Post-Covid Career
I have been working with many displaced by the Covid crisis. My heart is with them. So my next sentiments are not meant to be callous: The Coronavirus provides an automatic explanation for anyone who has desired switching careers. If you are wise, you will take advantage of this “pass” for the inevitable questions related […]
A lesson on joyful-purposeful careers
Most of Career Counseling Connecticut’s clients contact us with a career problem. Much of what we do is help them find work that is more suited to their happiness. Here’s a story that illustrates why happy work on a day to day level is so vital for a good life from one of our clients […]
Action follows planning
The saddest stories of those who enter Career Counseling Connecticut’s offices are those where our client’s life has been upended and the client had no plan in place to get back up. The unexpected firing is the most common. Those that “knew it was coming” or had notice that led them to make a plan […]
Career Anti-fragility During a Black Swan Event
It’s too bad that there are so few alive from the Greatest Generation. Those folks endured The Great Depression and World War II. They embodied Nassim Taleb’s notion of anti-fragility. Some things are fragile, breaking when hit with a force. Some things are robust, staying intact when hit with the same force. And, some things […]
The Coronavirus Career Plan
It’s hard to say when the lockdown was in full effect in Connecticut. But, for simplicity sake, I’ll say one month ago. The first stage created some fuzzy combination of shock/confusion/surrealness that led to paralysis on planning for the future. Most everyone I spoke with became very concerned about their (1) loved ones (good) (2) […]
Give yourself the same career advice you would give your children
Stacy relayed her career dissatisfaction. She went through the motions at work. “I rotate between bored and anxious. When the work is routine, I’m bored. But when something is different – which means there is a problem – I get anxious.” Stacy’s children were teens and beginning to think about college-career issues. As she continued, […]
The Important – But Not Urgent – Career Work
Stephen Covey of 7 Habits of Highly Effective People fame popularized a time management quadrant: Important-Urgent; Important Not-Urgent; Urgent-Not Important; Not Urgent-Not Important. While most will discover that not everything fits neatly into each box, there are distinct examples for each: Work your boss wants tomorrow – important-urgent Exploratory career work – important-not-urgent Busy Work/Most […]
Change Your Career Before Life Gets Complicated
I know a couple of guys who got married young, divorced, and happily remarried a few years later. They each have wonderful families and marriages that are 20 years plus. I also know several men and women who knew very early on that they were ill-suited to each other, but stuck it out for years […]
Playing Badly Well: Sign of a Good Career
Yesterday, I awoke from one of those nights that parents know well. One of my three children is sad – dealing with mean girls – and, as the adage says, parents are only as happy as the unhappiest of their children. So…. I didn’t sleep well, as in perhaps 4 hours. On days that I […]
So much career uncertainty that we are considering Universal Basic Income
I’m a political Independent and a vigorous one. I think the extreme partisanship on both sides is ripping our country apart. So, know that my comments here are not from a political perspective but from someone trying to help others with their career issues. In reading several books and articles related to career anxiety, I […]