I have struggled to write this blog. I opened my laptop several times but what spilled out onto the page was NOT me or my typical character. Hurricane recovery is not for the faint of heart. I often get asked, how are you doing? How is your family? Is your house back to normal? In …
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Life is pretty good right now. We have settled into a new house and are enjoying being Florida residents. School just got started for the kids and we are settling into a new routine (again). Work is going very well and I’m excited to be booking travel and planning for a trip to the Asia …
We are in the middle of moving. Again. We have moved 14 times (no joke) over the last 20 years of marriage including this one. I realize this is an exorbitant amount of moves, but each one has allowed us to learn something new and discover a lot of beautiful and cool places. However, Jake …
I recently left a job. I was only in the position for eight months and in some ways I feel like I failed. It was a position with a lot of responsibility and we were making significant cultural changes that were yielding exceptional results, but my stress level was higher than I was willing to …
Blogging has brought me such joy. I enjoy the writing process and what is more are the stories that have come back to me through Pineapple Courage subscribers. Recently I became part of one of those stories and it was an inspiration to me. I want to share it with you. This is a story …
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I have been on a hiatus from blogging. There are several reasons, and I am excited to get back to writing again. The last four months have been challenging for me both personally and professionally, but I am overcoming it, and a few tough months are not going to keep me down. There have been several blog topics …
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Have you ever been offered the opportunity to work with a career coach through your company? Or have you thought about investing in one yourself? I’ve had the privilege to work with a few career coaches over my last 20 years of working. The first opportunity was provided by my company in the form of a 360-evaluation followed …
If it seems I have been a bit distant in my blog writing as of late, I have. There is a reason, and it is because I have been working harder on something else – searching to regain happiness in my work. When I started this blog last October, it was during a time when I was …
This last week I was on vacation in Southwest Florida. We stayed at a full-service resort with conference facilities. After the Memorial Day weekend crowd departed, a large non-profit group came in who had bought out the rest of the resort for an in-person event. It was wonderful to see people getting back together to converse, share ideas …
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Do you have a superpower? I would argue that you do, even if you haven’t identified it yet. I’m not talking about the ability to shoot fire or possessing Hulk-like strength but rather things that you seem to do better than others, naturally, and that has helped you excel at work. The idea of each of us having …
