Posts by Christy Schutz
Five Ways to “Try On” Career Transition
Recently, I made the terrible mistake of browsing through Etsy.com. For those of you who are not familiar with Etsy.com, it is a website where talented craftsmen and women can sell their wares. You can find beautiful custom jewelry, clothing, paintings, sculptures, and practically anything else you can imagine. For whatever reason, I started browsing through the hand sewn vintage aprons. The...
Read MoreLeavin’ The Career Cul-De-Sac
Cartoon drawn by artist Hugh MacLeod** at www.gapingvoid.com I was at the library last week when I decided to pick up Seth Godin’s little nugget The Dip: A Little Book That Teaches You When To Quit (And When to Stick). First published in 2007, you might think that I am just a tad bit “behind the eight ball” on this, but, I think some of the ideas expressed in the book are...
Read MoreDeath to Multitasking
I was inspired by a recent rant on Don Frederiksen’s Lead Quietly blog on The Peril’s of Distracted Work. Frederiksen took a moment to object to the spoken (and sometimes unspoken) expectation that we all must multitask at work. He does this by sharing several solid scientific studies that prove that multitasking is something that the human brain simply does NOT do very well. As a...
Read MoreThe Performance Of A Lifetime
“Mirror, mirror on the wall… who is the goofiest one of all?” This was a question my 15-year old son could easily answer for himself yesterday afternoon. We were on the way out of the pediatrician’s office when we experienced a little “traffic” at the payment/check out desk. There were two families ahead of us, so, I pulled my 10-year old daughter to the side...
Read More‘The Buried Life’ Unearths Deeper Message
There is definitely something to this whole “Bucket List” or “Buried Life” concept. In case you are not familiar, the “Bucket List” was a movie released in 2007, starring Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman. These two characters, from totally different walks of life, develop a unique friendship as they recover from their cancer treatments in the hospital. While reflecting on their...
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