Business: career-coaching
Cathy Erway on How Personal Priorities Change With Age
In her 2013 Capture Your Flag interview, writer and healthy food advocate Cathy Erway answers "How Are Your Personal Priorities Changing As You Get Older?" Now in her early 30s, she finds herself thinking more about a long-term relationship and starting a family. She also shifts her professional focus from independently-focused work to community-minded work. This includes creating a greenmarket fresh food delivery service to give local people access to fresh food and teaching cooking classes.
Capture Your Flag
05/05/2013
825 Views
Simon Sinek on Finding Joy in Serving Others
In Chapter 5 of 16 in his 2012 Capture Your Flag interview, author and public speaker Simon Sinek finds it magical to give an individual something that impacts his or her life. To serve and give your time and energy to enliven others gives Sinek that magical feeling and satisfaction in why he does what he does. Simon Sinek teaches leaders and organizations how to inspire people. His goal is to "inspire people to do the things that inspire them", and help others find fulfillment in their work.
Capture Your Flag
11/29/2012
167 Views
How to Stay Composed and Perform Under Pressure
In Chapter 12 of 19 in her 2012 Capture Your Flag interview, female entrepreneur Hattie Grace Elliot answers "What Does It Mean to Perform Under Pressure in the Work That You Do?" Elliot embraces working in complicated environments with many moving parts. Experience and reflection teach her to stay calm and be mindful of what is most important when unexpected things happen in her event planning and destination travel business. Hattie Grace Elliot is the founder and CEO of The Grace List.
Capture Your Flag
02/24/2013
391 Views
How Being Assertive Builds Confidence - Conrad Doucette
In Chapter 19 of 19 in his 2012 Capture Your Flag interview, musician Conrad Doucette notes how he is becoming more confident by asserting himself. He notes how he is becoming more aware in his life and career and the experience that comes with it. By being more aware, Doucette better knows when to assert himself and take action, which gives him confidence he can do it more regularly and in different aspects of his life. Conrad Doucette is a Brooklyn musician and the drummer for Takka Takka.
Capture Your Flag
01/10/2013
1,099 Views
Anatole Faykin on How Reflection Informs Personal Growth
In Chapter 3 of 12 in his 2012 Capture Your Flag interview, entrepreneur Anatole Faykin answers "What Role Has Reflection Played in Shaping Your Personal Growth?" Faykin finds it hard to realize and define his growth without reflecting. He prefers not to reflect alone; rather he enjoys having a friend's company and talking through what has happened and how it informs his present and future state. Faykin is an entrepreneur currently working on a new startup as part of the Startup Chile incubator.
Capture Your Flag
01/23/2013
940 Views
How Higher Ed Executive Andrew Epstein Gets Career Advice
In Chapter 18 of 23 in his 2013 Capture Your Flag interview, charter school CFO Andrew Epstein answers "At This Moment in Your Life, Where Are You Seeking Advice and Coaching?" Epstein reaches out to peers in comparable management roles. He looks for support learning how to hire and develop bridge positions between higher education manager and executive level jobs. Further, he looks for guidance on how to better manage home and work balance. Epstein is CFO of the Ascend Learning Charter Schools.
Capture Your Flag
04/17/2013
622 Views
Finding Meaningful Work in a Life Coaching Career
In Chapter 6 of 15 in his 2012 Capture Your Flag interview, business and personal coach Garren Katz answers "What Makes Your Work Meaningful?" Katz finds the selflessness serving others as a career and life coach more rewarding than anything he has ever done. Training and experience help him to bring out energy, competence and confidence in his clients and work with them to find new jobs and accomplish life goals. Garren Katz is a business and personal coach based in State College, PA.
Capture Your Flag
12/13/2012
370 Views
How Structure Helps Manage and Motivate Teams - Andrew Epstein
In Chapter 12 of 23 in his 2013 Capture Your Flag interview, charter school CFO Andrew Epstein answers "How Are You Learning to Better Manage and Motivate Teams?" Epstein finds it more challenging to motivate teams than to motivate individuals. In an environment where roles are constantly shifting, Epstein tries to find a balance between flexibility and structure in role definition. Andrew Epstein is CFO of the Ascend Learning Charter School Network.
Capture Your Flag
04/18/2013
358 Views
Fear as a Motivational Tool
In Chapter 12 of 19 in his 2012 Capture Your Flag interview, standup comedian Matt Ruby finds fear motivates him to practice enough to perform at levels that meet his expectations. He notes how a string of bad shows, where he is not doing as well as he could be doing, pushes him to compare his performance and push himself to succeed. He notes how technology can be a negative influence on his productivity and how unplugging is important for him to stay on track and produce new comedy material.
Capture Your Flag
12/23/2012
47 Views
How Concepts and Storyboards Help to Plan a Photo Shoot
In Chapter 11 of 16 in her 2012 Capture Your Flag interview, art director Lulu Chen finds putting town ideas on paper facilitates more effective collaboration. Writing down concepts and storyboards provide examples that help others understand your thinking. This creates more effective collaboration that results in presenting photo shoot ideas to the creative director for approval. She notes how limiting creative brainstorming can result in a game of telephone. Lulu Chen is a photo art director.
Capture Your Flag
03/10/2013
236 Views
Cathy Erway on Improving the Quality of Your Communication
In her 2013 Capture Your Flag interview, Cathy Erway answers "How Are You Learning to Communicate More Effectively?" Erway finds it comes down to the quality of your communication and making sure that your message is the best it can be. She finds setting personal standards an important way to evaluate what you have said and how well you said it. She finds she is hard on herself when evaluating how she communicates and also finds it helpful to do more with less when sharing or writing.
Capture Your Flag
05/06/2013
520 Views
The Ways Family Relationships Change With Age
In Chapter 3 of 19 in his 2012 Capture Your Flag interview, standup comedian Matt Ruby answers "How Are Your Family Relationships Changing As You Get Older?" Coming from a small family, Ruby realizes the importance of building better bonds with his father and sister and puts an emphasis on hanging out more frequently than he did in the past. Matt Ruby is a standup comedian and comedy writer based in New York City. He produces a video comic strip at Vooza.com.
Capture Your Flag
12/23/2012
421 Views
I Have A Crush On A Co-Worker, How Do I Ask Him Out?
Maya Ezratti discusses "The Rules" when it comes to asking a guy out whom you may have a crush on.
Connect with Maya: http://www.yourtango.com/experts/maya
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YourTango
04/28/2013
80 Views
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