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August 21, 2025 Julie Shenkman

Finding Calm in Career Uncertainty

Even if your job feels stable on paper, that doesn’t mean your mind won’t occasionally wander into the land of “What if?” What if the company restructures? What if budgets get cut? What if my position disappears? Layoff anxiety can

October 27, 2022 Julie Shenkman

Thinking About How Your Job Helps Others, Will Help You Feel Motivated

It’s easy to feel isolated in a job. Even in an office full of coworkers or a store full of customers, we can experience that familiar feeling of dread and loneliness as each day blends into the next. We’re often

June 2, 2022 Julie Shenkman

Are You Settling for Less in Your Career Because You’re Scared?

“There is no passion to be found playing small–in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.” – Nelson Mandela Although we call it “comfort zone”, when we’re stuck in it, we no

July 13, 2021 Julie Shenkman

5 Phrases to Use at Work to Make You Sound More Confident

Confidence is a tricky thing. A person can be confident but sound passive and timid, and a person can lack confidence but still appear confident with body language and vocabulary. Confidence is something one projects, it is an unmeasurable, ethereal

April 28, 2020 Julie Shenkman

How to Face Your Fears When the Unknown Is Laid Out in Front of You

Fear is normal. The motivation for fear is a biological response to danger that exists in all animals. But sometimes, and for humans especially, the natural fight-or-flight impulse shifts into an overwhelming sense of dread from which one feels unable

November 7, 2019 Julie Shenkman

3 Things You’re Doing That Are Holding Back Your Earning Potential

Let’s take a minute to think about your last paycheck. Picture it in your mind. Do you feel satisfied? Okay about it, but it could be better? Complete disappointment? No matter what you think about how much you make, I

June 13, 2016 Julie Shenkman

Five Ways to Become the Person Every Employer Wants to Hire

Approximately 118 people apply for each available job in the United States, according to the latest available data from Forbes, and only 23 percent of them get interviews. That’s why you must create ways to differentiate yourself from other applicants