By After quite a bit of prodding from Netflix, I finally started watching/binge watching Suits. I’m somewhere in season 7 and almost done. Thank goodness. Suits is a soap opera. I was expecting this to be a realistic portrayal of a law firm. If there was this much drama and dysfunctionality at any company, nobody would …
Back in the saddle again
Today I had my first onsite meeting as an Independent Consultant with a client/prospect. Most of you know that I semi-retired at the end of June this year. I was feeling overwhelmed with stress and undervalued by my former employer. I don’t want to write anymore about those times. One of the skills I’ve been …
Rebounding
‘Life isn’t fair, Mary Frances.’ I can hear my mom’s voice telling me that when I was a child whining about something that didn’t go my way. Life not being fair is one of the harder lessons to learn in life. Our logical brains can’t handle it when 1 + 1 doesn’t equal 2. This …
Three things I didn’t know when I started my career
This blog is one of those ‘if I had known then what I know now’ type reflections that people my age write. The hope is that someone will benefit from the wisdom of my years of experience. There are certainly more than three things I didn’t know…but I figured these three are a good starting …