Life in Balance Coach Blog

Reflecting on a favorite interview question

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 15:18:38 +0000

Recently I asked some folks in my network what their favorite job interview questions were. Barbara Cave Henricks, whose company has recently expanded suggested a great one–What do you like to do or love to do so much that youâ��d do it whether you got paid for it or not? I like this question–not just [...] ...»

On the future of young people

Wed, 25 Aug 2010 15:07:40 +0000

Yesterday I asked my friend Doug Leyendecker, a corporate recruiter in Houston, what his advice was for young people who are having a hard time finding a job. Doug is a creative type and I love his ideas–he suggested that young college graduates should head for Mumbai or Shangai and spend a couple of months [...] ...»

Patience–develop it and hold on to it!

Thu, 17 Jun 2010 17:57:25 +0000

Recently I read in a magazine that “Patience is like a muscle. If you don’t use it , it wastes away.” That assumes that we have patience at the start, but do we really? This past year I have had to develop the patience muscle–and I have found it to be so small!! I have [...] ...»

what does competition do for you?

Mon, 14 Jun 2010 17:56:30 +0000

There is some aspect of competition that is good–it keeps us on our toes, it makes us strive to be better, and it keeps us honest insofar as it requires us to compare ourselves to others and not live in splendid isolation. And yet competition as we live it in our American lives goes to [...] ...»

Challenging oneself to get out of the comfort zone

Thu, 11 Feb 2010 00:51:12 +0000

I am not an artist. I had my first artistic crisis in first grade when the teacher said that the picturesI had drawn of my family were not realistic because they were wrongly proportioned. All the people in the pictures had really really long legs. Now that I know more about the world, I know [...] ...»

Change–it is not in our control!

Thu, 07 Jan 2010 22:36:08 +0000

Think about change–envision it as waves that come to shore. Think of yourself standing on the shore. Some of the waves are big, some of them are barely ripples on the water. They coming onto the shore relentlessly, continuously…. It is a fact–we cannot control the waves. Sometimes, if we are lucky, we can move [...] ...»

New Year, Old Self

Mon, 04 Jan 2010 19:57:50 +0000

The first working Monday of a new year and a new decade. Forgive me for not asking you about your new year resolutions–personally, I think I woke up on January 1st being my jolly old self of the year before and it’s been a long time since I have made New Year’s resolutions. Change happens [...] ...»

The power of women

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 13:05:03 +0000

This week I was reminded of the power of women–collectively and as individuals. I had the opportunity to attend the Texas Women’s Conference, where 5000 Texan women gathered to hear many speakers. For me, the highlight of the conference was a speech by Ms. Isabel Allende. She reminded us to pursue joy and pleasure in [...] ...»

The importance of connecting

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 14:25:41 +0000

I am just back from an amazing experience talking to over 20 smart Wellesley students about networking (and I don’t mean the kind that requires hardware!) I sometimes wonder if “networking” has not gotten a dirty reputation–if it has been cheapened by people who use it as a superficial way to get what is in [...] ...»

Happiness tips

Sat, 19 Sep 2009 22:06:15 +0000

Recently I was coaching a group of clients on the phone. One of the assignments to one of the people was to stop during the day and breathe. Another assignment was to give herself a pat on the back. I recently heard from the client that these small steps were making her feel less stressed [...] ...»