Posts by Carol Ross
What Are You Waiting For?
I was recently approached by someone setting up a business to provide resources to job seekers in a niche market. She wanted my feedback on providing coaching services to job seekers and wondered if I was interested in being one of the coaching resources. My first reaction? Job seekers are often desperate people and I…
Read MoreJune 13, Balance, Control, and Security for Careers
I’ll be interviewing Marci Alboher, New York Times career columnist and author of One Person/Multiple Careers: A New Model for Work/Life Success, at a public event in Denver on June 13. Click here for online registration, which will close on June 12. Walk-in registration is available at the door. I was initially attracted to the…
Read MoreMotto Magazine and Tips from Coaches
I’m enjoying the newest issue of Motto magazine. The magazine’s tagline is "Purpose, Passion, and Profit." To give you a flavor of the magazine, think Fast Company meets Body and Soul. The May/June issue has a cover story on 50 Life Tips from 10 Top Coaches. To be honest, there’s not a whole lot new…
Read MoreAsia and Abundance
In A Whole New Mind, Dan Pink talks about Asia and Abundance as two factors making the creative right brain capabilities more valuable. Asia, where many jobs have migrated to, is becoming a place where U S households are turning to get personal tasks done. According to a recent Wall Street Journal article, families are…
Read MoreKeeping the Channel Open
In cleaning out my office files, I came across this quote from the choreographer and dancer, Martha Graham: "There is a vitality, a life-force, an energy, a quickening that is translated through you into action and because there is only one of you in all of time, this expression is unique. And if you block…
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