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Leadership Transformation

DO YOU COUNT YOUR RAINBOWS OR THUNDERSTORMS?

I have a lot to be grateful for. The Northeast got hit hard by Tropical Storm Ida. She took us by surprise, especially since she had passed through several states before hitting New York. I had been at an all-day training event with clients and was racing to get home before the storm hit – and I did. I am grateful for that because the roads suddenly turned into rivers and flash floods overtook cars and their passengers. When I was driving to the gym two days later the roads were still littered with abandoned cars on the sides of …

Musings from An Evolving Mind

HOLIDAY STRESS – ONE UNUSUAL PRACTICE TO REDUCE IT

The holidays are upon us and along with decorating, shopping and baking cookies comes a tremendous amount of unwanted STRESS! It’s the most beautiful time of the year and we are filled with STRESS!!! Some of it is about getting everything done in the time we have to do it; but there is a much bigger, silent cause of stress going on that we may not even be aware of. We are all playing the “comparison game” in our minds. The game is going on all the time and it is absolutely exhausting. We are silently comparing ourselves to others …

Leadership Transformation

STOP SPINNING IN CIRCLES & GET OFF THAT HAMSTER WHEEL!

I was driving home from work the other night at 5:30pm and suddenly a bird smashed into my windshield. Of course it shocked me and then I felt terrible for that little bird. The clocks had turned back one hour and it was the first evening that it was dark at that time. A friend explained to me that the bird’s internal clocks would still be the same, so he wasn’t used to as much traffic being on the road at that time. Perhaps. Or…. As many of you know I love symbolism; and if a bird smashing into my …

Musings from An Evolving Mind

LISTENING TO YOUR “MIND CHATTER” IS ONE OF THE WORST THINGS YOU CAN DO

I have desperately needed new bedroom furniture for years, literally YEARS. I still had my childhood chest of drawers that followed me from Brooklyn to New York City to Los Angeles to Westchester. It was falling apart (although furniture was much better quality back then – it was my mother’s before it was mine!) and I had a few other pieces that had followed me around to both coasts. My bedroom didn’t feel like a place of soft luxury; it felt like it was just holding place for my stuff. It didn’t feel relaxing to go to bed; it just …

Leadership Transformation

THE MUST-HAVE INTERVIEW TECHNIQUES & MINDSET NECESSARY TO LAND THAT JOB

For the last 6 months I have been interviewing candidates for an open managerial position on my team and it has been extremely challenging to fill this role. Additionally, over the course of my career, I have interviewed many candidates for open roles on various teams I’ve managed. I have noticed several patterns arising lately that are extremely detrimental to candidates. Hence, I wanted to share the following simple reminders and mindset techniques that interviewees should be using to put themselves miles ahead of the competitors and land that job! #1 – DRESS THE PART This may seem obvious but I …

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A Difficult Trip To a Holiday Party Led Me to My Purpose for the Night

Ever have one of “those” days?  Yes, I’m sure we all have, where everything seems to go completely wrong.  I recently had one, that was so maddening, it almost seemed funny… almost. It was the night of my company’s big Holiday Party in New York City.  I had to work during the day in our offices in Connecticut, drive home, get ready, take the commuter train into NYC and then find transportation to the venue from Grand Central Station.  It was a lot of jockeying around, but I was excited to go – it was my first one with this …