Category Archives: Career Development

3 Steps to Ask for Anything and Have Fun Doing It

ASK? the very thought is stressful. I always took it personally.  Every time I asked for anything.

You know what that does? It puts the stakes very high. When there is a greater risk we will avoid doing things. As a human, you are wired that way (Sure there are a few daredevils out there.). But, as kind and naturally loving humans, we don’t want to fail, we don’t want to hurt and we don’t want to appear stupid, foolish or arrogant.

When you ask for something and you have your whole self, reputation and inner sense of self-riding on the line, the asks don’t come. The emotions stop the brain and we FREEZE.

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Mastering Your Thought Habits

What if your energy force felt good all the time? What if you suspended your current worry and fear and let the good come in?

How would that feel?

What if a trusted friend said, “don’t worry, the Universe has your back”? Well, I want to tell you that is does, you just have to allow it to happen. “How can I do this” this you may ask.  I see thought habits changing people’s lives every single day! You can feel different, you can control what you think about, you can change your entire life, just by changing the way you think.

People have been amazed when I tell them this! “OMG, MO, it really works!”

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Do You Need to Bring Your Soul to Work?

You’re working hard, and I know you feel like you can’t go anymore. Sometimes you think “they” will notice how great and dedicated you are. “They” should, you have put in the long hours and go the extra mile but you still feel invisible! You can look around and see that you are the best, you may even think, “man, what would they do without me?”.

I’ve been there, I remember feeling so confused and even betrayed. That’s why i’m now a career coach because I finally figured it out and been helping hundreds of folks reclaim themselves and their careers.

By bringing your soul to work, you can change these patterns and learn how to see a different way.

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3 Steps To Stop Self-Sabotaging Your Career

As many of you know, I write for the amazing blog Heal Your Life, I wanted to share one of the posts wrote over there! Focus on these 3 steps for immediate results.

We all want to stop the inner self from sabotaging our next steps in our career. Confidence is essential and the number one “make it” or “break it” ingredient. Without it, we stay stuck, miserable and feel worse, which keeps us stuck. Over and over, we feel bad, we get frustrated and we stay stuck. Where is the confidence?

From my years as an executive, I have seen four warning signs that it is time to get unstuck.

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To Know Yourself Is To Love Yourself

People tell me all the time that they don’t feel good enough inside to do what they want to do. This comes from a number of reasons including confidence, inner critics, anxiety and more. When you love yourself, amazing things happen. You get the things you want (including jobs, relationships, money). Read my post on vision boards which can help with this.

The only way to love yourself is to get to know yourself! If you love yourself, you will begin to do things that fulfill your happiness, your confidence, and even your willingness. It will help you succeed.

We spend a lot of our lives discovering ourselves. We are people…we change. We have to keep discovering because it’s only through this we can become empowered and know how we can change ourselves to become our best.

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8 TED Talks From Life Inspiring Women

TED talks (which stands for technology, entertainment and design) are an inspiring way to learn new things from the greatest mind in the world. They can teach you about things you never even know you needed. Here are 8 TED Talks from life inspiring women that you can apply to your career:

1.Kelly McGonigal: How to Make Stress Your Friend

Stress, at this point we all know, is not good for our long-term health. In time you may feel like your whole world can come crashing down, but it’s now made its way to become a health enemy… or has it? Psychologist Kelly McGonigal explains how research suggests that stress may only be bad for you if you believe that to be the case and urges us to see it as a positive.

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Create a Vision Board To Boost Your Life & Career

Vision boards are a powerful and empowering tool. Filled with your career goals, it acts as a way to image your perfect future. It’s full of everything that makes you happy, things you want to do in your career, and jobs you want to have. The human mind responds more to visual content, it is easier for us to remember images than text. In fact, these images stay with you longer!

20 years ago, frustrated with having moved to North Carolina and things not working out for me…in any way, I went into the non-physical workshop to build and create my future! I wrote lots of “far-fetched” ideas about being a motivational speaker and moving into a home in Florida,

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5 Ways to Beat Office Politics

Office Politics Can Kill Your Success or Make It!

There are ways to rise above office politics to continue to succeed with your job. Easier said than done, right? Wrong! There are some great things you can do to kick your office politics in the butt. Think about it simply, office politics is just your differences between other people. Really, It all comes down to communicating effectively and developing awesome relationships. When we fix those, we beat office politics.

1. Map Your Organization

Office politics often work their way around the set hierarchal positions. Many have different relationships with others so even though those who are below you may be given more information or tasks depending on where they fall into the office “map”.

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4 Ways to Rock Your Next Interview

The art of the interview. Yes, it is an art, meaning it is a skill you must work for, practice, and in the end master. It may not come easy, especially with little practice. Maybe you’re shy, you don’t like to speak up, or you have little experience with interviews. Whatever the reason may be, we all have to step up and interview. Even if you are shy, there are foolproof ways to present and prepare yourself to rock your next interview!

1. Get Interview Ready

It’s extremely important to prepare for an interview, even if you get one last second there are key steps you can take to really rock your interview! Not only will this calm your nerves and boost your confidence,

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3 Foolproof Ways to Guarantee More Success- Yes you can, really!

 

Ever wonder why some people zoom ahead in their career success and you seem to stand in place, waiting?

Waiting to be discovered, recognized and seen as the awesome person and valuable career “pro” you are?

It is about time for you to SEIZE THE DAY!  Carpe Diem….you successful person, YOU!

When I reflected deeply in many points of my successful career, how I approached promotions, how I asked for raises, thoughts of certain jobs being too big for me to handle…

I realized it was all from coming from a place of defeat and struggle.

When I took stock of my real accomplishments, who I am inside,

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