 has often felt for me so far — but I’ve also found unexpected treasures along the way. I’m not complaining, just stating the facts. Just the facts, ma’am. In thinking on the current state…
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My Introversion Is In Danger
What would you think if I told you my introversion is in danger? Would you wonder what in the world I meant by that? It is, kind of. And I will. It all started at the beginning of this year. I took on a writing contract unlike any I’d ever done before. With a strong…
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2022 Year in Review
Do you do an end-of-year review to evaluate how you did against your goals (if you set them)? I do, and I am sharing them with you as a means to be transparent, learn from what transpired, and make an action plan to continue improving in 2023. Without further ado, my 2022 year in review.…
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4 Unusual Things I’m Grateful For
The month of November in the United States is “National Gratitude Month“, and an opportunity ripe for people to rightfully declare the standard things that fill their hearts with gratitude: family, friends, shelter, love, pets, etc, etc. This is not that post. Instead, I will deviate from convention and hail some odd and vulnerable things…
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An Organizational Plan To Get Those Neglected Things Done
Do you ever wish you could get your organizational plan dialed in? Or use your time more effectively? I do. I think about it a lot, and I write about it a fair amount too. I devised this organizational plan to get those neglected things done. If you’d rather watch this content, view here: …
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How to take action when you are afraid
Let’s talk about how to take action when you are afraid. By that, I mean stalling on something you know you need to do but you are afraid to do it. Have you ever neglected to take action or make a decision based on your fear about what would happen if you did? It seems…
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3 Time Saving Productivity Hacks For Writers (and Anyone Else)
Writers, just like many professions, lose a lot of ground with unnecessary distractions. Here are three tips to help gain some back.
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An Introverted Entrepreneur’s Take on Social Distancing
The following is a tale of the upsides of “social distancing” as an introverted entrepreneur. If you would have told me, even a month ago, that the current state of affairs would be the case in the dealing with the COVID-19/Coronavirus pandemic, I would not have believed you. Would you have believed you? And yet,…
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4 Marketing Trends for 2020: My Takeaways from Social Media Marketing World
I just spent six glorious days in lovely San Diego, California. Having completed my Bachelor’s degree there, it felt like coming home again. Well, at least home to the place I had the privilege of living for 2.5 years but had to move back to my actual home immediately after because I couldn’t afford to…
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New Year Planning for Introverts
I’ve come to a realization about starting out the new year that has made a big difference for me, as an introvert. Read about it in less than 500 words!
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2019 Year in Review
I’ve come to appreciate that each year is unique in its own way. Though many things remain the same year over year, different themes and challenges emerge each lap the earth takes around the sun. As such, it is fitting to document an overview of 2019. It did not disappoint in terms of uniqueness among…
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Entrepreneurial Gratitude for My Mentors
As a new business owner, I’m reflecting with thanksgiving on the professional contacts that have helped make my journey possible.
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Mythbusters: The Self-Made Man (or Woman) – Examining the Claim & A More Humble Perspective
It is sometimes said of or by successful people that they are a “self-made man” (Or woman.) This, to me, seems to indicate that those who report them as such are of the belief that they achieved their mountaintop status all by themselves. That they alone are responsible for their outstanding accomplishments. I personally think…
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I’m Sorry, You Apologized for WHAT?? A Brief Look at Our Over-Apologizing Culture
Originally published 12/15/17. Updated 1/2/21. I can’t tell you how it started. I can tell you that once I noticed it, it was everywhere and impossible to ignore. The overuse of “I’m sorry.” I was formerly a power-user of the phrase, and I read an article a few years back exploring the folly of its…
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6 Tips to Make Cold Calling More Successful and Enjoyable
At the time of this writing, I am not sure which I naturally prefer: making cold calls or getting stabbed by my cat’s claws. The relative bliss of 20 simultaneous acute flesh wounds might top the list though. I’ll have to get back to you on that. Regardless of my preference, the cat-inflicted lacerations, unfortunately,…