Editor’s Note

Staying motivated and engaged at work all the time can be challenging. You devote a good amount of time in your chosen field, but are you really happy? How can you enjoy it more and make it truly extraordinary? What is most important for you as you seek to improve your work and life?

Creating The Professional Life You Desire: A PRIMAL approach

Are you completely satisfied in your career or work? Whether you are just starting your career, or are more seasoned in your position, it can sometimes become a challenge to stay motivated, engaged and happy all the time. It is likely you devote a tremendous amount of time in your chosen field, how can you enjoy it more and make it truly extraordinary?

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Improving Self-Awareness: 3 ways to learn what you don’t know

Sometimes, we view it as a phase experienced in adolescence when we’re trying to figure out “who we are.” We can learn a lot about ourselves as teenagers and young adults, but if we don’t become lifelong students of how we’re affecting and influencing the world around us, our potential for impacting positive change will wither.

Living At A Comfortable Pace: The 10 C's

The problem that most professionals experience today is that, they face of too many things competing for their time and attention, it's easy to lose sight of your priorities by 10 in the morning. I suggest printing them on an 8½ x11 inch piece of paper to mount on or near your desk, and also to shrink your list to wallet-size. Most people have different fonts in their word processing software and can easily do this.

Big Idea? Big Decision?: Get out of the office, get out of the city!

At the non-profit innovator iguacu (igwah-soo!), an always-learning mindset is part of our DNA and part of daily life. However, the most critical insights I have gained as the founder and leader of iguacu have been a long way from the office. The first occasion was during a week-long rural retreat. The second was on a very, very long walk.

Supercharge Your Relationships Now!: The “drive-by” conversation

No matter the organization or industry, one thing is consistent in the business world—managers play a pivotal role in helping businesses thrive. They oversee day-to-day activities and they don’t just lead processes, they lead people. When they are doing the job right, they inspire their teams to live up to their potential, and the organization reaps the reward.

Crying In The Workplace: 3 ways to approach it

For many of us, getting frustrated, flustered or just plain emotional can have us end up in tears. And it happens more often than you may think in the one place you hope it doesn’t: the workplace. Turns out, 41 percent of women and 9 percent of men cry in the workplace and at some point in your career you will probably end up in tears in front of your boss, client or colleagues. It happens to most of us, and it is usually when we don’t see it coming. And even though crying is natural, it is unfortunately seen as weakness in the workplace.

Does The Past Pre-determine Our Future?: Trust the signs, it’s time for a change

Let me be clear at the outset - I'm not referring here to your last and next vacation. No one knows what tomorrow will bring. Everyone knows what yesterday brought them. So, the real question of life is simply - how do we use what yesterday offered to help us get where life wants us to be tomorrow?

Workforce Acclimation For War Veterans: Here’s the solution

That was an actual radio transmission between myself and one of our soldiers in Iraq in the late summer of 2003. This was following the invasion of Iraq and fall of Baghdad to Coalition forces and the time period right before the insurgency started in Iraq. My platoon was charged with securing essential life support assets in the town of Mosul. This particular engagement took place at a fire station.