Success in the “The Third Age”(formerly known as retirement), a New Career and Volunteerism A few years ago, I had a career coaching client whose story is illustrative of the changes and choices that can keep one’s life vibrant during the later years, also known as “the third age”.  Neil had worked as the chief [...]

Career/Life Coaching and Agreement # 4 ~ Always Do Your Best  Always doing your best is the foundation for keeping to the other three agreements: Be Impeccable With Your Word; Don’t Take Anything Personally; and Don’t Make Assumptions. Your best can change from hour to hour or day to day depending on your mood. [...]

The Four Agreements, by Don Miguel Ruiz ~ Agreement # 3 ~ Don’t Make Assumptions Find the courage to ask questions and to express what you really want. Communicate with others as clearly as you can to avoid misunderstandings, sadness, and drama. With just this one agreement, you can completely transform your life. The [...]

The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz ~ Agreement #2 ~ Don’t Take Anything Personally (For a history of The Four Agreements, please read my first blog.) In terms of career coaching, Don’t take anything personally, the second agreement, is one I use the most frequently. How often are we devastated by a boss’s [...]

**Italicized words are from the book, The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz. The first of the four agreements is BE IMPECCABLE WITH YOUR WORD. Ruiz uses the word magic to express what you create when you use the WORD impeccably: black magic is its opposite. When we listen and internalize others’ WORDS so that [...]

Hello and Welcome to  my first blog! As a career and life coach, I want to begin by sharing some of the wisdom that helps me navigate life's transitions and difficult moments. Don Miguel Ruiz has written a small but precious piece of work called The Four Agreements, A Toltec Wisdom Book, A Practical Guide [...]