Can’t Find the Perfect Career?

Guess what? The perfect job doesn’t exist.
Sure, many of us find work that we love to do. I’ll bet Meredith Vieira of the Today Show thinks she has the world’s best job and Miley Cyrus probably considers her’s is pretty cool too. But “perfect” … entirely without any flaws, defects, or shortcomings as defined by www.dictionary.com? I don’t think so.

Wrapping everything you love to do in one career plan can be quite a tall order, especially in this economy.
You heard me say it before. My Love What You Do Bloom “seed” is not just about your job but about loving life. To stay engaged with living a full life, Read more

Idea to Sprout, Lifestyle to Cultivate, Business to Grow? Then Start Weeding!

You’ve got a great idea and you want it to sprout. But somehow your idea gets crowded out, smothered and stunted by your weeds. What are your weeds? Weeds can deter you from going after your goals and dreams. It’s self-defeating behavior that stops you in your tracks and interferes with moving ahead with a plan, lifestyle change, project, business venture or creative brainstorm. Unless you identify your weeds and pull them out as they crop up, you’ll continue to get tangled up and allow them to suffocate your growth. Read more

Looking for Work? Job Not Secure? Start Dreaming!

Avoid getting caught in another dead end position or career. Do some brainstorming (or as I like to say “bloomstorming”) and find work you love to do and a life you love to live. How? It all starts with a dream.

Before you think this is a pie-in-the-sky approach or flaky advice, think again. The economy is changing and so are jobs. Why not position yourself in something that gets you on the road to where you really want to go? If we all loved what we did, wouldn’t the world be a better place? Imagine springing out of bed in the morning elated to roll up your sleeves and get to work, dig into a project and live your passion. Is this real? You decide. Read more