I haven’t been bored in so long, but I know what it looks like, feels like, and what it can do to a person. Boredom can take us in a few different directions…
* motivate us to do something to change the situation that’s boring us
* frustration, irritation and anger toward who we think is […]

By Chris Colin, Special to SF Gate
Monday, June 18, 2007
It’s not that Glenn Kurtz coulda been a contender. He was one, contending more in his little finger than most of us do in our lives, and then it all came apart.
OK, not one little finger but 10. At an age when the rest of us […]

Five minutes of conversation on TV feels like the wind at the beach — it rushes past you and you can’t catch it. You just have to experience it.
This afternoon I had the opportunity to talk about career and life coaching on ABC News Now — for about 5 minutes. It’s a funny […]

When I saw the advertisement for the conference I knew I had to be there. I grew up with The New Yorker magazine — in fact, a little known fact about me is that at the tender age of 14 I sent a poem I’d written to The New Yorker. Of course […]

I’m on a working vacation. Anyone who has their own business — forget it — most of us — know this isn’t the oxymoron it sounds like. My life and my work are fully integrated, which is how I like it to be, actually.
My son, who is almost 11, is on […]

I love what I do — helping people get clear about what they want and then figuring out how to get there. Most of us don’t get enough of the right kind of encouragement to go for what we want and that’s what I, and my associate coaches are here to provide. It’s […]

Making Work Work:

A Women’s Group for Mothers Transitioning Back to Work and
Those Adjusting to Being Back at Work

Facilitated by Daisy Swan, MA, CPCC, Career Coach and Sharon Berg, Ph.D.
Starting Saturday, January 27, 2007
10AM- 12PM

Limited to 8 Participants
Making […]

I hear that everyone likes ‘tips’ — I’m not talking about tips in a jar– Tips on how to do anything are supposed to be useful to people. But I’m a little bit anti-tips. Here’s why…
Tips are neat tidy packages of info and real learning doesn’t usually happen that way. Real […]

I am so grateful to work with clients who are willing and interested in changing their lives as they make major or slight career changes. I will be posting success stories of my career coaching clients on an on-going basis. My aim is to provide hope and inspiration to others who are feeling […]

The 20’s :
I’ve come to think of the twenties as a truly trying time of life. I have worked with hundreds of clients in their twenties who, since graduating from college, have become frustrated, confused, disenchanted and somewhat disenfranchised. They often believe that everyone else has everything figured out and […]