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The Rise Of Layoff’s and How to Combat Them in Today’s Job Market

Losing one’s job is painful, it can be one of the most destructive events happening in ones life. I should know I have been through a few of them. Most recently I was laid off March 2nd, 2023.  An unexpected shock as the organization I worked for gave no indication there would be any form […]

How to Survive Being Laid Off in 2023

The pain of being laid off is affecting thousands, but mostly in big tech. It saddens me to say I was just laid off and although I did not work or one of the major big tech companies like Twitter, Alphabet and others we were still apart of financial tech. Here is a recent article […]

A New You is Just Around The Corner for 2023 :Change Your Perspective

Happy New Year 2023!  What the new year means to me, to you, to the world. It means something different for everyone. Some create resolutions for the new year to be new person, new goals. I am often reminded of when I would attend my local gym, a 24-hour fitness which by the way is […]

Krampus and St. Nick: How both Figures can Teach us to be Kind and Generous

I say hold on now, let’s not get crazy and remember the reason for season which is Not only the celebration of Jesus our savior but of kindness, generosity towards one another. We are certainty in difficult times, and this will NOT be the last time society and the world suffers at the hands of […]

The Divisiveness of today is getting to me, How do we stop it?

Is free speech truly free? Before you turn the page, this is not someone spread right wing Rhetoric about your freedoms being stripped from us. No this is about how in America we have a right to speak , but there are consequences and being held accountable for spreading hate and this goes for other […]

What I would tell my younger self as a generation X’er.

As a generation X’er born in 1979 and being in the workforce for over twenty years, I have learned a thing or two about what I would have done differently and how my frame of mind may have been different. Do Let people situations get to you Growing up I grew up in a home […]

What the great resignation has taught us and why we should listen for careers sake!

Are we as valued as our employers say we are? For some they would say Yes my employer values me and treats me as such. But for most I don’t think this is true as I have seen firsthand “The Great Resignation” take place in our country and possibly even globally. Having lived in the […]

How anger can help fuel the better you!

For most of my adulthood and childhood I can honestly say I was not happy, I was depressed and even at point suicidal. Much of these feeling stems from my childhood and how I was raised. Having a daughter who is now nine years old I relish at being her father and always there for […]

Accomplishments, Milestones and Failures ; Making the Best Out of Any Situation!

In our lifetime we will experience success, failures, and milestones. These are the things that make up a good part of our life and we should recognize each of them as they are all .  Throughout my life I honestly did not recognize any of these, but I did focus on my failures mostly although […]