A short walk intersects with a pack of dogs. Now what? — Note: Courtney usually writes on career-related topics. You can enjoy those here. "This is even better than I expected!" I thought when I arrived at the address of the small cabin I'd booked for a week only a few days before. Clean and thoughtfully appointed, the books on Buddhism were…

And watch everything start to shift in a good way. — Stopped at an intersection, waiting for the light to turn green, I noticed a large paw sticker on the gas cap door of the car in the other lane and a little in front of me. The sticker was about the size of a large man’s palm and covered the…

Or what summer camp taught me decades later. — When I was a pre-teen, my parents sent me to camp for a week one summer. First of all, it was 4-H camp, so not a real rich kid’s camp, but still. We never knew what to expect. I mean, we had a schedule, but things like bad weather were a big deal, and there was…

If they do, knowing them can help you get more money and more freedom at work. — The Corporate Glossary exists because knowing the reality behind trending, sometimes sanitized words or phrases will help you protect yourself and may help you avoid learning these terms for the first time when you’re experiencing them. You know white-collar worker and white-collar crime have specific connotations — suit and tie…

Daylighting, Quiet Quitting, and the Great Resignation are trendy buzzwords, yet this is what you need to do to survive — Reading my email in the car while waiting for a rainstorm to stop, I saw this question posed by a reporter. What strategies will help people in the job market adopt in these tumultuous times? Good Question and right on time too. Three years ago, strategies that worked so well…

What others think may have more power over you than you realize — House-sitting for a friend recently, I spent a week in a vast yet orderly housing development. The kind with just right-sized signs in what I suspect are statistically determined locations gently reminding readers of a community rule or guiding you to the swimming pool. Each day, teams of gardeners wearing…

What every employee needs to know about finding a job. — A few years ago, this Labor Day post gave me pause.

And one smart question you can ask to take back your freedom. — On a sunny fall afternoon years before bike rides necessitated helmets, my brother and I piled into a station wagon with wood on the sides and back-facing seats. “What’s this?” my mother asked, pointing to the sheet of mimeographed paper my brother clutched in his hand. My brother replied, “These…

96% of people use LinkedIn wrong. Here's the key to using it right. — Remember when Airbnb was the trendy darling of the crowd-sourcing set? After its inception in 2007, it exploded in popularity, yet by 2017, articles titled “Did Airbnb Kill the Mountain Town?” began asking if Airbnb was damaging long-term rental markets. Fast forward to now. You're on trend if you joke…