Hey TRSJ Fam, Some time has passed since I last soliloquyed around here. It’s okay. I know “soliloquyed” isn’t a word. You’ll get over it. Anyway, I’ve been in hustle mode at the day gig. In the last week alone, I’ve spent something ridiculous like 35 hours in Excel. That’s more Excel than I’ve looked at since [...] Read more>>
Go Confidently in the Direction of Your Dreams
I’m excited. Not just because I passed the PHR exam, but because of all that lies ahead in 2012. I’ve gotten a few emails (that I still need to respond to) from people asking me what’s next amongst other things. I hadn’t thought much about it since my mind has been preoccupied. But now that [...] Read more>>
Free Write Friday
This week was extremely busy between work, writing, studying, and beginning to plan my goals for 2012. It was so busy that I fell asleep trying to write my Thursday post on Wednesday night, and my post for today on Thursday night. Yet another reason to get ahead of the game, which is a work [...] Read more>>
Landing Your Dream Job: How to Write a Cover Letter That Wins
So you’re scouring the internet for a new job because your current employer has figure-four leglocked you into submission. Or, you’re ready to get off the couch and onto someone’s payroll. You peruse the job boards until you come across a posting that makes your eyebrows jump with optimism. You click it as your limbs [...] Read more>>
Cultural Differences: Lessons Learned from an African Woman
A few weeks ago, my organization had a milestone celebration and global staff retreat. We popped bottles and did hoodrat things with multicultural friends. Team members were here from India, Pakistan, Kenya, Tanzania, Ghana, and Nigeria. I spent eight days emerged in real diversity. Yes, I’ve been to diversity training and by living in [...] Read more>>
Are You Robbing Yourself of Happiness?
People talk a lot about what they love, where they wanna be, what they believe, and what they wanna accomplish in life. But when you look at how they’re living, things often point in the opposite direction. And more often than we’d like to admit, those people are us. We make proclamations about being devout [...] Read more>>
