Paycheck or Passion is such a fun topic for me. I have written and spoken about the elusive paycheck, passion, and happiness debate many times over the years. Currently, I am having fun watching how different generations are embracing the issue with newfound post-pandemic fervor. Imagine this. You are a parent. Your twenty-one-year-old child advises...Read More
How does a self-employed person resign? That is the question I have been asking myself for several months now. Resigning from my current work has actually become a 2022 goal! The questions I want to ask you before you read further are: Do you feel like you need a career or livelihood change? If so,...Read More
by Andrea Goeglein, PhD So how are you feeling about 2021? We are in the home stretch and I will be the first to admit. I feel as though I have been running an endless marathon. I keep waiting for the supposed 20 mile high runners get, yet what I keep feeling is that I...Read More
By Andrea Goeglein My goodness, it has been a long time. I hope your summer was filled with many adventures, good health, and being surrounded by loving friends and family. I know for me that was the case. Before heading out for an extended stay in our daughter’s childhood town, I presented a class on...Read More
Dr. Christina Ford exemplifies that involvement. Here’s a trained psychiatrist and mother of two who brought to her non-profit involvement an understanding of nutrition and the role that taking care of your physical self plays in the wellness of your psychological health. This is the same fundamental understanding that she also brings to her work...Read More
Completing 2020 seems to be the goal in the minds and hearts of all those I speak with whether in business or my personal life. To say 2020 was a “unique year” seems like such an incomplete definition. Yet, it was with the concept of ‘incompletes’ in mind that I decided to change up my...Read More
Being featured in FastCompany is an honor. Being featured with an icon in the organizational development industry such as Jeffrey Pfeffer is humbling. Of course, I am all good with being humbled! All kidding aside, the subject of this article is no laughing matter. Your boss can inspire you to achieve great work — or...Read More
Learning to help yourself is a good characteristic of self-help and personal development. Yet, learning to ASK for help can be a more important skill. I contributed my thinking on this subject in an article for Quartz.com It is reposted here for your learning pleasure. Enjoy. How to Ask For Help at Work Without Looking Weak...Read More
Not Getting Any Feedback at Work by Andrea Goeglein originally ran on a favorite site MsCareerGirl Not Getting Any Feedback at Work? Here’s How to Seek it Out! Are you the kind of girl who gives 110% to a work project? Do you expect your supervising managers will notice and acknowledge your effort? Or are...Read More
The following piece, “Here’s Why it’s Okay to Choose a Paycheck Over Passion,” originally ran in The Ladders. I use my blog to republish pieces I have written elsewhere but each time I am asked to contribute my expertise on some topic, new information seems to show up. Whether the topic is paychecks, passion, stress...Read More
