Reflections The Peak of Prosperity During the peak of my career, I had a gut feeling that I was working in a market bubble. My colleagues, and frankly, everyone in my professional network, were living high on the hog. Lavish corporate parties were the norm, expense accounts were practically unlimited when working with major accounts, […]
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Early Retirement: The Ultimate Career Flex
Reflection My LinkedIn feed can be a bit depressing these days. As if the layoff announcements aren’t enough, I deal with another sad phenomenon: Folks my age “career flexing” about the same stuff they’ve been posting about since their 30s and 40s. Careers have seasons. That I have learned. The same things that fueled […]
Learning to Give a Little Less
Thoughts on un-learning workaholic behavior. In this post, I am going to describe developing some new habits for Type A folks. I realize that this is easier said than done for high-performers. But these are important skills to master later in your career. REFLECTIONS Hardworking by Nature High performers with Type A personality traits are […]