Career Advice
A blog by Marie Deveaux
The #1 Quality of An Awesome Career Coach
Everyone Has Problems Problems are not the problem. That's it. As a career coach, life coach, fan of professional development and lover of introspection, I know that no one can answer your questions about what to do with your life, better than you can. WE have the...
5 Besties Every Entrepreneur Needs in Their Squad
The Board Everyone knows that you need a personal board of directors, a career squad, to turn to for advice about your career and your professional growth. These are the people you consult when considering leaving your job, going for the promotion, or negotiating an...
How to Have More and Do More with Less Time
4am is the new 6am I woke up early on a Wednesday a few weeks ago, after passing out the night before at 10 pm. It was roughly 4:30 am. I couldn't go back to sleep. I was focused too much on what I needed to do and getting ready for the day. I was able to...
Why Job Hopping Works
The Curse of the Millennial I had a client recently ask me if he should be concerned with the stigma of job hopping as it relates to the Millennial generation. Those who know me know that anything pertaining to Millennials or painting them in a negative light, is...
What Freelancers Can Teach You About Scheduling
Freelance Is Not A Synonym For Slacker Everyone wants time freedom, but we turn our nose up when we see freelance life in action. You smirk at the 10 am yoga class on Tuesdays. Who is going to that? Or the folks who are buying all their groceries at the Farmers Market...
Just Say NO – How to De Clutter Your Calendar
When Distraction Knocks There is a difference between an opportunity and a distraction, but most of us don't know how to recognize it. When distraction knocks, the simple solution is to just say no. We think when someone presents us with a potential for lucrative...
EQ and The One ‘Must Ask’ Question
What is EQ? Working with a new employee or contractor requires a little bit of something called emotional intelligence (EQ). It's the idea that we can be smart, not just about academia, but about feelings as well. This is something all of us should carry into every...
Millennials Say More With Less
Millennials Make Disrupting Normal Millennials have exponentially contributed to the world and instead of making things more complicated have simplified it. Keep it Simple Stupid (KISS) doesn’t get more simple than an RSS (really simple syndication) feed. You can...
5 Tips To Prepare You For Getting Fired
Independence Day One of the best days of my professional life, was the day I got fired. I walked out of the HR meeting and wished the company the best of luck (I meant it). And then I went to the airport so I could be in San Francisco for one of my independent...
Work Life. Your Work, Your Life.
Still, With the Work Life Balance Question For some reason in the past week, both my LinkedIn and my Facebook feeds have been flooded with questions around the work life balance phenomenon. It’s interesting, only because I thought the term “work life balance” had been...
Millennials Stand Up Pt.1
Millennials, We Are The Future I’m a Millennial and I love it. I am part of the generation that birthed social media, and the gig economy. My peers made coming to work in hoodies, and literally phoning it in the norm. I come from a generation that insists “hey,...
Work – Take It Personally
Don't Take Feedback Personally A common phrase bandied about regarding professionalism is “don't take it personally”. There is a particular time and place to employ this mantra. Many an employee has received constructive feedback and then quickly dismissed it,...