Resources For Your Journey
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What’s Holding You Back from Fulfilling Work?
I haven't yet come across anyone who has zero desire to enjoy the work they do or find fulfillment in it. The degree to which this is a focus for people certainly varies, particularly across generations, but even those who are hard-wired to "just do the job" still...
What the Myers-Briggs Can Teach Us About Making Better Decisions
The third letter in the Myers-Briggs (MBTI) type preference -- T or F -- is a critical one for teams. This is the preference pair that determines how you prefer to make decisions, and while you can exercise using the opposite preference up to a certain degree, your...
Tips for Enhancing Your Personal Brand
We all have a brand, whether we actively manage it or not - and if we don't actively manage it, others will decide what our brand is for us. If you've ever had that jarring moment happen to you where someone introduced you as something that felt totally different than...
Who Are the Members of Your Tribe?
“In life, there are people who will ultimately add to you, and people who will ultimately take away from you.” -My late father What is a “tribe?” Whether you need to enhance your environment to help you get out of a difficult situation, or you’re looking to get...
Why Should You Go After Your Dream Job?
“Mark Twain once told a story about a man who scoured the planet looking for the greatest general who ever lived. When the man was informed that the person he sought had already died and gone to heaven, he made a trip to the Pearly Gates to look for him. Saint Peter...
3 Tips for Successful Negotiations
When asked what word “negotiations” reminds them of, most people say “conflict.” This is why I love teaching win-win negotiations – because it doesn’t have to be that way! There are, of course, times when a competitive strategy is very appropriate, such as when you’re...
What story will you write for your life?
The world is full of sayings like “carpe diem” and “do what you love and you'll never work a day in your life.” Ask anyone who's lost someone to an untimely passing can tell you that there’s a lot of truth to these sayings; we only have one life to live, and we don't...
How I Found My Career Purpose, Part II: Tips for narrowing the choices
Last week, I shared an overview of my journey to find my career purpose to help demonstrate the importance of relentlessly following your leads and their associated emotions. This week, I will dive into the second half of this story, which is the more...
How I Found My Career Purpose, Part I: Follow your leads relentlessly
This blog comes to you more out of necessity than intention. I can’t count how many times I’ve been asked a question like “How did you get where you are today?” or “How did you know what you wanted to do in life?” My answer typically involves sharing some or all of...
The Importance of Finding and Living your Purpose
“If you don’t build your dream, someone will hire you to build theirs.” Tony Gaskins Are you living with intention and purpose in your journey of life right now, or letting life happen to you and reacting to it accordingly as it comes? I recently saw...
Our Brand Story
One of our facilitation and training topics here at Flourishing Work is builiding intentional, personal brands. We know the value and importance of having the right brand, so we are here to break down our brand for you including the story of how we came to be, and how...
Finding Fulfillment in the Journey
“Fulfillment is not born of the dream. Fulfillment is born of the journey.” - Simon Sinek A student at the business school where I received my degree once shared with me her frustrations and fears around what I considered to be the hardest class of the program:...