Amy Blaschka

The most robust and lush gardens don’t happen accidentally; they’re achieved through careful preparation, ongoing attention, and continuous and applied learning. The same is true in the professional world.

Busy does not equal productive.The counterintuitive solution to productivity may lie in the very thing we fear will impede it: slowing down.

Just because you’ve always been or done one thing doesn’t mean you can’t—or shouldn’t—evolve and grow into a new role, industry, or profession.

Not everyone finds career success following the same path. Those who forge their own way share the ability to adopt a contrarian perspective and make it work for them.

Having clarity enables you to identify your goals, align them with a plan to achieve them, and avoid the things that can derail you.

It’s hard to be happy when you feel disconnected in your career. Ultimately, career happiness comes from aligning your work with a compelling higher purpose.

Clarity is the quality of being coherent, intelligible, and free from ambiguity. And in the context of your professional world, it’s essential.

A trigger event is a person, place, thing, or situation that elicits an intense or unexpected emotional response.

One day you’re casually moving through your career; the next, you’re sideswiped by negative, unexpected news.

Before spending another minute on your to-do list, it’s imperative that you pause and ask yourself one simple yet important question: Why am I doing this?