Life has a funny way of teaching us about who we are, what our priorities are and what motivates us. About this time last year, I was the most stressed I'd been in years. I was working for a company I'd been with for 10 years and I felt trapped. Compounded with a lot of things going on in my personal life, the stress got so suffocating I cried myself to sleep. Sounds rather sad … [Read more...]

As a former manager of a team of Millennials, I like to keep my finger on the pulse of what this rambunctious generation is up to and what they're thinking. I'm borderline Gen X/Millennial by age and have qualities of both, but at my core I'm more Gen X. Having interviewed hundreds of Millennials for their first or second job out of college, it's clear to me that they seek work … [Read more...]

We've all heard the studies that say sitting in a chair all day long is unhealthy and can cut our lives short. Humans were designed to be mobile but not that many jobs support that. Fortunately for me, I never really minded working in an office - I actually prefer to be in front of a computer than in front of clients. You might disagree. Perhaps you have a more extroverted … [Read more...]

How many times have we heard people raving about following your passion? A lot. It’s not a surprise that “passion” was put on the 2014 list of banished words because people got so sick of hearing it. I’m certainly guilty of having used it. But I recently gained a fresh perspective on passion and success from Mike Rowe that is share worthy. I’ll do my best to limit the use of … [Read more...]

Now that I work independently, I have to pay a heck of a lot more for my health insurance. I miss the days when I had fully employer-sponsored insurance. The last few years I was there, I had to start paying a couple hundred a month, which still was fairly reasonable for the type of plan I had. Anyway, I think about health care a lot more now since I'm paying out the nose and … [Read more...]