Articles tagged with: 12 Questions for Career Mindfulness
What if you finally got what you always wanted? Perhaps the real question is, “What do you want to do?”
I know that I like building things. I like working wherever I want, whenever I want. …
There’s nothing more uncomfortable than an elephant in the room. No one wants to discuss the elephant. It’s better to avoid it by not acknowledging the elephant’s existence. What’s the elephant in your room? Or …
“What if” questions are dangerous. They’re like the “road not taken” question. But really, what if you didn’t get that particular job?
I know that if Group Health Cooperative in 1996, right after my MHA program, …
Did you ever ask yourself, “How did it all go wrong so fast?” This usually means that the tide has turned, usually not for the good. What changed? How and why did things go wrong? …
We’ve all had a day when we knew something wasn’t quite right. Reflecting back on “what happened on a work day that was different” helps us validate our intuition. We can learn to trust our …
Loyalty. Employers want it. Employees sometimes give it. With loyalty comes implicit trust. Sometimes giving loyalty ends up being a painful experience. Have you experienced a painful loyalty in your career?
When I think of this …
Of all the mindfulness questions, this is a scary one. Do we really want to know the truth? Can we handle the truth? What would you ask a former boss? I would ask my former …
When you think about it, is there a book that you read, read again, and then again?
For me, that one book is Kotler on Marketing: How to Create, Win, and Dominate Markets by Philip Kotler. …
The fourth question of the 12 Questions for Career Mindfulness Series is meant to remind you of something that changed your life and the course of your career. Was there one phone call that changed …
What things did you do or love as a child that explains how your work today? This third question is meant to help you discover any tendencies or pre-dispositions that you have had as a …
