Many professional self-development materials and advice speak to effective communication, wellness, goal setting, etc. One topic of self-improvement that sits high on my list of priorities is active listening. Much can be learned as we effectively listen to our colleagues, associates, clients, customers, family and friends. If we take time to really listen, and not …
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8 Things I Learned in the Summer of 2016
With the summer coming to a close, I thought it would be fitting to talk about a few of the things that I learned over the past few months. There have been a lot of changes in my life over these past few months and I feel as though these changes have truly opened my …
The Top 6 Things I Wish I Knew When I Started my First Career
“We do not learn from experience; we learn from reflecting on experience” ~ John Dewey The day I graduated university I felt completely accomplished. I, obviously, knew there was much more ahead of me but I promised myself to relish in the accomplishment of completing 4 difficult university years. The sense of completion, the achievement …
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A Year in Review
This week marks my “official” one year workiversary (that’s work anniversary) at StaffStat/Plan A Health Care Staffing Solutions. I never dreamed that after spending five years focusing on my post-secondary education that I would land my dream job immediately after graduation! As I reflect on what has been quite an exciting first year of my …
My #1 Struggle with Being a Young Professional
I guess you could say that this is a much more personal blog post than what I’m used to writing. I was struggling with a bad case of writer’s block until I reread my blog post from last week and I thought of this topic! Here goes… Getting used to being a young professional has …
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September!
September is days away and I am excited! Some may think that is absurd; why look forward to the end of summer? I believe that there are so many reasons to get excited about September. Today, on my blog post I will share with you why I love the return of September. Fall is my …
Eat. Beach. Sleep. Repeat.
The summers at Plan A are pretty freakin’ hectic and with the end of summer approaching, I find myself struggling to put work aside to hang out with my family for a week of holidays. Of course, the week of holidays is vitally important. It has to be. My 8 year old daughter isn’t going …
4 Ways to Boost Your Confidence
Confidence is something that everyone struggles with, whether we like to admit it or not. Every once in a while we hear that little voice in our head that whispers, “But what if you fail?” or “Come on… You know you won’t be able to do that as well as the next person”. I’ve experienced …
Self-Discipline
Recently, a friend had shared the following quote “Every day when you wake up, you have a choice. You can choose to be negative or positive. Simple as that.” The quote is simple and reflects a sensible way of being. This quote led me to reflect on self-discipline and the important role it plays in …
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly of Business
It began as a simple question…what am I going to blog about this week? This led me to reminisce about some of the amazing things - and not so amazing things – that have happened in the past 5 years. There have been many successes – and double the failures. There’s been amazing guidance and …
The A Dot 