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The Mistake I Made at 4:30 in the Morning (And What It Taught Me)
It was 4:30 in the morning in New Mexico. I was in an Uber, half-conscious, heading to the airport for yet another flight, when it hit me: It’s her birthday today.
The warmth of it woke me up faster than the coffee I desperately needed. I thought about calling right then. But it was 4:30. In the morning. She lives on the west coast. Even the most devoted friend doesn’t want to hear from you before sunrise, unless someone is in the hospital or a sale is ending in five minutes.
I’ll call when I land, I told myself.
I didn’t call when…
The Human Edge™ in Interviews: What the Best Candidates Do Differently
If you’re in the middle of a job search right now, you already know this truth: interviewing is exhausting.
You prepare. You research the company. You…
Get Your Ask Together: Why Asking Well Is a Power Skill at Work and at Home
Valentine’s Day is a time many of us think about connection, care, and partnership. Yet long before flowers or chocolates arrive, many of us struggle…
“I Know Just How You Feel” “You Do?”
“The real art of conversation is not only to say the right thing at the right place but to leave unsaid the wrong thing at…
4 Keys to a Healthy Workplace
It’s January, and we all know what that means: a friend will announce that she’s promising to cut all carbs from her diet or she…
Are You Truly Celebrating the Season?
2022 brought uncertainty, inflation, supply-chain shortages, bigotry, uncomfortable change and all too often, vitriol. The demands on everyone’s time only seemed to increase causing many…
Do Your Rituals Serve or Sabotage You?
Whether your caregivers read you a nightly bedtime story or your work team regularly meditates before a meeting, you experienced the power of rituals. These…
5 Strategies to Leverage Your Professional, Digital Connections
When was it that people first started to chat about their digital connections? I’m sure Reid Hoffman, the founder of LinkedIn would know. LinkedIn was…
Why Empathetic Leaders Must Read Fiction
Empathy, the necessary human trait of having the ability to share in the feeling of others, is declining in our society. Things have gotten worse,…
How to Politely Leave a Meeting Early
Would it surprise you to learn my Google Analytics report shows my most searched for blog continues to be “phraseology to leave a meeting early”?…
Extroverts…Listen Up!
Have you ever heard of an ambivert? No, it isn’t a West Texas animal or a driverless vehicle. An ambivert (and I confess to being…
