IBS Lifestyle » career burnout

Are you too serious?

Laura — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 13:58:20 +0000

I hate to say it but my husband defend my excellent choice in films, on a very simple level I knew he was right. When I was in a job I disliked I spent a lot of time focusing on the job. How was I going to leave? What else was I going to do? I spent very little time on fun because I was so busy figuring out my how. It left very little time for fun. Then I realized it was fun that was the key to figuring out what I really wanted to do. So I explored [...]

Recognizing Your Purpose

Laura — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 16:55:27 +0000

I’ve been traveling for business this week and simple with a big tip on how to view your purpose. I spent the last three days at a business conference focused on the notion of purpose. Many clients come to because they are uncomfortable in their job or other part of their life and think it is because they don’t know their purpose. What they do know is that just because you are good at something, all the trying in the world won’t make you love it. What stuck out in the my mind was a discussion that evolved about purpose. More [...]

When It's All or Nothing

Laura — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 01:36:42 +0000

I used to be an all or nothing person and it became clear to me that there had to be another way. I see this “all or nothing” syndrome all the time in my clients. It usually comes in two forms. The first are my clients who know exactly what they want and exhausted. They have no time or energy for what they really want. “All or nothing” is a good dream squelcher. The good news is that there is a remedy. First and giving up too soon means we are stopping circumstances from working in our favor. This part takes [...]

It's an Inside Job

Laura — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 22:57:50 +0000

We are a society of quick fixes and that it is a process. The truth of the matter lies in looking at yourself. That’s the hardest part. Clients will come to me wanting to know what tests they can take to be told exactly what they should do and will save them a lot of time. The problem with that thinking is how you respond to a test may tell you what you are good at, but will never tell you what you really want. The people who have reached high levels of success have done so by following a [...]