Archive for January 2019
Achieve Your Goals, Get The Promotion, or Get Out!
by FPC Riverwood Promotion Goals It is that time of year… again. The time where you go to your boss’ office for the annual review. While most folks dread this time of year, I love it. It is the time where the boss should lay out clear objectives and parlay strategic direction as directives. However,…
Read MoreLogic Based Decisions In Our Careers
The Greek concept for mind flows from the word ‘dianoia’ which means to separate this from that or to rightly divide. In a profoundly acute work done on the way which we have set a generation up for failure Jonathan Haidt states in “The Coddling of the American Mind” that we have promulgated three great…
Read MoreThe More Things Change, the More Things Stay the Same
In my younger years when I regularly went overseas for work, I always thought about the tall pine trees that are prevalent on my parents’ property in central Georgia. Pine trees, for whatever reason were always a firm reminder of home for me, especially when the environments I was in were often devoid of real…
Read MoreIs Mobility the Key To Career Progression
According to the New York Times, over 80% of people live within a couple of hours from their parents, their birthplace. This statistic is mind-boggling to me. In the span of six years, my family lived in all four U.S. continental time zones. My eldest son went to Pre-K, Kindergarten and First Grade in three…
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