Personal development and having a growth mindset has long been in my top personal core values. I can’t help but find the learning opportunities anywhere I look.
We live in a day and age where burnout is expected. The average employee’s tenure with a company is less than 5 years (and falling). Intentionally focusing on all types of growth is a must.
Your personal growth gives you transferable soft skills that are in high demand across jobs and industries. And, let’s be honest, isn’t it just fun to learn new things?!
I believe that looking at personal and professional development together is essential when looking at development goals for work. Many companies recognize this and include development goals in annual reviews and employee recognition.
Self development and life goals all tie together to ensure that continuing professional development includes personal growth.
I have always felt the need to be stuffy when doing anything official. Like running a business. Or applying to college. Or any job, for that matter. Somehow being stuffy translated to following the rules. And as a Type-A firstborn, following the rules is a Must with a capital M (well, until I go crazy…
Last week was one of those weeks. You know, the ones where it seems like anything that can go wrong will. There was nothing truly major; it was just one thing after another after another. We had: A stomach flu (which included a day out of daycare and parents trading off childcare based on who…
You can’t run before you can walk. You can’t leap up a full flight of stairs, well, ever. But you certainly can’t take the stairs two or three at a time before you’ve mastered one. I know, this is shockingly new information. I so want to skip ahead and be farther along than I am…
Have you ever felt stuck to a degree that it’s impossible to change? You have the power to change your schedule. Really. Just like we talked about stopping to check whether or not a particular task truly needs to be done, it’s often good to step back and evaluate what’s working and what isn’t. This…
It’s been an eventful few weeks. My four year old split his ear open and got 10 stitches in the ER. I interviewed for and got a new job. Which means I also had to give notice at my current job. It was our 8th anniversary. I’m participating in #write31days. We’re house hunting…and have all…