Enjoy Success from the Inside/Out

HOW TO PRACTICE MINDFULNESS AT WORK? Life Coach Nafije Prishtina Let’s face it, every job comes with challenges due to multiple simultaneous projects, deadlines, and interdisciplinary teamwork. Challenges can motivate us but sometimes it can also cause us extra stress. Often job postings are seeking those skilled in working in a fast-paced environment. Is fast-paced a code for the stressful workplace? Those working in “fast-paced” environments and everybody else must employ mindful techniques to achieve workplace success. Everyone tells me they want to become more successful professionally and make more money. The ones who achieve this success are the ones who are mindful of what they want. Actually, these are the clients who seek my leadership coaching because they want to learn time and stress management skills and keep shining. You are invited to read my previous Mindfulness-based  time-stress management blog posts ; but today’s focus is on Workplace Mindfulness. You will learn...

  Everyone deserves a GOOD job and there is a GOOD job out there for everyone!                                                                                                     By, Career Coach Kathy Shabotynskyj September 2020. Noteworthy (and blog-worthy) due to two significant events. One major milestone has been on my horizon for 40+ years and the other, about 3 years in the making. These observations reinforce my passion for my Career Coaching practice and my gratitude for those who enhance my life through their hard work.  For a bit more than three years, a new roof has been needed. We patched and patched until my roofer spoke up, “Kathy, you need a new roof.”  I am thr...

Resigning and Resolving in the time of Covid-19 In the midst of chaos, there is also opportunity. Sun Tsu Written by, Kathy Shabotynskyj & Nafije Prishtina This week, one of my clients needed a letter of resignation.  Yes, even during the pandemic, people leave their employers. It is a recommended practice to leave a job properly by submitting a letter of resignation.  My client was afraid to tell the company he was departing. His employer is an air conditioning company and it is the middle of summer. With a short note of thanks and a date of departure spelled out in the letter, my client was prepared to leave on good terms. The blow-up he anticipated never materialized. The letter of resignation helped everyone accept the departure cordially. Helping my client with his resignation got me thinking about the bigger concept of resignation.  Turning to the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) I found another definition of resignation: the quality of ...

“You are what your deep, driving desire is. As your desire is, so is your will. As your will is, so is your deed.” ― Brihadaranyaka Upanishad I hope you enjoyed summer and got to do some things that made your heart sing. Personally I love summer and specifically I love summer vacations. For me the summer season overall brings happy childhood memories of me spending lots of quality time with my family, visiting my grandma and uncles in a village surrounded by tall trees and small fields and streams, eating corn on the cob, cherry picking and other farm fresh and homemade foods. My memories also include a lot of play time and just enjoying being there….in the moment not worrying about anything. It has been my deepest desire to always enjoy living in the here and now. This desire of living in the present, enjoying my task at hand didn’t always come natural for me, but I find ways to align myself and remind myself of what’s most important to me. I really love living my l...