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Tag Archives: transition

I’m Ready So Why Isn’t It Happening Now?

May 31, 2013by lisakmcdonald Leave a comment

I am not the most patient person in the world.   I think this was clear when I my brother gave me a shirt with Calvin (from Calvin & Hobbs) […]

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Some Things Just Do NOT Translate

October 11, 2012by lisakmcdonald 1 Comment

Text and email – two modern conveniences that are also two of the most common tools for helping our words come back to bite our backsides!   These are the […]

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Act Like You’re Going to Lose It

May 8, 2012by lisakmcdonald Leave a comment

I had a love-hate relationship with my second favorite job. Overall I loved my job, the people in the organization and pretty much everything about it.  There were days, however, […]

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Stop Over-Thinking It

May 3, 2012by lisakmcdonald Leave a comment

I had a conversation with a friend last night where he was telling me about an issue he has been struggling with for quite some time; it boiled down to […]

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Three Little Words

April 25, 2012by lisakmcdonald Leave a comment

In looking for a job, moving up in your career or trying to engage new clients it is important to know what you can do, who you can help and […]

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Who is the scary one?

Their Perception is on You, Not Them

April 3, 2012by lisakmcdonald Leave a comment

My son’s dad is 6’4” tall and somewhere around 200 pounds – I’m a smidge above 5’ and maybe 100 pounds soaking wet so when I found out I was […]

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You Can’t Fix People With Duct Tape

March 30, 2012by lisakmcdonald Leave a comment

I’m a fixer.  By nature, by profession by instinct – I am a fixer.  It has taken me a long time to realize that this part of me is not […]

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Giving Up An Out To Score A Run

March 12, 2012by lisakmcdonald Leave a comment

When I teach seminars or lecture about networking and elevator pitches one of my main points is that people have a subconscious instinct to naturally form a connection to a […]

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Getting Unstuck

March 9, 2012by lisakmcdonald Leave a comment

A lot of my client’s come to me in a state of stuck.  Mostly mind stuck – frustrated with being in transition or lack of career progression.  It is very […]

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But This Is All I Know

February 20, 2012by lisakmcdonald Leave a comment

We are a world of boxes; we quickly create our own little boxes and find comfort so we never expand beyond those lines.  Comfort does not always equate to happiness, […]

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