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What is Coaching
Working with me is a lot like working with an athletic coach. All coaches have the same goal in mind: Win the game.
But, in order to create a winning team, they don’t just play the game over and over again. They train.
- They scope out the challenges
- They...
A Starting Fact and What It Means for You
“In a study of consultants by Erin Reid, a professor at Boston University’s Questrom School of Business, managers could not tell the difference between employees who actually worked 80 hours a week and those who just pretended to....
Treading Water
“I’m working over 50 hours a week, and I still feel like I’m barely treading water.”
We’ve all been there: You’re showing up to work every day and putting in far more than 8 hours a day and yet… it feels like you’re still...
Quitting Your Job
Have you considered quitting your job?
There was a point in my career when I often considered quitting. I thought about quitting on awful days when a pipe would burst right before my day was about to end and on evenings when I was too tired to meet my friends after...
We’ve been working on something…
When I started Addicted to Busy as a side hustle, I had no clue that it would become my full-time career. While I knew I wanted to help others, I had no idea just how many people needed help. There was no way for me to know that I’d have the...
It’s only 8:20 am and I just got a SECOND email from Sally in room 802.
She is the w.o.r.s.t. I wonder if John has time to deal with her today.
I need to get this report done before I head to City Hall at 3 for the quarterly Arbor Creek HOA meeting.
Property Managers...
UGGGGH! Another nasty gram just hit your inbox, and you’re already having an awful day!
Nothing is going as planned. You had an emergency pipe burst in Arden Pointe and have already been yelled at by 3 homeowners in Blue Ridge because the siding vendor left building materials in their...
Do you ever find yourself feeling trapped or completely burned out after work? Do you even consider quitting your job because you don’t know if you can take it anymore?
I know the feeling because I have been there. Here’s my story.
I had plans to meet friends on a...
If you’re constantly responding to people and having your time dictated by others, it can feel like all you do is work.
I recently coached a client who was in a state of overwhelm. She’d finished a site visit and lost her car in the parking ramp. While searching, her phone rang and...
